A Study to Investigate the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourist Arrivals in Belize ()
ABSTRACT
This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourist
arrivals in Belize using secondary quantitative data from 2011-2020. The
researcher deployed the use of SPSS 25.0
statistical software and advanced technical skills to generate graphical
analysis to reveal the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The research
concludes that the Coronavirus pandemic has been the worst exogenous shock to
the tourism industry. Now, policymakers are at a critical standpoint to access
the economic damage and seek ways to rebuild the economy. Although there is a
current vaccine to end the global pandemic, the recovery and immunization will
take a while before the tourism industry can fully return to normalcy. This
report highlights the drastic decline in tourist arrivals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as suggesting
ways how the tourism industry can rebound from its global crisis.
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Cheng, J. and Zetina, Z. (2021) A Study to Investigate the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourist Arrivals in Belize.
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
9, 326-334. doi:
10.4236/jss.2021.97023.