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Local Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Urban Tourism-Related Services: A Perspective of Kochi Heritage City, Kerala

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  • Fazlur Rahman

    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia)

  • Norhazliza abd Halim

    (Tourism Planning Research Group, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Malaysia)

  • Abdul Ahad

    (Urban Planning and Land Management Group, Institute of Geodesy and Geo-Information (IGG), University of Bonn, Nussle 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany)

  • Aftab Alam

    (Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi 110025, India)

  • Kahkashan Noor

    (Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi 110025, India)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had extremely distressful consequences for the service-providing industries, especially in the sector of tourism. The world is showing a move towards the recovery stage; however, the process has observed a lag in recovery because of a gap in the literature on measuring the local economic impact of COVID-19 on the employability of urban tourism. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the economic impact of COVID-19 on the local market and other tourism-related services in Kochi Heritage City, Kerala. Quantitative research was performed based on stratified sampling with a questionnaire survey among 398 respondents. Data were analyzed descriptively to evaluate the impact and measure the significant difference statistically through a one-sample t -test and a one-way ANOVA. Findings revealed that employability from tourism-related services has observed an adverse impact of COVID-19 by a dip in the local economy in terms of earning reduction, whereas the impact on jobs and reduction in working hours were lopsided. Hence, in identifying the effect of COVID-19 on urban tourism and its sub-scaled classes, it contributes more effectively by intervening with recovery and supporting the local economy through a balanced allocation of financial assistance to the economic dip in Kochi.

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  • Fazlur Rahman & Norhazliza abd Halim & Abdul Ahad & Aftab Alam & Kahkashan Noor, 2023. "Local Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Urban Tourism-Related Services: A Perspective of Kochi Heritage City, Kerala," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(24), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:24:p:16585-:d:1294806
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