Does Pandemic Covid-19 Affect Foreign Tourist Visit in Jakarta?

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to predict foreign tourists visiting Jakarta. This research uses quantitative data methods. The data of this research is data on foreign tourist visits to Jakarta which were taken from January 2011 to September 2020 from the National Statistical Bureau. The results of the analysis using exponential smoothing with the help of Microsoft Excel show that the forecasting results in the 2021 period will increase by 16% from the 2020 period due to the spread of the global pandemic, namely Covid-19. this offers optimism for a revival for the tourism sector as well as for other sectors in Jakarta. Keywords—forecasting, exponential smoothing, foreign tourist, Covid-19 pandemic