Title:
EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM IN NIGERIA

Authors:
OLOWOOKERE, Clement Adebayo , ALA, Adebayo Ayodeji and, OLANREWAJU, Tayewo Segun

Abstract:
The occurrence of some natural disaster and unfold of covid-19 pandemic has resulted in countries of the globe putting travel restrictions and closure of their borders to movements to and from countries of the world. The Hospitality and Tourism is one of the sectors that has been greatly affected. Data for this study was generated from secondary materials, online blogs and interviews through social media chats. Findings of the study revealed that the occurrence of natural event and unfold of covid-19 pandemic led to fast shutdowns of our cities that greatly affected the Hospitality and Tourism sector. Industries within the Hospitality and Tourism sector like airlines, hotels and recreations faced declining demand and patronage with travel crashes and cancellations. The exaggerated cancellations of hotels and travel bookings resulted in billions of naira in revenue loss and thousands of job were loss within the country. The findings of the study revealed that covid-19 have worsening the state of things within the country, leading to loss of considerable revenue to the government, increasing incidence of poor financial condition of the populace among others. The study recommends the need for the diversification of priorities to different sectors like Tourism and hospitality, agriculture and compensation to business operatives within the Hospitality and Tourism and other vital segments of the economy.

Keywords:
Covid-19, Coronavirus, hospitality, travel tour, tourism

DOI:
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2021.4619