Impact of COVID-19 on the UK Tourism Industry

Evaluate the impact of the
Covid-19 Pandemic on the
UK tourism industry

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
Impact of COVID-19 on the UK Tourism Industry.....................................................................3
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CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Corona virus pandemic has been bad for business sector, especially the UK's tourism
industry. In the year 2020, there were at least 3 million deaths has been recorded due to COVID-
19 pandemic. As of 31st December 2020, corona virus had infected over 82 million people
worldwide. In addition to this, due to pandemic many industries and sectors has suffered a lot of
challenges while doing business. Some major industries who have impacted by pandemic are
hospitality sector and Transportation sector. The present essay will be based on impact of
COVID-19 pandemic on the UK tourism industry. Prior to the emergence of pandemic, the travel
industry and other hospitality sector was about to reach an estimated value of £257bn which is
quite high amount.
Impact of COVID-19 on the UK Tourism Industry
Travelling is the most popular and entertaining way to meet new people and explore new
destinations only if the route is free of crime, anxiety, depression and illness. Pandemics are the
most disturbing news for travellers who want to explore new places. In such financial and
economic crisis it may be difficult for tourism and hospitality sector to avoid uncertainty quickly.
During that time people have to deal with challenges to avoid the illness. Besides, not on the
people who travel but also the other people they contact during the journey are at risk because
hospitality sector were highly influenced during pandemic time. Due to emergence of a new
variant of virus, every year since 2019 tourism sector have to be prepared for rapid changes of
restrictions and guidelines provided by government related to safety and hygiene. In UK,
Pandemic has lead to mental complications such as depression, anxiety, mental disorders because
of loss of income (Chemli, Toanoglou and Valeri, 2022). Especially in tourism sector, this
mental complications have impacted employment, business performance and labour market. The
world tourism sector is facing the impact of the financial crisis because of pandemic and national
lock-down. Tourists travel risk and management perceptions has also faced problems. There
were many tourist doing unnecessary travel before a nationwide lock down was announced in the
year 2020. After that, government of UK has announced relaxation with the opening of tourism
sector operation. Business activities in these industries became easier for some time, although
regional rules and policies have led to differing impacts on many types of businesses. Tourism
industry was again affected badly by the 2nd and 3rd lock-downs in the year 2020 and 2021.