Handbook of Research on the Impacts and Implications of COVID-19 on the Tourism Industry

Demir, Mahmut · Dalgıç, Ali · Ergen, Fatma Doğanay

Jun 2021 · IGI Global

About this ebook

The tourism sector has been deeply affected particularly in economic terms by the COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis has led to new practices and radical changes. Scientists emphasize that mankind will face pandemics more frequently in the forthcoming years. Thus, it is important to understand the negative impacts the COVID-19 pandemic had on the tourism sector as well as the measures that were and are being put in place to protect the industry during future outbreaks.

The Handbook of Research on the Impacts and Implications of COVID-19 on the Tourism Industry is a comprehensive reference source that reflects upon the evaluations of the experienced and ongoing pandemic crisis in the context of the tourism sector. The positive and negative effects experienced by tourism employees and tourists are examined, and post-pandemic processes and business practices are evaluated. Covering topics including consumer rights in tourism, dynamic changes in the tourism industry, and employment in tourism, this book is suitable for travel agencies, restaurateurs, hotel managers, brand managers, marketers, advertisers, managers, executives, hospitality personnel, policymakers, government officials, tourism practitioners, students, academicians, and researchers seeking the latest sustainable policies and practices that are being utilized to increase the productivity of the tourism sector and will allow it to thrive in the years to come.

About the author

Mahmut Demir graduated from Cukurova University Mersin School of Tourism and Hotel Management in1993. He earned his master’s degree (2002) and Ph.D. degree (2009) from Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Tourism Management. He started to work as an academic at Mugla University in 1997. He has been working at the Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Tourism Faculty as a professor since 2012. In 2011 he was invited by The Sheffield Hallam University in the UK, where he worked as a visiting scholar for three months. He is the president, board member, and founder member of the International Center of Social Sciences and Education Research (ICSER). Along with ICSER, Prof. Dr. Mahmut DEMIR organized fifteen international conferences between 2015-2020. He is editor in chief of both “Journal of Tourism Theory and Research” and “International Journal of Social Sciences and Education Research”. His research interest includes tourism, travel and Hospitality management, organizational behavior, human research management, digitalization and innovation in tourism.

Ali Dalgıç was born in Antalya, Turkey in 1987. He worked as research assistant in the Department of Tourism Management at Mersin University. He completed his MSc degree in Management at Adnan Menderes University, Aydin/Turkey in December 2013. He got PhD in Tourism Management at Mersin University. He is working at Isparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Tourism as an assistant professor. His research interests include event management, alternative tourism and strategic management.

Fatma Doğanay Ergen graduated from Tourism Management and Hotel Applied Sciences of Abant İzzet Baysal University in 2010. She completed her master’s degree in Tourism and Hotel Management at Afyon Kocatepe University in June 2013. In 2014, Ergen started to work as a lecturer and as the head of Tourism and Hotel Management program at Nisantasi University. She completed her PhD in Tourism and Hotel Management at Balıkesir University. After completing her PhD’s, she was appointed as assistant professor to the Department of Tourism Guidance at Nişantaşı University and continued working at Nişantaşı University. In 2019, she was appointed as a professor assistant and head of the Department of Tourism Guidance at Isparta University of Applied Sciences. She is currently working at Isparta University of Applied Sciences. She works on alternative tourism types, health tourism and tourism management.

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