ABSTRACT

The situation of pandemic Covid-19 creates enormous challenges for the tourism industry, including in Indonesia. Karangsong Mangrove Centre, a nature-based mangrove forest conservation tourist attraction located at Indramayu-West Java, experienced a ceased operation of the place due to strict regulation and policy from the local government. This paper analyzes how the impact of Covid-19 affects Karangsong Mangrove Centre. The unit analysis of this study is the tourist arrival at Karangsong Mangrove Centre. Due to the health protocol in Indonesia, the study was conducted as desk research and collected from various resources related to the topic as secondary data. The data was analyzed using descriptive and content analysis to interpret the data. The study found out that Karangsong Mangrove Centre plans to sustain using the incentive stimulus while waiting for the new regulation to reopen.