Perspective of health workers on tourism health problem in the working area of Nipah health center North Lombok District

The West Nusa Tenggara Province (NTB) is designated as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), where the direction of development is tourism. North Lombok is one of the districts with a developing tourist area. The tourist areas of North Lombok regency are mostly located in the working area of ​​the Nipah Health Center.Tourism can have both positive and negative impacts. One of them is tourism health problem. This study aims to determine the perspective of health workers related to tourism health problems in the working area of ​​the Nipah Health Center. Researchers used qualitative research design with a phenomenological approach. The researcher used purposive sampling technique with data collection method using observation and in-depth interviews with the five informants. The results of the study based on the perspective of health workers in the working area of ​​the Nipah Health Center showed tourism health problems including sunburn, heat stroke (physical hazard), food poisoning (chemical hazard), insect bites, mosquitoes and food contamination by flies (biological hazard) and traffic accidents. , drowning, impaled by marine animals such as sea urchins, jellyfish (mechanical hazard). Prevention and handling carried out include free health checks, counseling, formation of Disaster Preparedness Team (TAGANA) and coordination with related parties