THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING ON TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRY

THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING ON TOURISM MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRY.

[Audio] The tourism industry is an industry that is totally dependent on potential travelers and here it has been impacted by social distancing as it has impacted by the social distancing which is helpful for the healthcare of the people. Social distancing measures include various measures such as avoidance of mass gatherings and prevention of tourists traveling in order to avoid the growth of the coronavirus..

[Audio] . The new COVID-19 protocols for maintaining cleanliness brought about 250-bed on an average is about 1,00,000 pounds every year. Some of the hotels were using private rentals for the purpose of isolation the patients suffering from COVID- 19..

[Audio] The appearance of the lethal disease Covid- 19 has resulted in a mammoth financial loss as well as caused an economic and health crisis all over the globe The tourism and travel industry has suffered the most in the crisis situation as a complete lockdown was implemented by governments all over the globe. Travelers around the globe play a major role in boosting economic activity in all countries. According to various news reports, the tourism and travel sector all over the globe has lost over 3 trillion USD as revenue since the start of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. As per the views of the tourism sector is a major contributor to providing jobs as well as has a major role in socio-economic and cultural development around the globe. The travel and tourism sector are a major pillar of GDP for many countries such as Sri Lanka, and UAE as the tourism sector contributes around 30 percent of their total GDP (He et al. 2021)..

[Audio] The situation of pandemic has brought huge changes in terms of hospitality and the way of serving and accommodating customers. Along with these changes come bigger challenges in accordance with hygiene, safety, and most important social distancing. These data collected from the " civil aviation authority" show that there is a downfall of about 1.9 percent of the traffic of international passengers. However, it has been received as the improvement in the situation after April to July by 36.7 percent which again falls down with the response to the increasing restrictions such as Social Distancing, quarantine, and so on..

[Audio] Due to the fear and uncertainty of the spread of coronavirus, most travel service provider has suffered huge losses as people were advised to stay in their homes with banned on travel and avoidance of any travel gathering. These measures of social distancing impacted economically on tourism management industries..

[Audio] Due to the spread of coronavirus the declaration of a global pandemic. It has created a huge impact on almost every sector. However, one of the hardest hit sectors by COVID- 19 is the travel and tourism industry due to both partial as well as full lockdown situations worldwide along with social distancing.

[Audio] Most developing countries where the tourism sector is a major part of their income face challenges as well as facing huge unemployment problems. middle eastern countries, as well as developing countries of Europe, are fencing huge losses because of the lockdown. This chapter basically discusses the problems the tourism industry is facing locally or even globally because of Covid- 19. Multiple reports have shown that around 85 percent of revenue was down in 2020 and 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing rules. Reports have also shown that around 32 percent of people who are directly or indirectly associated with the tourism industry has lost their job because of the pandemic..

[Audio] This research has followed a secondary data collection method, where the researcher has taken data from various sources such as financial statements of various tourist agencies from 2020 to 2022, multiple newspaper articles from various countries, and non-governmental as well as governmental reports of multiple countries. The researcher has also used various previous research work from previous researchers, as well as google scholar journals on the impact of social distancing on the tourism industry. The secondary data collection method gives relevant information about the impact on various countries..

[Audio] The researcher has used the thematic analysis method for analyzing secondary qualitative data by using various themes. The researcher has also used the primary qualitative analysis method for analyzing the information gathered from the interviews. the primary qualitative analysis method is helpful as its focuses on the opinion, beliefs as well as attitudes of a small group of people on the impact of social distancing on the tourism industry..

[Audio] Social distancing measures include various measures such as avoidance of mass gatherings and prevention of tourists traveling in order to avoid the growth of the coronavirus..

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