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Counting the Cost of COVID-19 on the Global Tourism Industry

  • Presents global perspectives surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in general, and its implications for the tourism and hospitality sector

  • Covers topics within the tourism and hospitality global value chains including aviation, cruise ships, hotels, restaurants, sports, gaming and entertainment, stock markets, philanthropy and economic stimulus packages

  • Strongly focuses on building back a better tourism sector post-COVID-19, drawing from the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)

  • Provides lasting recommendations on dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 and similar future pandemics and shocks

  • Encourages further research to document more on the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism and other related sectors

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction and Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Context: COVID-19, Global Development Agendas and Tourism

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 3-24
  3. Conceptual Framework for COVID-19 and Tourism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
    2. Global Tourism Value Chains, Sustainable Development Goals and COVID-19

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 27-51
    3. Preparedness and Responses to COVID-19: A Comparison from Selected Countries

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 53-86
  4. Impact of COVID-19 on Industries Within (Global) Tourism Value Chains

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
    2. COVID-19 and Implications for the Aviation Sector: A Global Perspective

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 89-107
    3. Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Network of Airports

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 109-133
    4. Counting the Cost of COVID-19 on Global Cruise Ship Industry

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 135-158
    5. Impact of COVID-19 on Global Car Rental Industry and Ride and Share Transport Services

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 159-181
    6. Impacts and Implications of COVID-19 on the Global Hotel Industry and Airbnb

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 183-204
    7. Restaurants and COVID-19: A Focus on Sustainability and Recovery Pathways

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 205-224
    8. Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Sporting Industry and Related Tourism

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 225-249
    9. Impact of COVID-19 on Global Religious Tourism and Pilgrimages

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 251-272
    10. Implications of COVID-19 on Gaming, Leisure and Entertainment Industry

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 273-295
    11. COVID-19 and the Stock Market: Impacts on Tourism-Related Companies

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 297-318
  5. Philanthropy and Tourism Economic Stimulus Packages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-319
    2. Tracking of Corporate, Philanthropic and Public Donations to Dislodge COVID-19

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 321-351
    3. Tourism Economic Stimulus Packages as a Response to COVID-19

      • Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
      Pages 353-374

About this book

This book profiles preliminary findings on the impact of COVID-19 on the travel, tourism and hospitality sector. Starting with a narrative relating COVID-19 to the global development agendas, the book proceeds with a focus on global tourism value chains and linkages between COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Other perspectives addressed in separate chapters include impacts of COVID-19 on various industries within the global tourism value chain including aviation, airports, cruise ships, car rentals as well as ride and share car services, hotels, restaurants, sporting, pilgrimage and religious tourism, gaming and entertainment, and the stock market. The book also includes chapters on corporate, philanthropic and public donations, as well as tourism economic stimulus packages. It then concludes with a chapter focusing on building back a better tourism sector post-COVID-19 that strongly draws from the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030) and the disaster cycle. To this end, this book is suitable as a read for several professionals in disciplines such as tourism and hospitality studies, economics, sustainable development, development studies, environmental sciences, geography, politics, planning and public health.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Corporate Citizenship, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    Godwell Nhamo, David Chikodzi

  • Department of Ecotourism Management, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

    Kaitano Dube

About the authors

Godwell Nhamo is a Full Professor and Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University ofSouth Africa (UNISA), South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C-Rated researcher in the fields of Climate Change and Governance, Green Economy and Sustainable Development. He holds a PhD from Rhodes University (South Africa), an MSc from the University of Botswana (Botswana) and a BSc Honours from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe). 

Kaitano Dube is an Ecotourism Management Lecturer at Vaal University of Technology (South Africa). He is a tourism geographer researching in the area of tourism climate change and sustainability.  He holds a PhD and MSc from the University of South Africa (South Africa). He graduated with a BSc Hons from Midlands State University in Gweru (Zimbabwe). 

David Chikodzi is a Post-doctoral fellow in the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Geography and Environment Science from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). He also holdsa Masters’ degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, as well as a Bachelor of Arts(Honours) Degree in Geography from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Counting the Cost of COVID-19 on the Global Tourism Industry

  • Authors: Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56231-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56230-4Published: 20 September 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56233-5Published: 21 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56231-1Published: 19 September 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 418

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 113 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Economic Geography, Industries, Geography, general, Human Geography, Epidemiology

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