Post Earthquake Recovery Strategy in Lombok Tourism

Abstract

Lombok is a tourist destination favored by domestic and foreign tourists. However, amidst the development of Lombok as a famous tourist area around the world, Lombok was hit by an earthquake in 2018. Therefore, this study aims to describe Lombok’s tourism recovery strategy post an earthquake. This study uses qualitative research with descriptive methods and data is collected by purposive sampling technique obtained through informants. The research was conducted through observation, interviews and documentation. Based on the results of data analysis, it can be concluded that rehabilitation of tourist areas, improvement of tourism area security standards, promotion of tourist areas, and planning of dark tourism are strategies that used to recover Lombok’s tourism post an earthquake.