OUR OPINION, 5 Homecoming Economy Dilemma - Dunia Kana
NEWS, The Eid al-Fitr period in 2021 creates a difficult dilemma for the government, which is to provide options for allowing or prohibiting homecoming. Meanwhile, the homecoming culture has become a tradition for the Indonesian people which is usually done at the end of Ramadan by visiting relatives in their hometowns.
However, with concerns about the possible increase in the number of Covid-19 victims, if homecoming is allowed to continue, the government has banned the community from going home from 6-17 May 2021. Thus, it becomes difficult for the community to carry out Eid together with their families in their hometowns. they.
The decision made by the government makes a lot of sense. Given, the number of victims from covid-19 transmission is increasing. In addition, there is a case study from India which has experienced a large saint victim.
katakita, Currently the homecoming culture does not only have social values which have been used as the right time to stay in touch and gather with family. From a social point of view, mudiok is one of the hotbeds of followers and family unity, even though they have worked and settled in other cities. Homecoming also has a commercial aspect that is increasingly having a greater economic value each year, in line with the increase in the level of income and the welfare of the community.
From this commercial side, the homecoming culture is able to push economic activity to a higher level so that it is hoped that it will be able to encourage economic recovery which is currently experiencing disruption due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.