When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, the tourism sector experienced conditions required to implement the CHSE (Cleanliness, Health, Safety & Environment) program and implement health protocols. The 2021 tourism village network (Jadesta) data shows that the implementation of CHSE and disaster mitigation still needs to improve due to a lack of understanding of CHSE and disaster risks and the lack of competence and capacity of human resources in tourism villages. With the number of tourist villages in Indonesia reaching more than 7,000, it is known that the CHSE education and massive disaster mitigation needed have yet to be supported by the availability of risk mapping for tourism villages in disaster-prone locations.
Based on the results of these data, mapping the risk of tourism villages in disaster-prone locations is very important to increase the competence of human resources and protect tourists. Therefore, on September 22, 2022, the Universitas Indonesia, through the Kedaireka Matching Fund Grant from the Universitas Indonesia – the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy managed by the Universitas Indonesia’s Disaster Risk Reduction Center (DRRC), which consists of Lecturers, Students, Alumni of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) Universitas Indonesia (UI), Department of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) FPH UI, and School of Environmental Sciences (SIL) the University of Indonesia launched the Creating a World Class DeWi Tourism Village Program (World Class DeWi) through the implementation of CHSE and Disaster Mitigation for beneficiaries Tourism Village Award in Cianjur, West Java.
This program is aimed at identifying CHSE and disaster risks as well as improving the quality of human resources in Tourism Villages through the application of creative works by Lecturers, Students, Alumni of FPH UI, OHS Department FPH UI, and the School of Environmental Sciences (SIL) the Universitas Indonesia with the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy.
The program itself will be carried out through several stages, including identification of HSE and disaster risks, HSE online training and disaster mitigation, field verification of HSE and disaster training, Tourism Village Information System (SIDEWITA) HSE and disaster, disaster impact analysis, crisis management destination governance, as well as program management. Development of CHSE online educational materials and disaster mitigation that will be used in the form of modules and videos that can be accessed through the EDURISK platform, which has been developed by the Universitas Indonesia’s Disaster Risk Reduction Center (DRRC) as a solution to improve the quality of Human Resources in tourist villages massively.
Through the presence of a collaborative program between the Universitas Indonesia through the Disaster Risk Reduction Center (DRRC) Special Service and Community Service Work Unit with Lecturers, Students, FPH UI Alumni, OHS Department of FPH UI, and the School of Environmental Sciences (SIL) the Universitas Indonesia with the Ministry of Tourism and Economy Creative is expected to revive the tourism sector through the creation of world-class tourist villages (World class DeWi), increase national and international tourist visits to tourist villages, and ultimately increase national economic growth.
