IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON TOURISM EMPLOYMENT

Abstract

Tourism is based primarily on tourist flows. The current Covid-19 pandemic, which brings isolation and closure of regions, is an obstacle to its development. According to the professional public, the most affected sector is tourism. The decline in tourism represents a loss for companies, state budget revenues, and an employment decline. Governments' efforts to eliminate redundancies through various support packages have not stopped the increase in redundancies. A more extended period of restraint leads to a rise in unemployment; if the economy does not relax, unemployment growth in the tourism sector can be expected to accelerate.