The Impacts of The 2021 Homecoming Ban Policy and How The Community Should React to This

In addition, transportation entrepreneurs such as inter-city and inter-provincial buses, planes, and ships must also suffer the impact of the homecoming ban in the form of decreased revenues from passengers who are usually busy going to their hometown. With the negative impact above, it is possible that economic growth in the second quarter of this year could decline, unless the government is able to keep the economy spinning with various other alternatives.

In addition, another negative impact is that the celebration of Eid this year will feel the same as 2020, where this year's Eid will feel less festive and tend to feel empty, unlike the Eid holidays a few years ago.  Eid homecoming which is a tradition and is always eagerly awaited every year by our community, where people carry out activities to go home to stay in touch with their families in their hometown after Ramadan, the homecoming ban policy makes people feel disappointed and sad because there are many people who  hopes that this year they can celebrate Eid with their beloved family but were prevented again by the same policy last year.  So, this year's Eid will again feel lonely and and not festive because many people are discouraged.

After considering the positive and negative impacts of this policy, we as a society must be able to respond to this policy properly. We as a society inevitably have to understand and accept the current situation. The phenomenon of the homecoming for Eid is the right of all citizens to travel and stay in touch with families, but on the grounds of the spread of Covid19, of course the government must also provide guarantees to protect every citizen, so let's give the government the freedom to show their work hard to handle the Covid-19 pandemic and we as a society also should participate to comply with health protocols and avoid crowds.

So, all policies that have been issued have definitely had positive and negative impacts, and many have also reaped pros and cons.  Likewise with this homecoming prohibition policy. Many people have voiced their disapproval of this policy, and there is some people also have voiced that this policy is correct.  After seeing the positive and negative impacts, hopefully we as a society can consider the decisions that will be taken. 

Even though we cannot go back to homecoming this year, this does not mean that it is a reason for us to be discouraged to carry out Eid later on. We as a mulsim already know that Eid is a day of victory for Muslims, so let's celebrate together with great joy.

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Kurniawan, Ruly. (2020). Selama Periode Lebaran 2020, Jumlah Kecelakaan Kendaraan Turun 31 Persen. . Retrieved on April 22, 2021 from https://amp.kompas.com/otomotif/read/2020/06/09/122200715/selama-periode-lebaran-2020-jumlah-kecelakaan-kendaraan-turun-31-persen

The Conversation. (2021). Bagaimana Pemerintah Bisa Mengurangi Dampak Ekonomi dari Larangan Mudik. Retrieved on April 22, 2021 from https://theconversation.com/bagaimana-pemerintah-bisa-mengurangi-dampak-ekonomi-dari-larangan-mudik-158707