Abstract
The outbreak and spread of covid-19 disease has resulted in countries of the world placing travel restrictions and closure of their borders to movements to and from other countries. The tourism industry is one of the sectors that would be greatly affected. Data for the study was generated from desk review of secondary materials, online blogs and interview through social media chat. Findings of the study reveal that the outbreak and spread of covid-19 disease led to rapid shutdowns in cities and states across the country, which greatly affected the tourism industry. Industries in the tourism sector such as airlines, hotels, entertainment and hospitality industries are facing declining demand and patronage with travel crashes and cancellations expected to continue. The increased cancellations of hotels and travel bookings resulted in billions of dollars in revenue loss and hundreds of thousands of job loss in the country. The findings of the study reveal that covid-19 is already worsening the unemployment situations in the country, resulting in loss of substantial revenue to the government, increasing incidence of poverty among others. Based on the findings, the study recommends the need for diversification priorities to alternative sectors such as tourism and agriculture and compensation to business operators in the tourism and other critical sector.
Highlights
The global community wake up in December 2019 to an outbreak of a disease named Coronavirus disease 2019
Nigeria as a country would be more affected by the present covid-19 pandemic because of its high dependence on crude oil which has witnessed decline in demand in the global market resulting in price crash
It is too early to get the overall picture of the effects of covid-19 impact on tourism industry, this study presents an appraisal of the potential impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the tourism sector in Nigeria with the aim of suggesting areas that will require critical intervention as the country struggles with measures of revitalising the economy and mitigating the impact of covid-19 on the Nigerian economy. 1.1 Conceptual Clarification Tourism is the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the activities undertaken during their stay in those destinations, and the facilities created and services provided to cater for their needs (Collins-Kreiner & Wall, 2015)
Summary
The global community wake up in December 2019 to an outbreak of a disease named Coronavirus disease 2019 (abbreviated as COVID-19). Some of the measures put in place by the Nigerian government in its effort to curtail the further spread of covid-19 include social distancing and staying at home policy in which workers are expected to work from their individual houses and public gatherings of all kind were banned. This policy imposed limitations in spending and declining consumptions. The tourism industryis a major sector of theeconomyof anynation.The constituents of the tourism industry are varied ranging from small scale businesses operating at local levels to multinationals More over these different components are closely linked to each other.
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