Number of tourist visits, especially beach destinations in Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, dropped drastically. This happened because of the excitement about information about a potential tsunami in South East Java.
Head of Culture and Tourism Office (Disbudpar) Banyuwangi Regency, M. Yanuarto Bramuda said, if normally there are a number 12 thousand more tourists per week, now just reach 5 thousand tourist visitors or down approx 60 percent.
“Because we calculate it every week and this week it fell very drastically,” he said, quoted from timesindonesia.co.id, the network media Suara.com, Monday (7/6/2021).
However, he continued, the number of tourists staying in hotels has not decreased. “However, for hotel visitors it is stable and the impact is not too big,” he continued.
It adds, Almost all tourist destinations reported experiencing a decline in visits. However, The most significant occurs in beach destinations.
“Of all the tourist attractions in Banyuwangi, On average, coastal areas such as Red Island experienced a decline, Boom Beach, Watu Dodol and others,” he said.
even though, according to him, The destination that has been the mainstay or most visited by tourists is the beach (popular tourist destination).
It is thought that this was triggered by concerns about a potential tsunami, making the beaches in Banyuwangi Regency empty of visitors.
Previously reported, Head of BMKG, Dwikorita Karnawati stated that along the southern coast of East Java there is the potential to be hit by tsunami waves of maximum height 29 meter.
This statement was made directly during the Earthquake and Tsunami Study and Mitigation Webinar in East Java on 28 May 2021 then.
Recently, BMKG has provided clarification, that this is an analysis of the potential worst-case scenario for a disaster.
