Overview
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)
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Introduction and Background
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Conceptual Framework for COVID-19 and Tourism
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Impact of COVID-19 on Industries Within (Global) Tourism Value Chains
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Philanthropy and Tourism Economic Stimulus Packages
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Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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