The tourism sector, one of the largest economy contributors in urban and regional development, is depended much on climate, sunlight, sea water, and natural landscape. Climate condition may influence the tourism activity. However, there is less study on the relationship between tourism and climate change in Indonesia, where many coastal areas are located. They are obviously really sensitive and vulnerable to the direct and indirect impacts of climate-related disasters. The objective of this preliminary study is to identify the tourists' perception regarding their understanding on the issue of climate-related disaster risks and its influence on the coastal tourism activity. An online questionnaire survey with domestic tourists' respondents was conducted, including their socioeconomic characteristics, and perception of climate-related disasters to coastal tourism activity. The finding revealed that the majority of respondents are understood about the issue and impacts of climate change. They responded that some of the climate-related disasters have influenced to coastal tourism activity; the high level is affected by storm and flood. By understanding the tourists' perspective, it will give valuable inputs especially for local government, policy decision makers, and related tourism stakeholders to improve their approaches and strategies in order to achieve sustainable coastal tourism development. K Coastal tourism;; climate change;; Indonesia;; tourists' perspective;; disaster risks
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