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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism: a systematic literature review

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely disrupted the global economy, particularly the tourism sector, thus making the interplay of pandemics and tourism a prominent topic of research. This paper aims at providing an overview of scientific research about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism and at determining the direction for future research. The main research questions are 1) which research topics related to the impact of the pandemic on tourism have been addressed ; 2) what are the bibliometric characteristics of published papers on these topics, and 3) what are the directions for future research within this field? To obtain the answers, a qualitative method was applied by analysing the scientific papers published from March 2020 until March 2021. Applying the PRISMA protocol, a total of 33 relevant articles were identified, which were subjected to bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer, and finally, content analysis was conducted. Thereby, the following key research areas were distinguished: the impacts and consequences of COVID-19 on tourism, the transformation of tourism and post-pandemic recovery strategies, the changes in the behaviour from travellers’ perspective, and the issues from the perspective of tourism enterprises. Based on the analysis, new research directions are proposed.

COVID-19 ; pandemic ; tourism ; systematic literature review

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