Impact of COVID-19 on UK Tourism Industry

This report assesses the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the UK tourism industry. It discusses the losses faced by the industry and the challenges it has to overcome. The report highlights the decline in visits and spending, reduction in hotel occupancy, and the negative impact on the labor market. The report concludes that businesses need to find alternative ways to sustain themselves in this competitive environment. Subject: Business and Management. Course Code: Not mentioned. Course Name: Not mentioned. College/University: Not mentioned.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the industry of UK tourism ..............................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
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the evidence. The main purpose of academic writing is that to aid the understanding of reader
which has forma tone and style as well. Academic writing is all about the codifying, producing,
evaluating, transmitting, teaching, renovating and learning the knowledge into the discipline of
academic level(Bulin and Tenie., 2020). There are certain characteristics good academic writing
which include focused and planned, evidenced, structured and formal tone and style as well.
From the student perspective academic writing is important because it conveys their
understanding, analytical thinking, focuses on technique and style as well. When the individual is
able to write the academic writing then it is essential for the disciplinary learning and also critical
for the success at academic level. The present report will cover discussion about the impact of
COVID-19 pandemic on the UK industry of tourism.
MAIN BODY
Assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the industry of UK tourism
According to the above mentioned topic, the topic is mainly around the COVID-19
situation which has an impact on the industry of tourism of UK. Coronavirus is an infectious
disease which has been caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The pandemic situation is that where
different people has affected it into different ways and there were mostly people who were
infected will develop mild to moderate illness and also recovers without hospitalisation. The
most of common symptoms of this disease basically include fever, cough, loss of taste and
tiredness as well. There were certain very serious symptom which include difficulty in breathing,
loss of speech and chest pain as well. These are the symptoms who seeks medical attention when
there is serious symptom and also always call before visiting the doctor (Mendling and et.al.,
2018). It has been observed that people who have mild symptoms who are very healthy and also
should manage the symptoms on their home basis. It has been also observed that on the average
basis it takes five to six days when someone got infected with the virus for symptoms to show
and it can take up to fourteen days as well. There were most people who got infected with the
virus which will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and also recovers without any
kind of serious treatment. It is a very serious condition for all the kind of people so everybody up
to a certain level of extent feeling very scared and anxious as well.

The serious illness has developed into those people who are older in terms of age with
underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer or chronic
respiratory disease. There are certain ways through which this disease can be transmitted into
effective terms and this disease can be transmitted from an infected person's nose or mouth in the
particles of small liquid when they sneeze, cough, speak, breathe. These are the particles which
ranges from larger droplets of respiratory to smaller aerosols. For keeping themselves protected
they can practice for respiratory etiquette(Myers., 2019). There is also one of the best way to
slow down and prevent the transmission is to be well informed about the disease and in which
manner the virus has spread. People can protect themselves and others from infection through
maintaining the distance of around one metre, wearing a proper mask and wash the hands into
appropriate terms. People can also prevent themselves through getting vaccinated when the
individual has the turn and also follows the local guidance as well.
Covid-19 is a situation which has devastating effect on the industry of inbound tourism. It
has been observed that in the year of 2020 the country of UK has received the 11.1 million
inbound visitors who has spent £ 6.2 billion. They have to face decline of 73% in visits and 78%
which has been spend in the year of 2019 and it also represents the loss to the economy of UK of
£ 22.2 billion. The tourism of UK industry has to face large scale of losses and also does not
have revenue generation parameter as well. The hotel occupancy level has been reduced into a
drastic manner due to which this industry has to really struggle in terms of sustaining themselves
into stronger terms at that period of time(Ntounis and et.al., 2022). The turnover of business in
travel and tourism fells to its lowest level in the year of 2020 in May which is at just 26% of the
levels of February compared with 73.6% in all the other industries. The trading status of this
industry has to also face the negative impact and according to business impact of coronavirus
survey, it has been measured that the impact of COVID-19 and the end of the EU transition
period on UK economy ad businesses. The impact has also been observed in the market of labour
within the industry of travel and tourism. So this is the industry where the pandemic situation has
to face larger scale of negative traits.

As UK is a developed country so it has recovered themselves after the impact of Covid-
19 but somewhere the tourism industry has to face a large scale of losses. It has been observed
that most of the people have lost their jobs who were working in this industry and somewhere
they don't have any income source in order to sustain themselves into this expensive life where
everything is very costly(Obembe and et.al., 2021). The impact of Covid-19 on the tourism
industry is of such kind somewhere who were thinking to pursue their career in tourism industry
have also take their step back by seeing this kind of negative situation. In the overall terms, the
tourism industry plays a very major role in terms of generating revenue for the overall country.
So the overall UK economy revenue generation percentage also have to face the negative
situation. In this period of time, when people don't have jobs then they start going into
depression and their anxiety, stress level have also increased on a larger scale.
When the industry has to face such kind of loss then the level of cost has also increased
on a larger scale due to which people have to try more harder in order to avail the services into
positive terms (Uğur and Akbıyık., 2020). There were some people who have loans on
themselves and they were repaying those loans on the basis of their jobs into the tourism industry
. So as a result they can't repay those loans and up to a certain extent people have also lost their
assets on a larger scale. That's why it becomes very challenging for the people to sustain
themselves into this critical situation. So in the overall manner, it is very important that to
understand that the impact of Covid-19 not only swollen the lives of various people but also
brings them on a very lower stage in their life. Specially in the case of businesses who are into
service industry so their businesses almost got shut down and also they don't have proper back
up themselves to sustain themselves strongly into the market (Wassler and Fan., 2021). That's
why it is very important to understand the impact of Covid-19 on the UK's tourism industry.
Within this industry it is very important to have another idea in order to sustain themselves into
this competitive environment so that they can save their businesses into positive terms.

CONCLUSION
The above stated report concludes that business and management is very important for
the further development and growth of an organisation. It has been concluded that pandemic
situation is a very serious situation which creates a negative impact on the life of others. It has
been determined that this situation has lead the businesses towards the shut down situation and
also they have to face losses on a larger scale. It has been observed that the industry of tourism of
UK has to face a greater loss because the flights have been cancelled and the foreign visitors
were also not allowed into another country. Within the business, it is very important that to
manage every aspect into deeper terms with the right kind of approach. That's why it is necessary
that the businesses have to find other alternatives in order to sustain into this competitive
environment. This is a situation which is very unpredictable but it gives a lesson that every body
should have their back up plan for standing themselves very strongly.

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