Impact of Covid-19 on Tourism Industry in UK

This essay discusses the impact of Covid-19 on the tourism industry in UK, its contribution to the economy, and ways to improve the impact of the crisis. It also includes recommendations for companies to adopt strategies to reduce the impact of the pandemic.

ACADEMIC WRITING FOR
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Impact of covid-19 on tourism industry.......................................................................................3
Recommendation.........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Business management refers to the managing the activities of the business activities. It
ensures that there is coordination among all the departments of the company. It includes the
funds used in the business, Raw materials required, machines used in the production of the
product , innovation and marketing (Williams and et.al, 2020). The managers and directors of
the company has certain roles and responsibilities and also have the authority to take the
decisions in order to meet the goals and objectives of the company. The management of the
company is responsible for the activities to be performed so that employees understand the job
role to be performed and move towards achieving the objectives of the company. The essay
reflect upon the problems due to the covid-19, importance of tourism as a major sector in UK,
impact of pandemic on the tourism industry in UK and ways to improve the impact of the crisis.
MAIN BODY
Impact of covid-19 on tourism industry
Tourism is considered as the ever expanding industry and is defined as the activities of
the travellers who travels in various geographic locations for any purpose or duration. COVID-
19 is a disease that is caused by a virus and was discovered in December in China. It is
dangerous and quickly spread around the world. It is illness that is caused by Novel Coronavirus
that is severe acute respiratory syndrome and causes symptoms such as cold , flu and pneumonia.
It attacks the lungs and respiratory system of human beings (Dangi, and Petrick, 2021).
According to the report the initial patients who contracted the coronavirus were the stall owner,
employees and regular market visitors. World Health organization have communicated with the
experts, member states and other people in order to identify the gaps and increase the research
in order to control the spread of such infection in the country. It is a family of virus that spread in
the lungs and caused illness in human beings. Economic sectors and also contributes in the
development and economic growth. It is also a major source of employment. The travel industry
contributes around 6.7% of gross value added in UK in 2018 (Burke, and et.al, 2021). The
coronavirus had a huge impact on the tourism industry in 2020 and 2021. Various government
restriction in UK as well as in other country prevented tourism sector for long time period. Due
to the nation worldwide lockdown travel was restricted which impacted the tourism sector that
resulted in shut down of many companies. The UK government quarantine regulation imposed

on the passengers arriving from different nations which included France and Spain. Due to fast
increasing of the Covid-19, country experienced drastic contraction in GDP also resulted in rise
in the rate of unemployment. The country forecast to lose £22bn in spending as international
tourism. Many hotels were affected due to lockdown globally. Many travel agencies have to shut
down their business due to heavy losses suffered during the crisis.
Tourism is considered as an industry and involves movement of people form one
geographical location to other. It also related to the facilities related to the infrastructure and
transport. If the people are moving form one place to another it requires accommodation for
persons and all this is resulting into creating job opportunities and also enhances the economic
activities. Tourism is the major part of the United Kingdom economy. The scope of tourism is
wide in local as well as international level (Sofronov, 2018). The government of the country and
various agencies are taking various measures in order to promote the tourism industry as it helps
in the economic growth and also increase the rate of employment of that country . In 2017, it
was estimated a direct contribution towards the economy. The tourism sector is growing at faster
rate which results in the increase in the economy and employment rate in the country. In 2015, it
was estimated that the tourism sector has contributed maximum in the employment. The main
aim of the government regarding the tourism sector is to contribute and work with the tourism
sector to increase the domestic and international number of visitors. It also ensures that both the
government and tourism sector are working towards enhancing the growth of the UK economy.
The government has made their policies broader that is to invest in the Coastal communities
which results in the economic growth and also safeguarding and creating employment
opportunities (Nhamo, et.al, 2020). The UK's tourism industry consist of Public and private
sector organization which incudes the small and medium scale enterprise , international private
business and destination management organizations. Direct tourism is a part of UK tourism
industry. Due to the COVID-19 crisis every sector of the country has been affected as the total
contribution of travel and tourism to GDP in the United Kingdom was declined in the year 2020.
The number of international tourists arrival declined by 73% in 2020. Not only the international
travel but the domestic travel was also affected as various government restrictions imposed in
order to avoid the spread of infection in the country.
COVID-19 has affected every business industry especially travel and tourism industry of
UK. It was observed that during the last decade the tourism industry became one of the fastest

growing sectors that resulted in economic development of the country. But after the emergence
of Covid-19 there was decline in the number of visitors both from overseas and domestic market
(Flynn, and et.al, 2020)). The small scale enterprise was badly affected due to the crisis and also
results in closure of many companies. The various restriction and quarantine measures have
forced the people to stay at home in order to reduce the spread of the infection among the people.
It also led to various changes in the hospitality venues and make modification regarding serving
their guests by keeping in mind the hygiene, safety measures. The management of the Hotel have
to make changes in the model and culture for the safety of the customers and also to manage the
losses caused due to the lockdown restriction imposed by the government. Before the covid-19
crisis, the tourism industry contributes about 6.7% of the gross value added in the year 2018 but
after the pandemic the tourism sector was badly affected in 2020 and 2021 as there was number
of restriction imposed by the government in order to control the spread of the infection. As the
restriction against the travelling was reduced and allowed the domestic travelling, it was again
affected in the second wave which affected the tourism sector badly (Baum, and Hai, 2020). The
turnover of the tourism industry UK reduced to 26% in 2020 as compared to the other industries
in UK. In order to overcome the effects of the Covid-19 on the industry, the government of UK
is taking various measures and supporting the tourism sector to become more sustainable and
more innovative. Tourism Industry Emergency response group was formed that consist of small
organization and various government departments that develop plans for the management of the
crisis. The aim of the group was to monitor the impact of pandemic on tourism and hospitality
sector, issues that tourism industry is facing. It also focused on identifying the issues and support
the business in order to manage their losses and also advising relating to the management of
such problems and assist in balancing their losses.
Recommendation
The outbreak of COVID-19 has impact the tourism industry badly and the companies
operating in tourism industry is now making various strategies and plans in order to balance the
losses due to the crisis. The reduced restrictions of the government has forced the company to
adopt various strategies considering the health and safety of the customers. It is recommended
for the company to adopt strategies which will be challenging in order to reduce the impact of
the pandemic. The company should follow the cleaning protocols in order to ensure the hygiene
and safety of the tourists and also to avoid the spread of infection. The hotels and other

destination places , the occupancy rate should be reduced and improve the safety perception of
the customers. The company need to adopt the technologies and introduce the online payment. In
order to recover from the crisis, the government should provide funding and promote the tourists
destination to ensure safety and hygiene of the tourists.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it can be concluded that its is very necessary that the management
of the company should be effective and efficiently managed in order to meet the goals of the
company. Due to the covid -19, every industry has been badly affected mainly the tourism
industry as there were restriction of the government in order to reduce the spread of infection in
the country (Zhang, et.al, 2021). The tourism industry contributes in the economic growth and
also affects the rate of employment in the country. The tourism industry of UK was badly
affected and showed decline in the economy and also increased the unemployment in the
country. In order to overcome the challenges the various ensures have to be taken by government
which can include the funding and promoting the tourism industry in UK (Clough, 2020). The
report summarizes the impact of covid-19 on tourism industry of UK and responses of the
government and companies in order to minimize the effect of losses on the company.

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