The Impact of Tourism on Environment
The Impact of Tourism on Environment In the last decades, Indonesia's tourism sector has continued to expand and diversify. This can be seen from the increasing number of tourist visits from both domestic and foreign countries. Based on data from the Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS), the number of tourist visits to Indonesia was 7,002,944 people in 2010 and reached it ’ s peak in 2019 which reached 16,106,954 people (Aditiya, 2020). Although in 2020 tourist arrivals have decreased due to the COVID-19, it can be seen that in the previous year that Indonesia has a significant increase in tourist arrivals. The number of tourists visiting Indonesia is due to the increasing number of tourist attractions in Indonesia. The Ministry of Tourism has begun to focus its efforts on developing and marketing four priority tourist destinations in Indonesia, namely Labuan Bajo as the gateway to the Komodo Islands, Borobudur Temple in Central Java as a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is a 9th centur