Over the last two decades, disaster events have affected tourist destinations in\nmany countries around the world. Although disasters have attracted considerable\nattention in academia, little attention has been paid to the impacts of\nrecurring disasters on the multiyear performance of the tourism industry in a\nspecific country. This paper discusses the relationship between the performance\nof the tourism industry and disaster events and examines the spillover effects of\ndisasters on the tourism sector in Indonesia. It also highlights the Indonesian\npolicy responses in tourism following multiple disasters. The paper analyses the\nmultiyear (1998-2016) performance of the tourism industry using the variables\nnumber of inbound tourists, national/regional income from tourism, and hotel\nroom occupancy rates. Secondary data were collected from several sources, including\nlegal documents, Indonesiaâ??s tourism statistics, media outlets and\nnewspapers articles. The results show that during the past 18 years, disasters\nhave affected the performance of the tourism industry differently in terms of\nthe scale of destruction, the location of disasters and the type of disasters (human\nvs. nature induced). The spillover effect between provinces has also been\ncaptured from the data. Overall, this paper argues that in dealing with multiple\ndisasters over long periods of time, the continuation of regular tourism activities\nneeds a structural approach in terms of policy responses.
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