PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACED BY TRAVELLERS IN GUJARAT DURING COVID 19: AN ANALYSIS OF IMPACT ON TRAVELLING PREFERENCES

Authors

  • Karan Bhatt
  • Riddhi Patel
  • Vibha Paghdar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55829/ijmpr.v1i1.46

Keywords:

COVID -19 ,Challenges, Tourism ,Travelling

Abstract

Covid -19 is affected economic and daily routine of everyone. Travelling and tourism people like to explore but this pandemic change everything .Tourism is an important economic activity and also a one of the stronger pillar of the economy. In India, travel and tourism has been a remarkable contribution to the country's GDP also will become a cause of changes in behavior and preferences of tourists. Due to this virus threat, tourists have cancelled their programs and this fear has drop down the tourist graph. With the large - scale travel restrictions, quarantines, social distancing and lockdown, Covid-19 has given a major impact on the economic development worldwide.  Due to resulting travel restrictions and drop in demand, Covid-19 pandemic also impact tourism significantly. This study attempts to try to understand the tourism sector importance in an economy and examine the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on the Indian travel & tourism. Tourism creates a new channel for young people to provide a large number of employment opportunities.

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31-03-2022

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Bhatt, K., Patel, R., & Paghdar, V. (2022). PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACED BY TRAVELLERS IN GUJARAT DURING COVID 19: AN ANALYSIS OF IMPACT ON TRAVELLING PREFERENCES. International Journal of Management, Public Policy and Research, 1(1), 81–86. https://doi.org/10.55829/ijmpr.v1i1.46

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