Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 on UK Tourism Using Research

This essay provides a comprehensive evaluation of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the UK tourism industry, utilizing a variety of research materials. It begins by introducing the significance of the tourism sector in the UK economy and detailing the global crisis triggered by the pandemic. The report examines the characteristics of the COVID-19 virus, its rapid spread, and its effects on various sectors, particularly tourism. It highlights the decline in tourism operations, accommodation services, and overall demand due to travel restrictions and health concerns. The essay concludes with recommendations for the UK government and tourism industry stakeholders, emphasizing the importance of safety guidelines, marketing strategies, and economic recovery plans to revitalize the tourism sector post-pandemic. The analysis underscores the need for a coordinated approach to restore confidence among travelers and support the long-term growth of the UK tourism industry. Desklib offers a range of similar assignments and study tools for students.

EVALUATE THE IMPACT
OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC ON THE UK
TOURISM INDUSTRY BY
USING A VARIETY OF
RESEARCH MATERIALS

Table of Contents
EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE UK TOURISM
INDUSTRY BY USING A VARIETY OF RESEARCH MATERIALS.......................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Covid-19 pandemic......................................................................................................................3
Tourism industry in the UK.........................................................................................................4
Impact of covid 19 on the tourism sector of UK.........................................................................5
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION..............................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Tourism is the fasted growing and leading industry in the united kingdom. Travel and
tourism are the similar things in which people of different culture, religion, race etc. move from
one place to another with the various means of transportation in order to enhance the experience.
The individual person move one place to another not for vacation but also for business meeting
and conferences (Pencarelli, 2020). The form of tourism is bifurcated into three types such as
domestic, inbound and outbound tourism. The tourism industry of the UK is highly affected by
the Covid-19 situation. The present report will examine the Covid-19 pandemic situation and
triggered a global crisis in the tourism sector. Moreover the report will conduct research on the
tourism industry of the UK and the importance of the industry. The impact of the pandemic on
the country and its tourist sector along with that the report will reaccommodate the points which
the authority will considered in order to deal with crises.
MAIN BODY
Covid-19 pandemic.
The covid 19 pandemic is renowned as the coronavirus all over the world. The coronavirus s
spreading rapidly in the marketplace and affecting the people and the economy brutally. The first
coronavirus is determined on 31 December 20119 in the Wuhan city of the China. The covid 19
is declared as the novel diseases which affect lots of the people from different country religion,
region, belief etc. as it bring respiratory illness to the individual person. The coronavirus is the
most dangerous disease which is declared by the world health organisation as well as many
medical staff members. The covid patient face the issue of infection in the nose, sinuses, and
throat and lungs. The coronavirus is speeded in the city due to the contact between one person to
another. The identical symptoms of covid 19 is fever, coughing, shortness of breath, body aches,
headache, sore throts, loss of smell or taste etc. it decrease the immune system of the infected
person due to that many people of the nation loss their life, families and friends, as it kill the
organ and tissues of the body. The researcher conduct the research on the coronavirus and
conduct various laboratory test (Camilleri,2018). The particular person protect themselves by
having the dose of the covid 19 vaccine which is authorised and considered by the world health
organisation. in order to control the spread of the coronavirus the people of the nation suppose to
the wear the mask, maintaining the social distance and concern about the hygiene. Along with
that the leading government or authority declared lockdown in the nation or in the cities in order

to control the situation of the pandemic. Moreover the government provide the guidelines to the
people in order to control the spread of Covid-19. It is badly trigged the global crises in various
industry such as tourism sector, primary, secondary and tertiary sector. The covid 19 shake the
economy of various countries and decrease the financial outcomes. It develop the critical
condition as people are not allowed to move from one place to another. it also decreases the scale
of the supply chain as well as bring unemployment due to that the household income also
decreases. The coronavirus affect almost 50 million of the people and approx. 1.25 million death
all over world( L and Tabari, 2019). The organisation change the scenario as well as change the
mind set of the people. therefore nowadays people are becoming more conscious about the
health.
Tourism industry in the UK
The travel and the tourism is the essential element which play vital role in the economy united
kingdom. The tourism industry acquiring the place in the marketplace. billion of the people every
year visited in the country in order to enhance the experience and enjoy the beauty of the nation (
Biancone, et.al 2019). The tourism industry is increasing and scaling up the growth rapidly in the
marketplace. the tourism sector provide lots of employment opportunity to the different people
who willing to work in order to fulfil individuals demand. The London is the most visited
destination of the united kingdom which attract millions of the people. the government give
priority to the to the tourism sector in order to invite various visitors who spend lots of money in
buying and selling services of the nation. With the different modes of the transport the visitors
visit from domestic as well as international market. the tourism industry is improving the
infrastructure of the organisation in order to satisfy the visitors. The government develop various
plans of action for instance in order to increase the awareness among the people and encourage
them to visit the best destination of united kingdom. In the tourism industry accommodations,,
food and beverage services are considerable by the people. therefore the tourism provide back
support the enterprises which are related to the accommodation , exhibitions, conferences and
transportation services( Kumar,2020). the travel land tourism industry increase the gross
domestic production of the company. the united kingdom have the most beautiful place
renowned as the the Spain where lots of people spend their vacation. The 22% of the visitor visit
the united kingdom in order to spend the vacation in the Spain. It is the fourth most visited
country. The inbound tourism in the united kingdom is creating new record as the most of the

people visiting the country in order to spend the money and having the most memorable
experience. In the united kingdom the London is considered as the most desirable place where
every individual person willing to spend the holidays as there are many places which which
attract many visitors such as tower of London, tower bridge, Etihad stadium, big ben. Most of the
artist use to represent the pictures of the city or beauty of the city to represent the country. The
visitor explore the heritage site and historical places of London.
Impact of covid 19 on the tourism sector of UK
The Covid 19 is highly affected the various countries business sector which include united
kingdom. It increase the profit of the tourism sector as in the pandemic situation people of the
country are not sallow to move out of the home or the bounders similarity the government do not
allow other to visit in the country. Along with that the people are not able to exchange the
services ad commodity for the satisfaction of the individual person. it is one of thew most
significant process or plan of action the organisation utilized in order to control the impact of the
covid 19 as it increase the household income from the tourism sector (Škare, M., Soriano and
Porada-Rochoń,2021) . The virus was increasing the country rapidly and affecting the good
health of the people in order to control that the king of the nation declared complete lockdown
and restriction on travelling or leaving the home for non-essential reasons or gathering at one
place. The tourism operation is declined by the 87% and the accommodation services of ten
travel and tourism is decreases by the 80%. Moreover it also decrease the demand for the product
and the services because the millions of the people visit in the city prefer to enjoy the shopping
in the market of the UK. Beside all this many if the company face the financial issues as the
cashflow is decreases by highest numbers. As the virus is detected in the domestic as well as
international people the governed restricted the flight for the long period of time which shake the
economy completely many people lost the job role or the employment. Oost covid the situation is
not under he control many of the organisation are not sallow to operate with the full capacity.
Moreover many of the vaster are become hesitate in moving to another city as the people are
becoming more conscious about the health then pre covid 19. Every visitor started avoiding the
willingness of costing the another city in order to control the effect of the covid 19. The
travellers need to face the self-isolation or spend 14 days as the quarantine if they visited the city.
Along with that every person required to show the negative report of covid 19 to the authorities
and follow the safety measure. The people started saving the money rather the spending the

money on exploring the destination. Post covid every individual person prefer to spend the
money on necessary good and services (Assaf and Scuderi,2020.).
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
From the analysation of the covid 19 situation in the UK it will be reaccommodated that the
government need to provide guidelines to the people in order to control the crucial situation
which cannot be avoided by the people. for the recovery of the Covid-19 the authority need to
invite the people again from different cites that will invited in the country that will increase the
economic value of the tourism sector. The visiting person need to wear the mask and use the
sanitizer on the regular bases ( Keep and Ward 2020). Along with that the particular person need
to avoid if that person is facing any kind of symptoms and are not allowed at public or tourism
place. Along with that the marketing of destination the government or the members oof the
tourism industry need to encourage the people for safely traveling to the nation.
From the report it will be concluded that the leading bodies of UK need to control the situation of
the covid 19 in order to enhance the scale of tourism sector’s growth. The report highlighted the
tourism sector in the UK along with the brutal impact.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
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Camilleri, M.A., 2018. The tourism industry: An overview. Travel marketing, tourism economics
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Kumar, V., 2020. Indian tourism industry and COVID-19: present scenario. Journal of Tourism
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Škare, M., Soriano, D.R. and Porada-Rochoń, M., 2021. Impact of COVID-19 on the travel and
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Assaf, A. and Scuderi, R., 2020. COVID-19 and the recovery of the tourism industry. Tourism
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Keep, M. and Ward, M., 2020. Support for the tourism industry after the Covid-19 lockdown.
Biancone, et.al 2019. Halal tourism: An opportunity for the global tourism industry. Tourism
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Lu, L. and Tabari, S., 2019. Impact of Airbnb on customers' behavior in the UK hotel
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