Sektor pariwisata terkena dampak di masa pandemik covid-19. Hal ini disebabkan oleh minimnya mobilitas masyarakat untuk menghindari penyebaran virus. Pengelolaan destinasi pariwisata ekologis patut mendukung pelestarian lingkungan dan secara bersamaan memberikan pengalaman kepada wisatawan. Terdapat dua isu utama pada masa pandemik; isu kesehatan dan keterbatasan mobilitas wisatawan. Hal tersebut yang mendorong munculnya dua isu strategis yang menjadi pertimbangan; strategi adaptasi internal (pengembangan produk turunan hasil konservasi) dan strategi wisata daring (perancangan wisata daring).   ABSTRACT Tourism is affected by the covid-19 pandemic. It is caused by the limitation of people mobility in order to reduce the spread of the virus. Ecological tourism destinations management should support the environmental preservation and also give experience to the tourists. There are two main issues on this pandemic; health issue and limitation of tourist’s mobility. This condition, bring up two strategic issues for consideration; strategy on internal adaptation (improvement on derivative products of nature resources) and strategy on online tourism (designing online tourism).

Ecofeminism, as perspective that supporting the ecology's issues, stressing on involvement of women. In Indonesia, women are the symbol of mother nature, related to the source of life. In ecology perspective, conservation become relevant. Butterfly existence able to become indicator for habitat diversity. Herawati Soekardi in a position to lead Yayasan Sahabat Alam, consistently works for about 20 years. Her work on butterfly conservation has been able to show skills that are needed by the leaders of environmental. Ecotourism become the supporting activities for the conservation's itself. Transfer of knowledge on importance of butterfly preservation is the crucial aspect to engage experiences on tourism.

Traveling is part of the activities for doing tourism. We have experience in tourism destinations. Due to COVID-19, people have limitations on the mobilization to travel. In 2020, a report was telling that tourism is the most affected business sector. Since the pandemic, we need to change our interactions. Most of our activities are moved digitally. On the other hand, we still have needed to fulfil. It shows the urgency of technology development to embrace the people's experience (user experience). The needs of traveling to tourism destinations, supported by technology. Developing a virtual tour in butterfly park has an urgency to stress spreading the knowledge of butterfly conservation, and it relies on the experience of doing the tourism. Tourist experience has to enable the feeling of being involved in the situation. Understanding the components is essential to the occasion. There are critical components for developing the user experience in Butterfly Park. We need a database on existing butterflies, vegetation (plants and flowers), and the butterfly park map. The virtual tourist can experience sight (seen using eyes) and sound (hear by ear), but they cannot feel by touch. That becomes the challenge for the development of these technologies. Taman Kupu-Kupu Gita Persada Virtual Reality Tour able to replicate some experience to users in visiting virtual tourist spots, viewing information on virtual tourist spots, and chose a location for virtual tourist spots. It is quite effective as a medium to experience tour and learn about conservation based on usability survey which resulted in 95% visitors are satisfied. Tourist experience is enabled the feeling of being involved in the situation by using Taman Kupu-Kupu Gita Persada Virtual Reality Tour. The experience will raise awareness for Sumatran butterfly conservation.