Tourism and tourism crisis management in the COVID-19 pandemic time

Indonesia's tourism continues to increase from year to year in its competitiveness index. However, Covid-19 has had an impact on tourism throughout Indonesia, including West Java Province. Indonesia, through the Ministry of Tourism has issued Ministerial Regulation Number 10 of 2019 concerning Tourism Crisis Management, but there is no single regulation, theory, or experience that can be used as a reference to anticipate the enormity of the Covid-19 epidemic. Therefore, the authors are interested in examining in-depth about tourism and its relation to tourism crisis management. The methodology used is a qualitative methodology through various literature, legislation, and interviews. From the author's observations, this pandemic has an impact on the tourism sector and many employees have been dismissed and laid off from their jobs. The solution is that the government needs to develop regulations on Tourism Crisis Management that are more comprehensive and can be operationalized during a pandemic. Besides, it is necessary to map the destination areas that can be opened gradually with due observance of strict health protocols.