Tourism, Communications, and Disasters: Political Communication Management in Government Institutions on the Development Policy of Tourism Industry in Disaster-prone Areas Case Study: Planning on Special Economic Zones in the Mentawai Islands

Neneng Susilawati, A. G. Eka Wenats Wuryanta

2019

Abstract

The archipelago of Indonesia hosts rich natural resources and beautiful tropical nature. Tourism is cur-rently the leading sector and national as well as regional development priority in Indonesia. Besides having the famed natural beauty, Indonesia hides the potential threat of natural disasters. Therefore, disasters and tourism in development plans do not always go hand in hand. The perception of disaster for the tourism industry is often seen as a threat. Development policies do not yet seriously consider disaster risks as a part of the calculation of development investment in order that casualties and losses of every disaster event can be minimized, especially in areas of tourism destinations. In the last two years, losses from disasters reached 68.66 Trillion rupiahs. Of the new 50 Special Economic Zones planned by the central government of Indonesia, most of them are located at places with a high risk of natural disasters. The lack of consideration of potential threats of natural disasters can be perceived as the absence of political communication management. This research thus examines how political com-munication management is applicable in government institutions to make tourism development poli-cies sustainable and safer for people in disaster-prone tourism destinations. The importance of this re-search is to contribute several indispensable ideas academically in political communication and prac-tice in sustainable development policies in disaster-prone areas.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Susilawati N. and Wuryanta A. (2019). Tourism, Communications, and Disasters: Political Communication Management in Government Institutions on the Development Policy of Tourism Industry in Disaster-prone Areas Case Study: Planning on Special Economic Zones in the Mentawai Islands.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Anti-Corruption and Integrity - Volume 1: ICOACI, ISBN 978-989-758-461-9, pages 123-130. DOI: 10.5220/0009401001230130

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icoaci19,
author={Neneng Susilawati and A. G. Eka Wenats Wuryanta},
title={Tourism, Communications, and Disasters: Political Communication Management in Government Institutions on the Development Policy of Tourism Industry in Disaster-prone Areas Case Study: Planning on Special Economic Zones in the Mentawai Islands},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Anti-Corruption and Integrity - Volume 1: ICOACI,},
year={2019},
pages={123-130},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009401001230130},
isbn={978-989-758-461-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Anti-Corruption and Integrity - Volume 1: ICOACI,
TI - Tourism, Communications, and Disasters: Political Communication Management in Government Institutions on the Development Policy of Tourism Industry in Disaster-prone Areas Case Study: Planning on Special Economic Zones in the Mentawai Islands
SN - 978-989-758-461-9
AU - Susilawati N.
AU - Wuryanta A.
PY - 2019
SP - 123
EP - 130
DO - 10.5220/0009401001230130