An Assessment of How the Pandemic Affected the Cruise Tourism
Abstract
Cases of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world have been changing hourly since the beginning of 2020. Under the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic, negative impacts on the maritime trade and tourism are a sign of the economic impacts globally. Tourism and maritime sectors are directly affected by the pandemic. In this concept cruise, tourism is the intersection of both sectors. While the world economy goes into the recession by the pandemic, the sectoral situation of the cruise industry shows that even big companies started the year 2020 in a good financial situation, but in the second quarter of 2020, economic results of the adverse impacts are shown because of the voyage restrictions. The economic difficulties forced some businesses to sell their ships. All these impacts show that a return to pre-pandemic touristic activity levels before 2023 is impossible. This study aims to observe how the pandemic affected cruise tourism and which strategies can be implemented during and after the pandemic. In this sense, it is thought that cruise tourism must resume with sustainable solutions since it contributes significant values to both the country and business economics.
Keywords
COVID-19 , Cruise Tourism , Marine Tourism , Maritime Business , Pandemic
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