Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Impact of Corona Virus on Indian Tourism Industry








Corona virus has turned out to be one of the worst epidemics in the human world which has stopped almost all human activities around the world. Isolation from the outer world has been so sudden and so drastic that the animals have started appearing at places which was once just for and occupied by mean humans and their vehicles.


Animals taking over the City
Corona virus clearing beaches for endangered Turtles
                                 


The corona virus has spread to around 200 countries in the world mainly due to the intelligent humans not able to understand a very simple way to suppress corona virus is by just isolating themselves. The spread has lead to the death of around 40,000 people and 8,60,000 people found positive of the virus and the meter is still running. The majorly hit countries are Italy, Spain, USA, France, China and Iran. In India the total cases are around 1600 and the deaths are around 45.

The virus has badly affected the businesses around the world bringing them to a standstill lowering the supply and demand cycle. The revenues and working capital are decreasing which could lead to businesses going bankrupt leaving millions jobless.

The worst hit are the poor, unemployed and the daily wage workers. With total lockdown at place, with no wages they are facing difficulty to arrange for their meals, rents and healthcare. The governments with the help of the police and social help from the people are making their best efforts so none of them face any problem surviving in this difficult time.


The tourism industry is one the worst hit due to the lockdown all over the world. If the situation doesn’t improve corono virus would render 3.3 crore people jobless that’s around 70% of the total workforce of 5.5 crore in Indian tourism industry. The lockdown is impacting possible revenue of around 71 billion USD generated by direct tourism activities and double that of total economic activities. The whole value chain of hotels, travel agents, tour operations, destinations, restaurants, family entertainment venues, air, land and sea transportation have been hit.    

Uttarakhand Tourism which was recently given status of industry is also facing worst of times. It is not new to Uttarakhand Tourism as they have previously faced the wrath of nature due to bad weathers and floods killing many and leading to destruction of infrastructure and decreasing revenues. Due to present lock down and future cancellations the whole value chain of hotels, travel agents, tour operations, destinations, restaurants, family entertainment venues, air and land transportation have been hit. The government has banned all tourism activities till the situation is safe. The present focus is on stopping the spread of corona virus and save lives.

Presently many jokes are running on social media sites stating how difficult it is to stay locked at home. People who have turned them into social animals, workaholic machines, achieving daily targets in their profession are having difficulty coping with such a situation. They are kind of confused how to keep themselves busy in their homes. People who once loved there tech gadgets are now bored of them.

I follow Buddha Teachings and I think the teachings have helped me during these times. I have learnt how not to be attached to materialistic life, accept changes and how to evolve accordingly. I have learnt how to keep calm and stay focused. Though the situation that we are in is unwanted but we should take it as an opportunity to spend time on your own or with your families.

People should spend this time positively by reassessing themselves; improve relationship with their families and to do activities of their interest. There are many activities that one can do as per their interest like creating and providing important information in social media, qualified persons can help by talking to people undergoing stress over the phone,  cooking, gardening, reading, writing, making videos, making websites, creating music, creating art, yoga, meditating and exercising.            

Hope people get cured soon and spreading of corona virus stops and we emerge out of this situation as a better human being.       



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