The impact of climate change in tourism sector in Java Island: A literature review

Abstract

As a common global concern, climate change impacts society in a multitude of effects, including tourism. Given that climate change is closely linked to tourism, this paper will examine the growing body of knowledge linked to climate change and tourism in Java Island. The purpose of this literature review is twofold. First, it shows the state of the art of the subject matters and the second one is to identify the main topics of the current research. This review was conducted by finding the keywords related to climate change and tourism in the literatures. This literature review was conducted semi-systematically by searching well-known digital libraries using keywords related to tourism sectors and climate change. A total of 24 literatures were identified as relevant to our inclusion criteria. Required information was extracted from these 24 literatures and grouped into each topic. The result is, current research on impacts of climate change in the tourism sector in Java Island is mainly focused on the threat of extreme weather to the tourism sector. Extreme weather directly linked with the tourism sector by significantly decreasing the number of visitors. Another important point to highlight is the change of adaptation pattern in societal, governmental, or private sector institutional level is also an important topic to be examined thoroughly in further research