Episode 1: WILL WE EVER TRAVEL AGAIN? #COVID19

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Impact of Corona on Travel Industry

We all have this question in our mind. It's been more than 4 months that we are at home. No social life, no food from outside, no travel etc etc. We have reached that stage when the question pops to our head.

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Will we ever travel again? What do you think?

Covid-19 came into our lives without a warning and now "Travel plans for 2020" has become the biggest joke of the year. 😬

Dreams are shattered, bucket lists are tattered, and we too are in heartbreak about all of this!😫

But have you wondered how deeply

Read on to find out more.

* The first industry to be hit by the pandemic was the aviation industry and the tourism & travel industry. The lockdowns, travel restrictions and rising cases of infections decreased travellers all over the world by 80-90%.

March 2020 will always be remembered as the month our backpacks went on top of the shelves after such a long time.😢

* The United Nations World Tourism Organisation has said that tourism might decrease in 2020 by atleast 20-30%, leading to a loss of US$ 30-50 billion.

* Though Tourism is back in few places now, states like Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Sikkim and other North-Eastern states which depended extensively on tourism as a source of state revenue, have been adversely affected as foreign arrivals in India fell by 66.4% in March itself.

* Indian tourism industry employs crores of people in the hospitality industry as tour operators, travel agents, homestay owners, drivers, guides, small traders, artisans and craftsmen among other service providers. Estimates say that we're looking at job loss of around 38 million people which is 70% of the workforce!😱

Travel is the biggest interconnected industry has surely taken the biggest damage during these global crises but we humans are wanderers and we will always be curious about travel no matter what.✨

Sources:

Businessworld, Wikipedia, Foreign Policy,

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