Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily hit international economy giving a particular setback to the tourism sector. Between March and May 2020, during the first lockdown, and between October and December of the same year, during the second lockdown, a questionnaire was administrated in Italy, Greece and Great Britain. Through the questionnaire, people’s feelings and expectations of their desire to take a vacation were collected regarding the period of constraint due to the new coronavirus and the possible end of the pandemic, or the first government approved travel openings. In particular, the question of how long it would take to decide on a holiday, the type and duration, after the period of constriction due to the coronavirus was over, was asked. Both surveys, in the two different lockdown periods, showed the potential desire of tourists to leave relatively quickly, and to take forms of domestic tourism, characterized by small and short-lived trips. The favorite destination being the seaside.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has heavily hit international economy giving a particular setback to the tourism sector
The tourism sector is an economic sector of primary importance for many countries, to the point that any drop is a cause of concern for governments due to the repercussions on the other production sectors and the related service industry: airlines, hotels, restaurants and enogastronomy (Reitano et al, 2016), and shops
Of different nature in the last twenty years, have exposed global tourism to different periods of crisis. These have included the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the bombings of Bali in October 2002, the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the war in Iraq in 2003, the Madrid train bombings (March 2004), the destructive tsunami in the Indian Ocean (December 2004) the London bombings (July 2005), the global economic crisis taking place in 2008/09, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2015
Summary
The tourism sector is an economic sector of primary importance for many countries, to the point that any drop is a cause of concern for governments due to the repercussions on the other production sectors and the related service industry: airlines, hotels, restaurants and enogastronomy (Reitano et al, 2016), and shops. Of different nature in the last twenty years, have exposed global tourism to different periods of crisis These have included the terrorist attacks of September 11th and the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the bombings of Bali in October 2002, the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the war in Iraq in 2003, the Madrid train bombings (March 2004), the destructive tsunami in the Indian Ocean (December 2004) the London bombings (July 2005), the global economic crisis taking place in 2008/09, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2015. In this context of crisis and economic and social uncertainty, the present research aims to investigate the status and expectations of people in relation to travel and tourism For this purpose, a questionnaire was administered both during the first lockdown period (March-May 2020) and during the second (October-December 2020) to a heterogeneous sample of people living in Italy, Greece and the United Kingdom. The repetition of the questionnaire allowed the comparison of the two different periods of restriction, undoubtedly characterized by different feelings
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