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Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in South Africa: Building Resilience and Prospects for Recovery

In: COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery

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  • Emmanuel Ndhlovu

    (Vaal University of Technology)

  • Kaitano Dube

    (Vaal University of Technology)

Abstract

The literature on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses is all over the place, thereby making it of limited value to policymakers, business operators and practitioners. This has posed a directional challenge in building resilience and recovery strategies, especially for service industries such as tourism. Therefore, sector-specific studies are needed to generate a more mature scholarly debate recommending thought-out resilience and recovery strategies. Focusing on three sectors of the tourism industry in South Africa and drawing on critical document analysis, this chapter explores the impact of COVID-19 on the food and beverage, transportation and accommodation sectors. The sources utilised were selected in grey and academic literature using COVID-19, tourism, hospitality and South Africa as keywords. This chapter shows that COVID-19 ignited huge socio-economic challenges for the tourism industry, with businesses plunging into debts and liquidity crises. Some businesses closed either temporarily or permanently due to lack of demand. While this chapter recommends that in addition to government stimulus packages and the adoption of technological innovations, context-specific innovations and recovery models are, therefore, needed. These may include joint ventures and business partnerships.

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  • Emmanuel Ndhlovu & Kaitano Dube, 2023. "Impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in South Africa: Building Resilience and Prospects for Recovery," Springer Books, in: Kaitano Dube & Godwell Nhamo & MP Swart (ed.), COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery, chapter 0, pages 81-100, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-22257-3_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22257-3_5
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