Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
International Scientific Conference „ECONOMIC GROWTH UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF GLOBALIZATION", Chisinau, Moldova, 12 - 13 Ekim 2022, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.92-106
The Covid-19 pandemic, which was first identified at the beginning of January
2020, is a major health crisis that has affected the whole world for more than two
years. While the Covid-19 pandemic caused the biggest economic crisis of the century
on a global scale, tourism is one of the sectors most negatively affected by this
process. In this study, by giving general information about the Covid-19 pandemic,
the effects of the pandemic on the world tourism economy were examined.
Accordingly, in the study, situation of tourism before the pandemic and during the
pandemic period and the effects of the pandemic on the world tourism economy were
examined based on secondary data. In this context, reports, documents and previous
studies on this subject were scanned with the literature review method in the study. As
a result of the examination, it was determined that the Covid-19 pandemic has deeply
affected the world tourism economy in the tourism seasons of 2020 and 2021.
However, in this process, it was seen that countries do not want to lose their income
from tourism activities due to the economy and other factors measures have been
taken by supporting the tourism sector with many financial, consultancy, and
supportive packages, especially taxes. Finally, it was seen that tourism professionals
predicted that the year of 2022 will be the year of recovery in the tourism sector
compared to the previous two years. Based on these results obtained as a result of the
study and the view that 2022 will be the year of recovery in the tourism sector
compared to the previous two years, inferences were made about what kind of
structural changes will occur in the tourism sector. In this context, it is thought that
the study will also guide tourism practitioners as well as its contribution to tourism
literature.