Risk Management for Healthier and Safer Tourist Destination (Case Study at Parangritis Beach, Special Region Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Increasing number of visitors to Parangtritis Beach affect to increases the health and safety risk. Data of Tourism and Cultural Office Bantul Regency, more than 30 tourists are victims due to rip current and 220 tourist stung by Jellyfish in 2019. This study aimed to: 1) identify potential hazards, 2) risk assessment, 3) describes the hazards controls that have been applied. This research use qualitative approach with a case study. The data was collected by observation, interview and documentation method. The object of the research is environment and tourist activity, subject of the research head of the Administration office whom responsible for managing the Parangtritis Beach, a person at Bantul Regency tourism and culture office, a chairman of Community Based Tourism at Parangtritis Beach, two personnel from coastal guide (search and rescue team) and 2 tourists. The method used was the Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, and Risk Control (HIRARC), risk analyzed by AS/ NZS 4360 standard in 20041. The research found four tourism activity, one environment factor and one man made factor. Safety problems that occurred were people dragged into the middle sea when tourist bathing, riding a horse-drawn carriage, riding an ATV at sand dune, riding a jeep and potentially being affected by the tsunami. Health problems that can occurred caused stung by jelly fish and diarrhea or poisoning at culinary tourism activities. The control efforts that have been carried out by the tourism authorities were made artificial swimming pools for children, building tourist monitoring posts, installing water trough signs, and personal protective equipment for coast guard. We recommend to tourism authorities to make operational procedure standard rescue, safety induction to tourist at the entrance of the beach and disaster training to all their staff periodically. Keywords—safety and health, risk management, tourist