COVID 19 PANDEMİSİNİN BALKAN ÜLKELERİNİN TURİST EKONOMİSİNE ETKİSİ

Year 2022, Beykoz Akademi Dergisi 2022 Özel Sayı, 76 - 88, 01.05.2022

Ivana Božıć Mıljkovıć

Abstract

Bu makalenin görevi, Balkan ülkelerinin turizm endüstrisinin pandemi krizinden ne ölçüde etkilendiğini araştırmaktır. Bu grup ülkelerin pandemi nedeniyle uğradıkları ekonomik kayıpların ölçülmesinde ve tahmin edilmesinde mevcut istatistiksel veriler, tarihsel yöntem ve analiz ve karşılaştırma yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Makale ayrıca, bu ülkelerin özelliklerini, turizm hizmetlerinin sunum yapısını ve uluslararası turizm ekonomisinde daha önce sahip oldukları konumları göz önünde bulundurarak, COVID sonrası dönemde bu ülkelerde turizmin gelişme perspektiflerini analiz edecektir.

Keywords

Balkan ülkeleri, ekonomi, pandemi COVID 19, Turizm

THE IMPACT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON THE TOURIST ECONOMIES OF THE BALKAN COUNTRIES

Abstract

The task of this paper is to investigate the extent to which the tourism industry of the Balkan countries is affected by the pandemic crisis. Available statistical data, historical method and method of analysis and comparison were used in measuring and estimating the economic losses suffered by this group of countries due to the pandemic. The paper will also analyze the perspectives of tourism development in these countries in the post-COVID period, having in mind their specifics, the structure of the offer of tourist services, and the positions they previously had in the international tourism economy.

Keywords

Balkan countries, economy, pandemic COVID 19, tourism

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