Tourism

Made by Dr. Linghan Zhang

Impacts

• WTTC COVID-19
• 03/31 COVID-19 pandemic puts 75 million tourism jobs at risk: WTTC
• 03/27 TOURISM AND COVID-19
• 03/27 Coronavirus Brief
• 03/22 Turkish State Agency: Coronavirus could cause $1 trillion damage to tourism
• 03/23 ‘We’re devastated’: COVID-19 dries up tourism industry, thousands laid off in mountain town
• 03/25 Latest research from WTTC (World Travel & Tourism Council) shows a 50% increase in jobs at risk in Travel & Tourism.

• 03/26 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS COULD FALL BY 20-30% IN 2020
• 03/27 IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK ON INTERNATIONAL TOURISM

Policies

• 03/31 Chinese province offers vouchers to boost tourism, cultural consumption
• 02/18 Tourism New Zealand receives $10 million funding to boost COVID-19 response plans
• 03/06 COVID-19: UNWTO CALLS ON TOURISM TO BE PART OF RECOVERY PLANS
• 03/19 Hotels in Japan roll out unusual bids to woo tourists in COVID-19 crisis
• 03/23 Covid-19 Related Policy Shifts Supportive of Travel & Tourism Sector >>> Main methods: Protecting the Livelihoods of Workers; Fiscal Support; Injecting Liquidity & Cash.

• 03/25 CALLING ON INNOVATORS AND ENTREPRENEURS TO ACCELERATE TOURISM RECOVERY

open website by UNWTO to ask global response about
healing solutions for tourism challenge

[Tourism and COVID-19 in China]

• 新冠肺炎疫情下的中国旅游业

• 02/06 文化和旅游部办公厅关于暂退部分旅游服务质量保证金支持旅行社应对经营困难的通知

• 中华人民共和国文化和旅游部 抗疫专题

Tourism news

• 03/28: (New York Post) Coronavirus cases climb in rural US cities popular with tourists
• 02/29: (Kyodo News) Transportation, tourism sectors hit hard by new virus outbreak
• 03/17: EURACTIV – European tourism sector urges measures to mitigate COVID-19 impact
• 02/12: Euronews – ‘Are there any Chinese there?’ Greek tourism hit hard by cancellations amid coronavirus outbreak
• 02/29: Japan Times – Japan’s transport and tourism sectors struggle to cope with virus outbreak
• We can learn important things from the SARS experience: [Tourism in Turbulent Times] Impact of SARS on Tourism
• Vietnam
  • 03/28: (Vietnam Net Global) Vietnam greets 3.7 million foreign visitors in Q1
  • 03/27: (VN Express International) Vietnam counts Q1 tourism damage inflicted by Covid-19
• Singapore
  • 03/23: (The Straits Times) Coronavirus: All short-term visitors barred from entering or transiting in Singapore from Monday, 11.59pm 
• Philippine
  • 03/22: (Inquirer.Net) PH temporarily suspends visa issuance, visa-free entry to all foreign nationals
  • 03/20: Foreigners banned from entering Philippines starting March 22 — DOTr
• Cambodia
  • 03/28 (Bangkok Post) Cambodia steps up travel curbs on foreigners
• Thailand and Cambodia
  • 03/24: (The ASEAN Post) Tourism in Thailand and Cambodia take a virus hit
• Thailand
  • 02/04: (The ASEAN Post) Coronavirus: What about Thailand’s tourism?

Tourism research resources

TTRA: COVID-19 TRAVEL AND TOURISM RESEARCH RESOURCES