Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism: A Study with UK Focus

This research project explores the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global tourism industry, with a specific focus on the United Kingdom. The study acknowledges tourism's significant economic contribution to the UK, which sharply declined due to government restrictions and decreased air passenger traffic. The research uses secondary data to analyze the pandemic's impact, highlighting the decline in air passenger arrivals and the effects of mandatory self-isolation periods. The project outlines a research process involving problem identification, literature review, methodology selection, and data analysis to understand the pandemic's negative consequences on UK tourism and its long-term recovery prospects. It references various sources to support its analysis and meet the defined aim.

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Concise summary of your research idea:
In UK, tourism is considered one of the world’s major economic sector, but it has affected adversely from pandemic in
term of impacting economies, livelihood, public service and opportunities. Travel and tourism industry in UK also
contributes 6.7% of gross value added in UK in 2018, but from 2020 onward, this decreases sharpest due to strict
government restrictions at nation (Coronavirus and the impact on UK travel and tourism industry, 2020). That is why,
there is a decline in demand of domestic as well as international air passenger traffic because people do not want to visit
the places, as the cases are increases which in turn causes adverse impact over the travel and tourism industry.
Reitano and et.al., (2021) explain in their study that in 2020 the air passengers arrivals fell from 6804900 to 112300 with
98.3%. However, accommodation and travel agency has determined the sharpest decline i.e. 9% in February 2020. Also,
there was a decline in demand of travelling because British government introduce a mandatory 14-day self-isolation
period for all tourist who enter into a country that helps to reduce the spread of pandemic. Hence, there are many ways
that clearly reflected that pandemic has affected the entire tourism of UK in adverse manner and it takes long time to
recover the same.
With the help of present study, scholar will collect information from different secondary sources that helps to meet the
defined aim and analyse how the issue has affected the entire tourism in negative manner.
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Working title: To investigate how Covid-19 has affect the global tourism with a specific reference of UK.
Provisional research process:
In order to complete the entire research, below mentioned structure needs to be followed:
 Identify the research problem: In this, researcher determine the problem on which the research will be based and
for this research, scholar will identify how covid-19 has affected the entire tourism industry.
 Literature review: In this, scholar determine the tools of secondary data collection method which helps to collect
the information pertaining to tourism and how it has affected by pandemic.
 Research methodology: In this, scholar chooses methods for the research that helps to conduct the research in an
effective manner. Also, it describe research methods which makes the research in more effective manner.
 Data analysis: In this all collected data will be analyse by using effective themes so that researcher can meet the
same in order to meet the defined aim.
Provisional supporting sources (list 10 from different media):
Reitano, A. and et.al., 2021. The Covid-19 Impact on the Tourism Industry: Short Holidays within National
Borders. Symphonya. Emerging Issues in Management, (2), pp.85-98.
Mayer, M. and et.al., 2021. Media discourses about a superspreader destination: How mismanagement of Covid-19
triggers debates about sustainability and geopolitics. Annals of Tourism Research. 91. p.103278.
Sharma, G. D., Thomas, A. and Paul, J., 2021. Reviving tourism industry post-COVID-19: A resilience-based
framework. Tourism management perspectives. 37. p.100786.
Khalid, U., Okafor, L. E. and Burzynska, K., 2021. Does the size of the tourism sector influence the economic policy
response to the COVID-19 pandemic?. Current Issues in Tourism, pp.1-20.
Gallego, I. and Font, X., 2021. Changes in air passenger demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis: Using Big Data to
inform tourism policy. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 29(9). pp.1470-1489.
Li, S. and et.al., 2021. Eliciting positive emotion through strategic responses to COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from the
tourism sector. Tourism Management, p.104485.
Kunwar, R.R. and et.al., 2022. Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal. The Gaze: Journal of
Tourism and Hospitality. 13(1). pp.111-141.
Online
Coronavirus and the impact on UK travel and tourism industry. 2020. [Online]. Available through: <
https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/tourismindustry/articles/
coronavirusandtheimpactontheuktravelandtourismindustry/2021-02-15>.
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Pandemic impact on UK travel and tourism industry. 2020. [Online]. Available through: <
https://www.workingabroad.com/blog/the-covid-19-impact-on-the-uks-travel-tourism-industry/>.
Effect of pandemic on tourist travel risk and management perception. 2020. [Online]. Available through:
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0256486>.
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