Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation and tourism industry

ABSTRACT

From the end of 2019 to the present, the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has had very negative impacts on the development of the tourism industry. Given these impacts, many studies have been published that aimed to illustrate the negative impacts of the pandemic on the tourism and aviation industry, as well as an opportunity to work toward environment-centred activities. In this paper, the authors will review the impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic on aviation and tourism industry aspects through previously published studies. By analysing the previous documents, the authors identify the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation and tourism. From then, the paper will outline policies to restore the tourism industry's adaptation to the pandemic situation. In addition, some key solutions for recovering the aviation field are also pointed out and some challenges in applying recovery policies to each region are also highlighted in the article. Copyright © 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.