Emergency Organization Case Study

In the scope of emergency organization (EO), actually the role of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Board (MCGB) is important. MCGB provides the necessary data about the daily information of temperature, weather, earthquake and the possibilities of tsunami warning. MCGB distributed the data through a lot media such as online, by phone and by fax. In relation to tourism, the data from MCGB is used as the consideration for flying of all airline in Indonesia and surrounding. The forecasting data are also broadcasted in the daily television. Therefore, the data from MCGB is essentially available in many media sources.
How effective is the data availability? MCGB mentioned to always open their office for public including inviting groups of students to learn about the forecast and the data usage. According to the interview, in creating the itinerary for tourists package, the travel agents were rarely checking the weather forecast. Although the data is available, however the data is currently not being used by the travel agent in developing the itinerary.
To sum up, the emergency organization (RDMA, Pusdalop and MCGB) have been focusing their programs on preparedness to such event of natural disaster both geological hazard and hydrometeorology hazard. In their master plan, tourism is seen as aspect for recovery rather than preparation. The disaster
Perception business entrepreneurs represented by the hotel and restaurant are important in disaster management. In addition, the direct contact to the client, i.e tourist, gave them valuable part in disaster management for tourism. Hotels are the most easily identified tourist facility, since by definition, only tourists use them. They could communicate for tourists for any disaster possibility and any programs for reducing the risk of disasters in tourism