Q: The Covid-19 pandemic has changed human behavior, including in travel, “mass tourism” has shifted to “quality tourism”. How does the Belitung Tourism Department respond to this?
A: Basically for Belitung, firstly, most of the tours are outdoor, secondly, the nature of Belitung provides full sun so that tourists can freely do sun bathing. Visiting Belitung is also healthy, where sports activities (sports tourism) are held in here. All of which are of course very suitable for the current condition of tourists. For outdoor tourism, of course, it is still carried out by maintaining a distance (social distancing) such as on Lengkuas Island and other island groups, the islands are vast so that tourists do not need to worry even without keeping their distance. Then, the conditions in the vast nature with the hot sun, of course any germs or viruses will die, not to mention these tourists will plunge into the sea, they will soak in the sea for hours, it is also very healthy. Then we also develop sport tourism here in Be Belitung, such as golf, triathlon, bicycles. These are all our offers for traveling and exercising as well, which is what tourists are pursuing in this modern era.
