1 Awirya, et. al., Workers Adaptation during Pandemic,… e-Journal Ekonomi Bisnis dan Akuntansi, 2022, Volume 9 (1): 14-22 ISSN: 2355-4665 1 Workers Adaptation during Pandemic, Evidence from Bali Province as Main Tourist Destination in Indonesia Agni Alam Awirya 1 , Dian Novita 2* , Christina Irawadi 3 , Regina Niken Wilantari 4 1,3 Bank Indonesia, Indonesia 2 Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia 4 Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Jember, Indonesia Email: dian.novita-2018@feb.unair.ac.id Abstrak Pandemi COVID-19 menyebabkan dampak yang besar pada berbagai sector di Indonesia, salah satunya yaitu sector pariwisata. Hal ini bermula dari kebijakan yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah berupa larangan perjalanan hingga penutupan hotel telah mengurangi supply dan demand pariwisata dalam negeri maupun internasional yang berujung pada kemandekan industry pariwisata. Akibatnya, tenaga kerja pada sektor pariwisata banyak terdampak mulai dari pemutusan hubungan kerja hingga pengurangan pendapatan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana dampak dan adaptasi tenaga kerja sector pariwisata selama pademi COVID-19 yang diperluas pada analisis migrasi tenaga kerja sector pariwisata yang terdampak pandemi COVID-19 dengan menggunakan data SAKERNAS Agustus 2020 dan Data survey kondisi tenaga kerja. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pandemic COVID-19 telah membawa dampak yang begitu besar pada ketenagakerjaan sektor pariwisata berupa PHK, perubahan jenis pekerjaan hingga penurunan pendapatan. Berbagai alternatif dalam melakukan usaha menambah pendapatan tambahan maupun dalam bidang pekerjaan telah dilakukan oleh pekerja sebagai suatu langkah adaptasi dengan keadaan baru saat pandemic COVID-19. Kata Kunci: Pariwisata, Tenaga Kerja, COVID-19. Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on various sectors in Indonesia, one of which is the tourism sector. This stems from the policies carried out by the government in the form of travel bans to closing hotels which have reduced the supply and demand of domestic and international tourism which has led to the stagnation of the tourism industry. As a result, many workers in the tourism sector are affected, ranging from layoffs to reduced income. This study aims to find out how the impact and adaptation of the tourism sector workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic was extended to the analysis of labor migration in the tourism sector affected by the COVID-19 pandemic using SAKERNAS data in August 2020 and survey data on labor conditions. The results of the study show that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on tourism sector employment in the form of layoffs, changes in types of work to a decrease in income. Various alternatives in doing business to increase additional income or in the field of work have been carried out by workers as an adaptation step to new conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keywords: Tourism, Labor, COVID-19. Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the Indonesian economy, including the tourism sector (Abbas, 2021; Abbas et al., 2021). This stems from policies carried out by the government in the form of travel bans to hotel closures which have reduced domestic and international tourism supply and demand (Christian & Hidayat, 2020). The performance of the tourism sector in 2020 has proven to have experienced a significant decline. UNWTO said that COVID-19 caused a contraction in the tourism sector by 20-30% in 2020. This is in line with reduced consumer confidence and restrictions on overseas travel imposed by a number of countries in order to break the chain of the spread of COVID-19. Based on the UNWTO report, until the June 2020 period, foreign tourist arrivals decreased by 93%, this will certainly reduce exports from the tourism sector * Corresponding Author (UNWTO, 2020). The number of economic sectors involved in the tourism industry is also able to cause the impact of a decline in the tourism industry not only to sectors related to tourist travel and accommodation. Several sectors supporting other tourism activities were also affected (Awirya, 2020). Policies that have been set by various countries such as lockdowns are able to cause tourist mobility to be minimal or even non-existent, so that many tourist objects and all related sectors experience bankruptcy (Haryanto, 2020). This is certainly a heavy blow for countries that depend on tourism, such as Indonesia because it can cause the tourism industry's contribution to economic growth to decline. Based on the research of Purba et al., (2021) said that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly harmed Indonesian tourism, and has negative implications for the value of Indonesia's GDP. One of the main tourist areas that contributes significantly to the growth of the tourism industry in Indonesia is Bali.