Tourism recovery strategy against COVID-19 pandemic

• Shih-Shuo Yeh ^[1]
  1. [1] National Quemoy University

     National Quemoy University

     Jincheng Township, Taiwán

     
• Localización: Tourism recreation research, ISSN 0250-8281, Vol. 46, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 188-194
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Travel is requisite for tourism activity, therefore, any factor that hinders traveling may have a profound impact on the tourism industry. This includes pandemics such as COVID-19. Therefore, it is important to have well thought out tourism crisis and disaster management (TCDM) to mitigate the impact and help with post-crisis recovery. This study uses a qualitative research method to examine the TCDM during the current crisis. Interviews were conducted and transcribed. The text-based data was analyzed using SPSS modeler 14.1 and results were discussed. The result indicates that open communication is a key to successfully combat pandemic and government-sponsored loans are crucial to the survival of tourism industry.

    Future research directions are also proposed.