Potential Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Tourism Industry of Pakistan: A Review

Lala RUKH; Farukh KHAN; Nafees MOHAMMAD

doi:https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.740036

Makale detayları

Potential Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Tourism Industry of Pakistan: A Review

Yazarlar:

Lala RUKH | Farukh KHAN | Nafees MOHAMMAD

Yayıncı:

Gaziantep University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kamu mallarının idaresi

Dergi:

Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences 2020 Vol.19 Issue COVID-19 Special Issue, pp.9-611

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000444624

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2149-5459

pISSN:

1303-0094

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.740036

Özet:

 


In this article an attempt has been made to review the historic trends in foreign and domestic tourism in Pakistan with the aim to calculate expected loss due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose grass domestic product (GDP) growth in relation to tourism activities and COVID-19 cases were analyzed. This review revealed that tourist activities in Pakistan are growing with high level of fluctuations. After a spill of war on terrorism, Pakistan re-initiated domestic tourism 2009. The 2010 flood destroyed the road network and tourism was waned again. In 2011 tourism department re-framed tourist activities again. As per estimate, during 2012-19, Pakistan invested more than 90 billion of rupees on motorways, hotels, parks and archaeological sites and was looking forward toward 2020 summer season for some betterment in tourism, but COVID-19 appeared on the world horizon and all sorts of economic activities, including tourism were brought to zero. During 1994-2019 tourism contributed 5.7 to 7.1 % to the gross domestic products (GDP) of Pakistan. The loss is equivalent to US$ 20.18 billion. Pakistan will suffer for another few years. Even if the vaccine for COVID-19 arrives in the market, the loss will be irreparable. We have to learn survival in the presence of coronavirus, and prepare standard operating procedure (SOPs) for each business including tourism.

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In this article an attempt has been made to review the historic trends in foreign and domestic tourism in Pakistan with the aim to calculate expected loss due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose grass domestic product (GDP) growth in relation to tourism activities and COVID-19 cases were analyzed. This review revealed that tourist activities in Pakistan are growing with high level of fluctuations. After a spill of war on terrorism, Pakistan re-initiated domestic tourism 2009. The 2010 flood destroyed the road network and tourism was waned again. In 2011 tourism department re-framed tourist activities again. As per estimate, during 2012-19, Pakistan invested more than 90 billion of rupees on motorways, hotels, parks and archaeological sites and was looking forward toward 2020 summer season for some betterment in tourism, but COVID-19 appeared on the world horizon and all sorts of economic activities, including tourism were brought to zero. During 1994-2019 tourism contributed 5.7 to 7.1 % to the gross domestic products (GDP) of Pakistan. The loss is equivalent to US$ 20.18 billion. Pakistan will suffer for another few years. Even if the vaccine for COVID-19 arrives in the market, the loss will be irreparable. We have to learn survival in the presence of coronavirus, and prepare standard operating procedure (SOPs) for each business including tourism.

Makale detayları

Potential Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Tourism Industry of Pakistan: A Review

Yazarlar: Lala RUKH | Farukh KHAN | Nafees MOHAMMAD

Yayıncı: Gaziantep University

Ana Başlıklar: Kamu mallarının idaresi

Dergi: Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences 2020 Vol.19 Issue COVID-19 Special Issue, pp.9-611

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000444624

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2149-5459

pISSN: 1303-0094

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.740036

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Lala RUKH | Farukh KHAN | Nafees MOHAMMAD

Yayıncı:

Gaziantep University

Ana Başlıklar:

Kamu mallarının idaresi

Dergi:

Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences 2020 Vol.19 Issue COVID-19 Special Issue, pp.9-611

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000444624

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2149-5459

pISSN:

1303-0094

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.740036