DAMPAK PANDEMI COVID-19 TERHADAP PENGEMBANGAN WISATA PANTAI ANYER DI KABUPATEN SERANG

Abstract

Tourism is one sector that can be developed as a source of regional income in general and the income of the surrounding community in particular, the tourism sector is currently experiencing significant development. This development is adapted to industrialization and digitalization in various sectors. The tourism sector has now become an important aspect of economic progress in a country, tourism is the main choice in regional development. The development of tourism has undergone many changes, both changes in the pattern, form and nature of travel activities for tourist destinations, and others. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method, descriptive qualitative method is expected to produce an in-depth description of the object observed from a particular individual, group, community or organization that is studied from a complete, comprehensive, and holistic perspective. The research is intended to understand the impact of Covid-19 on the tourism economy, in the midst of an epidemic that is sweeping the world. The researcher tries to describe what is understood and described in the research subjects, where the data collection technique used is to take information about the impact during covid-19 from the Anyer Beach tourist area in Serang Regency. The data collection techniques used in this research are field surveys (field studies), interviews (interviews), documentation studies, and literature studies. Based on the results of the research and discussion described in the previous chapter, it can be concluded that the condition of the tourist attraction after the development in terms of facilities, and services is getting better but in terms of security and cleanliness it is still not good and even worse The impacts felt for Anyer Beach Tourism in Serang Regency include experiencing a decrease in income due to reduced tourists during this COVID-19 pandemic season, as well as the lack of public and government attention in handling the beauty and cleanliness of the beach.