Research Ethics: Analyzing COVID-19's Impact on Global & UK Tourism

This report provides an ethical approval analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on global tourism, with a specific focus on the UK. It aims to evaluate the effects on the UK tourism sector in terms of economics and demand, identifying challenges and recommending ways to minimize negative impacts. The study uses a qualitative approach based on secondary data from government sites, journals, and books, analyzed through thematic analysis. It addresses ethical considerations by ensuring the use of relevant and authentic data, properly referenced to avoid plagiarism. The report highlights the significant decline in UK tourism due to travel restrictions and self-isolation policies, impacting airlines and overall business performance, while adhering to ethical research guidelines.

ETHICS APPROVAL
Please read the documents Ethical Guidelines and Ethical Approval for
Research and discuss the possible ethical implications of your research
project/work placement with your supervisor. Note: for work placements
this means your supervisor at Newman University, not at the work
placement.
If the research for your project/work placement raises ethical issues you
must complete this form. The project/work placement must not be started
until ethics approval has been given by the Subject Area or the Research
Ethics Committee, and you have received the confirmation letter and
certificate of approval.
Research Project/Work Placement (please indicate which)
Brief title of investigation: (this is the title that will appear on the certificate of
approval)
To investigate how Covid-19 has affected global tourism with a reference
of UK.
Aims/Purpose of the study:
The purpose of the study is to evaluate how Covid-19 has affect UK
tourism in term of economic, demand and along with this, it also introduce
ways that helps to minimise the negative impact as well.
Proposed objectives:
 To understand the concept of tourism.
 To ascertain the ways through which Covid-19 has affected the
entire UK tourism.
 To identify the challenges that might affected tourist during
pandemic.
 To recommend the best ways through which the challenges might
be improved.
Proposed participants in research:
As the entire research is based upon the secondary source, that is why,
there will be no participants in the research.
Brief description of procedure: (give references to established methods,
theories and concepts; explain the nature of participants’ involvement, the site of data
collection, and where appropriate, equipment to be used)
 Research type: For the present study, scholar will use qualitative
study type because it is completely based upon theories and that is
why, it provide in-depth information pertaining to tourism and how it
affected by pandemic.
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 Research approach: Inductive research will be adopted by the
investigator in which all the theories and facts will provide effective
results.
 Research philosophy: Interpretivism research philosophy will be
used by the scholar where all the sources can be easily interpret and
determine how pandemic affected the entire tourism.
 Data collection: Only secondary data collection methods will be
opted by the scholar in which government sites are highly preferred
that helps to determine the facts about the declining of tourism
during pandemic. Along with this, relevant books, journals will be
used in order to ascertain the facts about the topic.
 Data analysis: Thematic data analysis will be used where graphs,
charts will be use pertaining to tourism and data related to it.
 Ethical consideration: relevant and authentic data will be used for
the present study and reference list will be added at the end of a
report which entails that the study is not copied from anywhere.
Evidence of how it has been established that the methodology
proposed will produce sufficient data to draw meaningful
conclusions: (give references to previous literature; explain how data will be
generated, and procedures for analysing data)
According to Mayer and et.al., (2021) tourism is all about based on a
movement of people which is outside of their own residential area. So, it is
all about movement from one city to another or country to country. This
sector is contributed to the highest to raise GDP of a country.
During pandemic, government imposed strict regulation and lockdown
within a nation and this affect the entire tourism. In 2019, inbound tourism
was estimated as £78 bn to the UK economy but it has also fall by 78% at
the end of 2020. This is due to increasing covid cases within a country.
Along with this, 14 days self isolation policy also discourage people to visit
the places and this is in turn affected the entire business into negative
manner.
Apart from this, airline industry has also affected adversely in the
country’s performance and as per the government regulation, all the
airlines are strictly banned that affect the travel industry in negative
manner. It has been analysed by Sharma, Thomas and Paul (2021) that
there is a negative impact identified over the tourist because their
demand has fall day by day due to strict regulation imposed by the
government. Also, it causes the adverse impact over the business
performance of airline and tours because due to shortage of tourist within
a country, their financial performance affected adversely (Pandemic
impact on UK travel and tourism industry, 2020).
How will participants’ informed consent be obtained for the
study? (Please give details, including details of procedures involving parental or
guardian consent.)
Participants will not be chosen for the research because secondary data
collection methods will be adopted.
Does the study involve any potential hazards or procedures which
might cause distress or discomfort? (Indicate all that apply)
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Questionnaires touching on sensitive issues YES N
O
Deception YES N
O
Experimental procedure that might cause distress – even
inadvertently YES N
O
Designs involving stressful situations YES N
O
Possible breach of confidentiality YES N
O
Invasion of privacy YES N
O
Working with children YES N
O
Working with vulnerable people YES N
O
Insider research YES N
O
Work involving animals YES N
O
Other area where you think there may be ethical issues
involved YES N
O
Does this study involve potentially security sensitive material
(such as material relating to terrorism and extremism)?
YES N
O
If YES, please complete and attach with your application the
following: Security-sensitive research Form 1 (General
questions on security-sensitive material) and Security-
sensitive research Form 2 (Record of accessed and saved
documents).
What procedures will be used to address these issues? (e.g.
debriefing, providing information/help, ensuring confidentiality is preserved. The
Research Ethics Committee may ask to see copies of relevant documents.)
Only relevant data will be collected by the researcher where scholar can
address the issue.
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Plan of work (if appropriate please outline the timescales you intend to work to)
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I have read Ethical Guidelines and Ethical Approval for
Research. I am
satisfied that all ethical issues have been identified and that
satisfactory
procedures are in place to deal with those issues in this research.
Student's signature: Date:
NUC Supervisor's signature: Date:
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