The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Economic, Social, and Political Impacts

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DOI :10.26650/B/SS46.2020.006.05   IUP :10.26650/B/SS46.2020.006.05    Full Text (PDF)

The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic On the Tourism Industry

Sevinç Göktepe, Gürel Çetin

There is a close relationship between contagious diseases and tourism. While, tourism movements result in increased transmission of infections, the spread of the disease may adversely affect the tourism movements. The COVID-19 outbreak differs in terms of its effects and spread for the world economies that have witnessed many epidemic outbreaks before. The COVID-19 pandemic, which started in China and spread rapidly all over the world, has created economic shocks for all industries, but its impact on the tourism industry has been much severe compared to other industries. With the start of implementation national and international travel bans by countries, tourist movements ceased, and the tourism industry faced a sudden and uncertain crisis right before the tourism season. Considering all these effects, this section of the study explores the impacts, measures and forecasts of the pandemic and an evaluation was made in terms of its impacts on the tourism industry


Keywords: COVID-19, tourism industry, pandemic

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