ESTIMATION OF THE AIR POLLUTION IN ECO-TOURISM DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The development of tourism sector in West Java in recent years has experienced a significant development, both in the eco-tourism and artificial tourism sector. In the middle of this COVID-19 pandemic, trend to visit eco-tourism has been increasing since artificial tourism in urban areas are being closed by the government. This is to prevent the vulnerability of West Java for the spreading of COVID-19, especially in tourism area. Therefore, this research was conducted to estimate the air pollution in tourism area during the pandemic of COVID-19. Further objective of this research may suggest recommendation for eco-tourism management to maintain the air quality. We conduct case study in Wana Wisata Kampoeng Ciherang, West Java, by monitoring air quality in two different times. A critical look at tourism, air quality, and COVID-19 research and literature was also conducted to achieve the research objectives. This study discusses about air quality in tourism sector during COVID-19. Based on this research, the results show that COVID-19 helps the improvement of air quality in the tourism sector, especially eco-tourism. This study concludes that the air quality result at the first is better than the last time. Moreover, eco-tourism management needs to pay attention to the time operational and make a regulation for the number of visitor.