PANDEMIC COVID-19 HAS AN IMPACT ON DECREASING TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY IN SOUTH SULAWESI

Eight months of being hit by the Covid-19 Pandemic made Indonesia's economic conditions battered. Indonesia's economic growth in the second quarter of 2020 contracted considerably up to -5.32 percent. Indonesia is estimated to have lost foreign exchange of 14.5-15.8 billion USD due to a decrease in foreign tourist arrivals. This downturn is because the tourism sector relies heavily on human movement. The Association of Indonesian Hotels and Restaurants in South Sulawesi stated that the hotel and restaurant lines were most affected during the Covid-19 Pandemic. It was recorded that 237 companies experienced a decline in performance, as many as 10,091 workers at home, and 186 had been dismissed from work in South Sulawesi.