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FLOOD disasters that have hit Jakarta several times throughout the year have put pressure on tourism businesses to spur tourist visits.
According to Deputy Chairperson of the Association of The Indonesian Tours And Travel Agencies (Asita) Budijanto Ardiansjah said the flood disaster in Jakarta has disrupted the accessibility of the community so that it affects the mobility of tourists ..
“I estimate that due to this flood, foreign and local tourist visits are predicted to drop by 10-20%. Access to Jakarta and other cities is also disrupted, so tourism in the Greater Jakarta and Bandung regions will be disrupted,” he said.
Nevertheless Budijanto said that so far the losses suffered by the Jakarta tourism sector could not be calculated because this involved the extent of the inundation of tourist areas.
“You should first check the cancellation of accommodations, tour packages and lodging caused by this flood,” he added.
Meanwhile, economist Indef Nailul Huda said that floods that have hit Jakarta three times this year are predicted to cause losses of up to IDR3 trillion.
“If calculated from the beginning of this year, losses could be more than IDR3 trillion. The exact figure cannot be calculated because it waits for how many days the water will recede. In this case, the loss figures come from direct or indirect economic losses,” Nailul Huda noted.
Direct economic losses such as damage to production equipment or losses due to non-use of production factors such as machinery or labor and vehicles for logistics.
“Whereas indirect economic losses such as decreasing stall merchant income due to the absence of some workers,” Huda said.
With the obstacles or obstacles in the logistics sector, Huda predicts it will affect food prices which ultimately have an impact on inflation. It will definitely have an impact, inflation will usually rise with the occurrence of floods. [bisnis.com/photo special]
