Food Safety in Culinary Businesses in Rural and Urban Tourism Villages to Ensure Tourists' Health and Sustainable Tourism

Abstract

Food is a basic necessity required by tourists during their travels; therefore, food service providers need to pay attention to the food safety of the items they sell to ensure the health and satisfaction of tourists. This research aims to assess the food safety in culinary businesses in both urban and rural tourist areas. The study was conducted in 60 culinary businesses in the West Java Tourism Village for rural areas and 60 culinary businesses in the Tourism Village in DKI Jakarta for urban areas. The method employed is descriptive analysis to illustrate the food safety in tourist areas using a food safety assessment scoring instrument in both regions. Subsequently, a comparative analysis was performed to assess the differences in food safety between the two areas. The research results indicate that the food safety score in the West Java Tourism Village shows that 70% falls into the category of potentially risky but still safe for consumption, while 30% falls into the category of moderate food safety. The food safety score in the Jakarta Tourism Village shows that 38% falls into the category of potentially risky but still safe, 37% falls into the moderate food safety category, and 25% falls into the good food safety category. The comparison of food safety scores in rural and urban areas reveals a significant difference (Sig. 0.003 < 0.005), with the average food safety score in the rural tourism village being 47.77 and in the urban area being 73.23. This means that food safety in the urban tourism village is better compared to the rural area.