Abstract
COVID-19, a variant of novel corona virus, spread all over the world in eight to nine months. Almost all business sector of the world is affected by this global pandemic. Tourism industry is not a single industry, but it is connected with many other industries directly or indirectly. For example, the transportation systems airlines, bus, train, cruise ships and accommodation facilities like hotel, motel, home stay and other tourism service provider like travel agency or tour operator all of these are connected with this industry. Thousands of flights are cancelled, luxurious hotels are empty, no business for tour operator and travel agencies, people involved with tourism industry are losing jobs or not getting salaries fully. The COVID-19 situation has paused all of these sectors’ businesses. The purpose of this study is to show the impact of covid-19 in the most popular tourist destinations in the world and provide some recommendations to overcome the crisis. Qualitative in manner, the research paper used secondary method of data from website materials, newspapers, organizational statistics on COVID-19 occurrences all over the popular tourist destinations in the world. This review illustrates a concrete overview about the impact of COVID-19 in popular destinations and provides some recommendations further to overcome it. This paper may guide further research in quantitative method. Keywords: COVID-19, Tourism destinations, Economy, Tourism Industry DOI: 10.7176/JTHS/50-07 Publication date: September 30 th 2020
Highlights
IntroductionThe rapid spread of novel coronavirus (2019nCoV), since the first case occurred in December 2019 in Wuhan, Mainland China, led to a significant reduction in almost all global tourism (Estrada et al, 2020)
The novel coronavirus or COVID-19 is the catchword for year 2020
Objectives of the study The purpose of the study is to show the impact of covid-19 in the most popular tourist destinations in the world and provide some recommendations to overcome the crisis
Summary
The rapid spread of novel coronavirus (2019nCoV), since the first case occurred in December 2019 in Wuhan, Mainland China, led to a significant reduction in almost all global tourism (Estrada et al, 2020). As report by World Health Organization (WHO) the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide are 17,918,582 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 686,703 deaths, reported to WHO (3rd August 2020). Since 31 December 2019 and as of 03 August 2020, 18 056 310 cases ofCOVID-19 (in accordance with the applied case definitions and testing strategies in the affected countries) have been reported, including 689 219 deaths. More than 16.5 million people around the world have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Some 9.6 million patients have recovered, and more than 655,000 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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