Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on UK tourism industry

This essay evaluates the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on UK tourism industry. It discusses the role of government, tourism organizations, and businesses in dealing with the situation. It also highlights the impact on different sectors of the economy and the need for change management.

Impact of COVID-19
pandemic on UK
industry

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
ESSAY.............................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
In the recent times, there is a crucial impact caused by COVID-19 which led to cause a
major downgrade in UK industry (Bu, Steptoe, and Fancourt, 2020). In the recent times, it is one
of the key role of government to take necessary actions against the spread of this disease for
welfare of society. In the recent times COVID-19 which came from Wuhan City in China,
developed a major effect on all countries of the world. There is now an urgent need of
developing effective operations related to COVID-19 for focused approach at the marketplace.
The COVID-19 based issues should be addressed by government of United Kingdom with
various government based plans and objectives. It is crucial role of government department to
focus on development of various strategies in order to deal with the pandemic based dimensions.
The tourism based organisations should also follow ethical role and responsibilities which are
important for settling situation (Burns, Dagnall, and Holt, 2020). In the recent times, government
is also involved in launching emergency medical schemes which are to be followed by tourism
industry, It is also ethical duty of a business in tourism, to analyse various roles and
responsibilities related to management for safely preventing spread of pandemic.

MAIN BODY
ESSAY
In the whole world, tourism industry is considered as major backbone of the system
which helps in development of whole economy. In the United Kingdom, thousands of visitors
come to visit various monuments and heritage sites. It is the crucial role of many business
organisations to follow policies of UK government in a systematic manner. The impact caused
by COVID-19 has created a major challenge and issue for large number of people. The
companies and government should analyse key facts and figures based on statistical data in order
to develop a major approach (Choi, Jegatheeswaran, and Mutengesa, 2020). The major tourism
city is London which is known for its major famous destinations like Big Ban and Bridge. There
are good number of restaurants in UK which provides a pleasant restaurants and hotels. These
hotels provide bed and breakfast service to their customers. This helps the tourism sector to
increase its profitability and turnover ratio in a set period of time. In the overall development of
economy, tourism sector play a major and crucial role (Ferguson, and Williams, 2020). It is also
major responsibility of top level management of a tourism based organisation to focus on
achievement of different operations. COVID-19 pandemic has caused a major impact on
different parameters of a business industry which created a major loss for the economy.
Unemployment rates also increased with the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. In the year 2019,
the government was less serious related to the pandemic and did not took any essential steps.
When the disease spread in whole country in a rapid and fast manner, government tried to
impose lock down. The protocols which were set by government of United Kingdom are
essential for development and recovery of the economy. All major companies in the international
and national marketplace should also take into consideration major issues related to COVID-19
for long term development of a business. In the whole economy of United Kingdom, the
COVID-19 pandemic is also a major type of threat for the gross domestic product and national
income of the country.

In the overall development of an economy, tourism sector plays a significant role by
promoting different activities and economic welfare. There are various sectors in an economy
which are impacted by the tourism industry in a systematic manner (Gray, and Sanders, 2020).
All major companies in the domestic and international marketplace should focus on analysing
key focus of development approaches which are essential for business development. The primary
sector has moderately affected by tourism sector as it has significant impact on different areas.
All major resources should be utilised by tourism industry in a systematic manner for overall
development of the economy. The secondary sector is also majorly impacted by tourism industry
in order to evaluate different goals and objectives (Jallow, Renukappa, and Suresh, 2020)( Liu,
Magal, and Webb, 2021). The products based on tourism industry should be developed with total
quality management in order to develop a systematic approach. It is also essential for the tourism
based organisation to focus on development of key approaches which are based on regular
traveller suggestions. The management of supply chain is the main role of operations
management of a business. Tertiary sector is also one of the major sectors which include
development of effective services in order to lead the marketplace. The tourism sector comes in
tertiary sector which provide major services to different travellers in a main manner. The service
delivery should be performed in a unique manner in order to satisfy and gain faith of different
customers. It is key and ethical role of a tourism sector based business organisation to develop
major strategy for overall development (Mugaloglu, Polat, and Dogan, 2021). The corporate
social responsibility which is a major function of a company in which it serves different
customers. All major companies in the international and national marketplace should follow
COVID-19 based protocol for effectively leading at the marketplace. Government intervention is
major component which also develops a responsibility for the companies to lead the marketplace
in a major sense. Financial crisis in the whole economy which is the major product of this
pandemic has impacted on the whole economy of country. The government of United Kingdom
is taking various economic measures in order to deal with different practices related to tourism
development. The government is coming up with key initiatives to deal with financial crisis in an
advanced manner. It is one of the crucial role of a business to deal with the crisis caused by
COVID-19 in order recover in an effective manner. It is now crucial function a business entity
to develop key focus on short, medium and long term goals for systematic operations.

COVID-19 pandemic has impacted significantly on UK's whole economy in order to lead
the marketplace. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted significantly upon United Kingdom's
whole economy. It is major role and responsibility of government to analyse key focus on
commerce and trade practices and promote them while providing subsidies. Finance ministry of
United Kingdom is also very much serious about the flow of circulation which is affected by the
pandemic. Many companies have terminated their employees in the country to shortfall in needs
related to operations. The tourism based organisations are actively involved in development of
precise business strategy which helps in increasing business stability. All major companies in the
international marketplace should also adopt key approaches which are essential for overall
development of whole tourism along with key destinations. In the recent times, many different
companies at the marketplace also suffered from a major commercial loss. There are different
companies at the marketplace which also faced decline in revenue and measures which are
important for strategic development. In the recent times, it is also one of the crucial role of
business management to formulate risk management and change management models in order to
gain desired success at the marketplace (Ogueji, Okoloba, and Demoko Ceccaldi, 2021). The
passenger routes and flights were also prohibited by government of United Kingdom as the
systems were on hold for a long time. Cargo based trade practices were also stopped due to the
unwanted spread of COVID-19 in UK. All major companies in the domestic and international
marketplace should now promote trade and commerce for long term achievement of
organisational goals and objectives. The need of change management is a major demand of key
organisations in UK for development of systematic approach. The government should also
promote different practices based on effective approach which is formulated by government for
long term development of business firm. All major companies should also find out various
effective measures that are developed by government in order to focus on marketplace
objectives. The companies should also focus on major business based approach which is crucial
in dealing with the situation of COVID-19. Impact caused by COVID-19 can also put a
significant pressure on government of the country leading to economic unstability. It is also one
of the major duty of top level and strategic management of a business to focus on key approaches
of development in order to grow and expand at the marketplace.

CONCLUSION
From the above stated essay it can be concluded that tourism industry is considered as a
major activity which helps in promoting different tourism destinations and monuments. The
above analysis concludes that it is key role of government to focus on different aspects of
policies and plans to deal with situation created by COVID-19 pandemic. It is also one of the
major role of destination based organisations to focus on analysing statistical data for identifying
possible measures and strategies. This project also concludes development of a major planning
framework which is essential for business growth

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