COVID-19 in the San Juan del Río, Qro. restaurant sector, effects and Outlook

Abstract

COVID-19 burst in the whole world and put Mexico in challenging situations in several areas, in the State of Queretaro the government in turn implemented a series of measures decreed and suggested at national and international level to preserve the health of its citizens, among these measures was the temporary closure of various establishments where there was contact and coexistence of people, including local restaurants, which faced great challenges such as: dismissal of staff, emergent adaptation with survival strategies and sales, among others. The objective of this work is to find the impact of COVID 19 on the restaurant sector of San Juan del Río, Qro., as well as the future perspectives on the part of the businessmen, emphasizing the effects on the workers. The need to collaborate on the part of the local government in the total reactivation of the sector included in the program for the activation of tourism in the city is what summarizes the justification for this research. The synthetic analytical method was used, descriptive, mixed type, using an instrument with quantitative and qualitative elements to detect the impact of COVID 19 in the restaurant sector of the city, the perception of future perspectives and affectations in its human capital; 76 establishments were surveyed out of a total of 955 recognized and with denomination according to the National Statistical Directory of Economic Units (DENUE) and by the representative of the Queretaro Council of restaurateurs AC, although a tourist blog in the country, reports that there are 124 main ones. The main meetings: the variation in income, number of workers, salaries, priority activities, investment in pre and post COVID items, the future prospects of the sector and information on human losses and worker capacities by COVID-19.