Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the domestic tourism industry of India: A study of the hotels and restaurants in the Delhi region

Abstract

The covid-19 has hit badly the hotel, aviation, and the tourism. These sectors are largely dependent and interdependent. It is accepted globally that the covid-19 has given the biggest challenge trouble worldwide. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, there is uncertainty in the market crisis in the hotel, tourism, and aviation. There is a need to plan to recover from the market crisis of hotels, restaurants, and tourism post-covid-19 pandemic. The lockdown and the international closer of the boundaries of the country for the airlines have put the operation of the local hotel, and restaurant on zero. Deep planning and implementation are required by the government for the survival of the hospitality business. According to the WHO report the Covid-19 pandemic has affected 193 million people and the death rate is 4.5 million. According to the UNWTO figures, there is 70% decrease in tourism in 2020 as against 2019. The tourism-driven countries are finding it difficult to survive for their livelihood and to earn the bread. There is descriptive research on the hotels and the restaurants in the Delhi and NCR region on the kind of nature of business during the Covid-19 pandemic.