THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON THE UMRAH AND HAJJ BUSINESS PLUS IN EAST JAKARTA

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the state of the Umrah and Hajj travel agents in the face of the Covid 19 pandemic that is currently happening. The research method used in this study is a descriptive study with a qualitative analysis approach, and uses the results of informant interviews and secondary data from correspondence reports that help provide secondary data to support this research. Corona virus or corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has made the domestic economy contract, the Ministry of Finance noted several problems caused by the outbreak of this virus increased unemployment rate 1.2 million formal sector and 265,000 informal sector, Indonesian Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) below level 50 which is only 45.3 in March 2020. Third, more than 12,703 flights at 15 airports were canceled from January to February, with details of 11,680 domestic flights and 1,023 international flights, the government of Saudi Arabia also issued rules prohibiting the use of Umrah for all countries. This problem will affect the organizers of Umrah or Umrah travel in Indonesia, researchers take samples, especially in the area of ​​East Jakarta, research using descriptive methods with a qualitative analysis approach, this research uses the method by interviewing directly from competent sources in the field of aviation, organizing umrah.