The Impact of the 2019-nCov on Sichuan Tourism Industry and Measures to Address

Enzhu Liu, Feitong Lu and Jiangkun Yu ()
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Enzhu Liu: North China University of Technology, School of Economics and Management
Feitong Lu: Wuhan Sannew School
Jiangkun Yu: University of Liverpool, School of Mathematical Sciences

A chapter in Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Economics, Smart Finance and Contemporary Trade (ESFCT 2022), 2022, pp 374-382 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which a 2019-nCov can affect the tourism industry of cities in China such like Sichuan. Suggestions to reduce negative impact on tourism industry based on the follow investigation will be given. By the end of 2019, the Covid started spreading and caused a lot of social problems and economic issues. Workforce reduces because of being infected. Population mobility is drastically reduced due to both policies aiming to slow the spread of disease, and people being less inclined to go out. Tourists tend to postpone or cancel their plans especially when the way that Covid spreads, treatment of disease and feature of Covid were not learnt thoroughly. These factors can directly cause blow to tourism. For a province like Sichuan, where tourism is a major part of the economy, revenue from tourism is an important part of economic income. This is why it is necessary to study the impact of the epidemic on the tourism industry and find measures to deal with it. In this paper, how the 2019-nCov negatively affects Sichuan tourism industry and what to do in future to improve tourism industry situation will be explained. The thesis uses a case study approach to analyze impact and challenges of the epidemic, and leads to suggestion that the government and corporations should work together to survive the crisis.

Keywords: 2019-nCov; China; Sichuan; tourism; economic impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-052-7_43

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