Covid-19, technology and tourism: The future of virtual tour?

The Covid-19 pandemic requires everyone to stay at home except for important and urgent needs. One last activity to do outside the house is a trip. This situation encourages new ideas and opportunities for tourism practitioners to take an advantage of online technology platforms. The current trend in Indonesia is the emergence of Virtual Tour (VT) activities amidst community. This paper aims to elaborate on the Virtual Tour phenomenon which is widespread during a pandemic and its challenges after the pandemic is over. This paper also discusses the existing virtual tour concept and its future predictions in Indonesia. From this paper, it is expected that practitioners, academics, government and communities recognize the implementation and future of the Virtual Tour.