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THE big year-end holidays are usually marked by an abundance of tourists. travelers want a happy atmosphere and time can be used effectively during the holidays.
According to Professor of University of Indonesia, Prof. Rhenald Kasali reminded Balinese tourism practitioners to be aware of the overcrowd phenomenon in welcoming the big holiday at the end of the year. Travelers want a happy atmosphere and time can be used effectively during the holidays. However, a surge in end-of-year travelers could disperse that hope. Stuck everywhere and can’t go anywhere if the carrying capacity isn’t increased.
“For example, at the end of 2018 large population demonstrations emerged in various world-leading tourist destinations. Venice is one of them. Similar turmoil also occurred in Spain, France, the Netherlands and Croatia. They question the behavior of tourists who are considered disturbing the comfort of the population,” he said.
It is said, this beautiful place is only used as a selfie area if tourists do not have time to eat and only rely on cruise ships. Traffic jam . Prices for shelter and food soared.
They, said Rhenald, also fussed over the arrival of a cruise ship whose tourists did not eat at their restaurant. Just eat ice cream and then mess up and leave rubbish.
Such a phenomenon, according to Rhenald, was first experienced by prosperous countries that were known to be clean and had entered a phase of leisure economy. Even work plus an hour a week can make them angry.
Rhenald said that the sound of tourists shouting on the canoe that passed on the Amsterdam canal was considered disturbing.
Over the complaints of its citizens, the Mayor of Amsterdam and Venice finally limited the arrival of tourists, even cruise ships were subject to high premiums. The spread of Airbnb is also limited. Prohibitions were issued to protect city dwellers from discomfort.
Quoting the WTO UN, the UN organ that handles tourism, Rhenald said that a number of destinations are indeed experiencing overcrowding.
The flood of tourists due to YouTube and Google is considered to result in inconvenience at a certain time. “Solid, congested, cramped, rubbish, expensive, disturbing cultural rituals, wasting time and potentially making tourists easy to get angry,” said Rhenald.
“The overcrowd can be seen from the ratio between the number of tourists to local residents. Last year Venice in Italy reached a score of 31, meaning that as many as 613 thousand local residents were flooded with 20 million tourists. Amsterdam 20, with 17 million tourists for 830 thousand residents, while Paris the score was only 9, with the presence of 18 million foreign tourists compared to 2 million residents, “said Rhenald.
However, he continued, when referring to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the amount was not as high as the cities above.
Through Intrepid Travel, UNWTO announced the Tourism Density Index which places Croatia with a ratio score of 14, followed by Iceland (6), Denmark (5), Singapore and Greece (3) and Spain (2).
Then what about Indonesia? Rhenald said that in general Indonesia was still categorized as undercrowd or undertaking. That status occurs because the number of tourists is still far below the population of Indonesia. Indonesia’s ratio of hearing score of 23, according to Rhenald, is still on par with potential tourism countries such as Egypt (18), Kenya (36) and Tanzania (43).
Bali Baru
Although the number of tourists is still 1/23 of the total population, Rhenald reminded that Indonesia’s tourist destinations must be vigilant related to the very high enthusiasm of traveling local residents.
The number of domestic tourist visits grew rapidly following the improvement in land and air infrastructure, in addition to the presence of low cost carrier flights, transportation with sharing ride models, and accommodation sharing model-based apartments.
According to the Rhenald density index on tourism in Bali it has reached number 4 (16.6 million tourists for 4.3 million residents), which is considered alarming. Meanwhile Bali’s carrying capacity for infrastructure development is relatively limited. While the enchantment of Bali as a major destination of the world visit continues to improve.
Rhenald advised that planners and regional leaders be careful in welcoming the new era of millennial arrivals.
Bali tourism entrepreneurs, said Rhenald, need to change the strategy from the exploitation of Bali to become an orchestrator who also delivers tourists to new destinations outside Bali to get new sources of income.
On the other hand, the country needs to create standards that are not inferior to Bali for the new Bali that are being planned. All that, continued Rhenald, requires a change in mindset and entrepreneurship.
Rhenald reminded that a pleasant vacation for tourists needs to know the right time to make a tour. This is important so that travel does not produce fatigue, frustration and tension that is very detrimental. [bisnis.com/photo special]
