REGIONAL AND LOCAL TOURISM IN COVID-19 TIMES: A STUDY OF ALAPPUZHA IN KERALA

Pradeep B Kumar
Additional contact information
Pradeep B Kumar: Post-Graduate Department of Economics, Government Arts & Science Collge, Ambalapuzha, Alappuzha, Kerala, India

Revista de turism - studii si cercetari in turism / Journal of tourism - studies and research in tourism, 2021, vol. 31, issue 31, 3

Abstract: It is obvious that the tourism sector world over has been badly hit by the outbreak of the Covid-19 Virus. The lockdown, travel restrictions and social distancing have apparently led to the decline in tourist operations in many parts of the world. The income, employment and livelihood of those engaged in tourism have been badly affected. The visitors have been deprived of opportunities to visit the places of their interests. The reopening of the tourism sector to local and regional tourists has become succor for the tourism sector which would at least help the sector to cover its running costs. However, the satisfaction of the visitors with regard to the Covid-protocol measures matter a lot in sustaining tourism at these difficult times. The present study conducted in Alappuzha in the Kerala State of India reveals that more concrete steps need to be taken by the stakeholders of the tourism sector to make it more attractive and comfortable to the visitors. The study found that only 44 per cent of the respondents expressed a good opinion about the overall Covid Protocol measures adopted by the tour operators. The dissatisfaction with social distancing was quite high among the respondents.

Keywords: Local Tourism; Social Distancing; Covid Protocol; Sanitization; Social Media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://revistadeturism.ro/index.php/rdt/article/view/178 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:scm:rdtusv:v:31:y:2021:i:31:p:3

Access Statistics for this article

Revista de turism - studii si cercetari in turism / Journal of tourism - studies and research in tourism is currently edited by Editura Universitatii Stefan cel Mare din Suceava

More articles in Revista de turism - studii si cercetari in turism / Journal of tourism - studies and research in tourism from "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava, Romania, Faculty of Economics and Public Administration - Economy, Business Administration and Tourism Department. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Iulian Condratov ().