HAT304: Policy Proposal Draft for Tourism and Hospitality Industry

This report presents a policy proposal draft examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospitality and tourism industry, focusing on London as a case study. It begins with an overview of the crisis's influence, highlighting a 72% decline in tourist numbers. The report then analyzes permitted and regulatory issues, including travel and trade restrictions, and the closing of destination places. It explores strategies for central bodies, emphasizing stakeholder collaboration, particularly in water and tax policies, and government strategies. The report includes a validation declaration, recommending adherence to WHO guidelines and avoiding overcrowding. The conclusion emphasizes the negative economic impact of COVID-19 and the importance of skilled workforce development. References to academic journals and online sources support the findings. The report aims to provide insights into policy recommendations for the tourism sector's recovery and sustainable growth.

Emerging Issues in Hospitality and
Tourism

Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Main body.............................................................................................................................................3
Overview of the calamity or crisis and its influence on the hospitality and tourism sector...............3
Examine and examine permitted and regulatory issues....................................................................3
Strategies for hospitality and tourism central bodies by stating its purposes, and involved investors
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Validation declaration in which you requisite to justify your suggested policy draft.........................5
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................6
References.............................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Tourism industry is one of the essential sector which affect the largest share in
market, until people have face the pandemic of covid-19. Travelling is the most used and
growing sector within the economy. The travel industry has been decimated by the facing
major impact of covid-19 outbreak (Subadra, 2021). The chosen destination for the
completion of project is London and its area for the growth of the firm are related to major
changes and make the legal issue which are contributed towards the major governing bodies
and their stakeholders.
Main body
Overview of the calamity or crisis and its influence on the hospitality and tourism sector
As per the world tourism barometer, the tourist number are fall by 72% over the last
period of time and make a high impact over the pandemic of covid-19. Most of the tourism
sector are affected and decline the GDP and production unit due to occurrence of pandemic.
Still the major changes and growth are reliable for the growth to the tourism expenditure and
its revenue. The arrival of the customer are decline at international level within the chosen
company is related to different tourism sector. With the major impact of covid-19, there are
different aspect and make some major international tourism in 2020 (Impacts of COVID-19
on global tourism industry: A cross-regional comparison, 2021.). Which are related to the
major changes and growth that may be related to adopting effective changes and strategies.
Examine and examine permitted and regulatory issues
After analysing the pandemic of covid-19 and its pandemic impact on the society
which are applicable for the growth and it would be applicable for the growth of legal crises.
All of these are related to make some strategic changes which are related to declining body of
covid-19. Some of the major legal bodies and regulatory issues are determine which are
applicable for the declining rate of pandemic over the UK and other countries.
 Travel restriction: This would be affected for the major changes and it will be
applicable for the society and being adjustment for the travel restriction in
international and national boundaries. Some of the major changes and their
applicability’s are helpful in gathering information and make some unconscious sector
to work on the management (Shvets, 2021). Most of the countries block their flight,
train and any type of transport which are helpful in decline growth of coronavirus. All
of these are related to major changes and growth which are applicable for society. All

of these are related to work and make some major destination which are related to
work effectively and make some major changes which are helpful for declining the
spreading coronavirus numbers.
 Trade restriction: After banning travel across the world and make sure to manage
some other sources and being stopped different trade restriction (Opokua and et.al.,
2021). All of these are related to make stop in trade and being able to show the
restriction for measuring success and get over through the different channels. All of
these are applicable within the sources and being cited by the labour intensive sector
and make some strategic approaches which are applicable to the society and decline
the profitable ratio in tourism and travel sector. With the help of these policies, legal
issues and different regulation, these issues can be solve and decline by the major
attract of pandemic.
 Closing of destination places: This would be major policy which are used by the
government and make the impacted through facing major covid-19 and its pandemic.
All of these are related to the declining growth and make major changes which are
applicable for the growth and diversity within the society (Novotný and Pellešová,
2021). In order to decline the major impact of covid-19, many of the countries like
UK are closed their tourist spot and destination in order to avoid spreading of
coronavirus.
Strategies for hospitality and tourism central bodies by stating its purposes, and involved
investors
The industry of hospitality and tourism faces loss of decline during situation of
pandemic. The government bodies and stakeholders are very essential in tourism and
hospitality industry while drafting relevant policy so that it can serve the optimum purpose of
its objective accomplishment. The stakeholder collaboration is most essential for sustainable
tourism policy as increase in number of pandemic complexity (King, Iba and Clifton, 2021).
The policy making must ensure value and objective of tourism with dynamic system of
stakeholder while addressing issue. As per the chosen company government bodies and its
stakeholders are more responsible for making participate policy making for sustainable
tourism department.
 The propose policy draft in respect of hospitality and tourism has several policy such
as Water policy research in tourism industry. AS most of the time water is
considered as low renewable cost of resource. The tourism and several economic

sector neglect the fact of water as a natural assets that needs to be protected. This will
leads to fulfil objective related with water provision policy. The policies protect the
interest of government and stakeholder intervention.
 Another policy is government tax policy related with tourism department. This will
facilitates investigation that involve best work to uplift stakeholder objective as well
as tourism working condition with best outcome of respective company (Handayani,
Sylvina and Lestari, 2021). The government regulate more several level of policy that
practice proper planning in order to maintain public infrastructure along with tourism
business through proper flow of policy with close intervention of government as well
as stakeholder.
 Apart from that there are various strategies and policies are formulated by the
government of Australia for the hospitality and tourism industry in the pandemic of
covid-19.
 There are expert panel is appointed by the respective organisation to reimagining the
visitor economy for sustainable development of organisation. It facilitates the
organisation to address all challenges as well as opportunities in hospitality sector and
provides various guidance to ensure sustainable growth over ten years (Yang and
et.al., 2021). There are various national long term strategies are for visitor economy in
tourism industry that focus on the recovery of tourism department from the impacts of
covid-19 crisis.
In tourism 2020 various national strategies are developed to ensuring the growth of
respective organisation through conducting partnership with government working in same
industry. There are various other policies related to enhancing the investment of
infrastructure that drive the industry towards gaining growth objectives as well as remains the
organisation global competitive and provides various competitive advantages then others
(Esaxonovna, 2021). Respective organisation consult with different stakeholders and
government to providing various ideas and concepts to overcome the challenges and ensure
the organisational growth in difficult situation and provide better quality products to
customers. Organisation must involve the suggestions of stakeholders in planning and
decision-making process.
Validation declaration in which you requisite to justify your suggested policy draft
With the help of above research policies, it has been analysis that the major tourism
company are being able to work and make some effective recommended policies. With the

help of major draft and being considered different sector, most of the companies are being
face major crises and not able to grown over the last two years (Al-Nsour, 2021). From the
above report, some of the major recommendation are treated to work and make some major
changes which should be applied to policy draft and make the significance nature:
 Countries should follow the WHO guidelines which are strictly used and make for
decline the spreading virus within the different countries. Which must be related and
helpful for the growth to achieve different sector and make some other objective to
analysis the concept. As it will be related to make some other objective and make
some other factor to work and make some major changes on the different time period.
 Further, they should make sure about the appropriate changes and try to not
overcrowd for any of the destination. As these are related to work and make some
other choice which are related to different growth and adoptability on the major cities.
All of these are related to effective work style and make some adoptive changes
which are helpful for opening new travel agencies and destination as well.
London, is one of the fastest tourism sector and most crowded city, so their government
should follow and make some strict rules and penalties for inapplicability of the different
adoption technique and growth (Ali, 2021). All of these are related to solve the crises and
make growth in the economy as well.
Conclusion
From the above report, it has been analysis that covid-19 make the huge impact on
hospitality and tourism industry skilled and experienced workforce is developed in order to
handle the covid-19 crisis. As the pandemics of covid-19 have impacts the industry
negatively and it face the uncertainty in the economy. Different policies and regulations help
the industry to recover from these impacts effectively.

References
Books and Journals
Ali, M.M., 2021. Voluntary tourism as the best tourist destination for volunteer work,
especially in the Corona-19 crisis Volunteering in the Corona crisis, Bahrain took as
a model. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education
(TURCOMAT), 12(11), pp.2909-2917.
Al-Nsour, B.H., 2021. THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON THE JORDAN TOURISM &
ACCOMMODATIONS SECTOR: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY. Journal of
Entrepreneurship Education, 24(4), pp.1-11.
Esaxonovna, M.N., 2021, May. RECOVERY MEASURES OF TOURISM INDUSTRY
AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN UZBEKISTAN. In E-Conference Globe (pp.
244-247).
Handayani, F., Sylvina, V. and Lestari, A., 2021, March. Toward New Normal: Bali Tourism
Goes Extra Mile. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol.
704, No. 1, p. 012025). IOP Publishing.
King, C., Iba, W. and Clifton, J., 2021. Reimagining resilience: COVID-19 and marine
tourism in Indonesia. Current Issues in Tourism, pp.1-17.
Novotný, L. and Pellešová, P., 2021. Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on the Regulation to
Tourism in the Czech Republic. Central European Public Administration
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Opokua, E.K., Wangb, S.M.J. and Muñoza, K.E., A Better Brew: COVID-19 and Sustainable
Outcomes for Coffee Tourism in Ali Mountain, Taiwan.
Shvets, I.Y., 2021. Implementation of strategies to counteract the consequences of the
pandemic in the tourism sector. Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics
Education (TURCOMAT), 12(4), pp.1667-1675.
Subadra, I.N., 2021. Destination Management Solution Post COVID-19: Best Practice from
Bali–A World Cultural Tourism Destination. In Tourism Destination Management
in a Post-Pandemic Context. Emerald Publishing Limited.
Yang, T.T., Ruan, W.Q., Zhang, S.N. and Li, Y.Q., 2021. The influence of the COVID-19
pandemic on tourism demand for destinations: an analysis of spatial heterogeneity
from a multi-scale perspective. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 26(7),
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Online
Impacts of COVID-19 on global tourism industry: A cross-regional comparison, 2021.
[Online]. Available through:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7474895/.