TITLE:
The Impact of COVID-19 on Some Socio-Economic Sectors in the United Arab Emirates
AUTHORS:
Fayez M. Elessawy, Aaesha S. Alshehhi, Abdulla M. Alnaqbi, Aysha H. Al Dhaheri, Khaled K. Al Arafati, Marwa M. Al Suwaidi
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19, Cases, Deaths, Transportation, Real State, Tourism, Education, Dubai, UAE
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.4,
April
21,
2022
ABSTRACT: The United Arab Emirates (UAE)
is one of the largest oil producing rich country. The
total population is about 10 million inhabitants in 2022. The number of
confirmed cases of COVID-19 reached 879,973 while the death cases reached 2,301
as confirmed by the UAE National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management
Authority on the 28th of February, 2022. This paper aims at reflecting the
impact of COVID-19 on multiple UAE governmental and non-governmental sectors
such as the aviation sector, real estate market, tourism, and education.
Challenges of the Etihad and Emirates Airlines revenues plunged which led to
financial losses and a slew of employees laid off, the decreased profitability
of the UAE’s real estate market due to movement restrictions, curfew, and
economic policies enacted which directly affected the growth and development. In
addition, this paper addressed how the pandemic-prevention measures affected
the tourism sector due to limited mobility and social isolation. Interviews
were conducted to reveal the results of Covid-19 on the education sector and
how schools and families have gained new and
valuable technological abilities while many detrimental consequences have happened at various educational levels on the other hand. This study applied
the topical approach with the use of analytical and cartographic techniques to reach the aims of the study to understand the
issue of the impact of COVID-19 on some socio-economic sectors in the
United Arab Emirates.