IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/spr/sprchp/978-3-031-24655-5_2.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small-Scale Hospitality and Tourism Businesses in Coastal Communities in Ghana

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

Author

Listed:
  • Victor Owusu

    (University of Education)

  • Raphael Ane Atanga

    (University of Education)

  • Yaw Agyeman Boafo

    (University of Ghana)

  • Kojo Gyabaah

    (University of Education)

  • Richard Boateng

    (University of Education)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every facet of society globally. This chapter investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small-scale hospitality and tourism businesses in Winneba, a coastal town in Ghana’s central region. Following the qualitative case study approach, 19 in-depth interviews were conducted with managers and operators of small-scale hospitality and tourism businesses. The findings revealed that businesses, including ‘chop bars’, ‘one-man kebabs’, guest houses, and recreational centres, experienced significant adverse effects on operations, supply, and finances. Self-reported outcomes included low patronage, additional expenditure on COVID-19 safety protocols, spoilage of perishable foodstuff, expiration of items in stock, temporal shutdowns, and staff layoffs. These effects were attributed to the ban on social gatherings, lockdowns, closure of schools, border closure, and restricted access or ban on beach-going. Coping strategies adopted by businesses included the closure of companies, adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures, and switching to delivery services. From these findings, it is imperative for relevant tourism policy and decision-makers in Ghana to implement tailor-made COVID-19-related stimulus packages such as tax reliefs, soft loans with low interest, and utility bill discounts if these businesses are to continue operation.

Suggested Citation

  • Victor Owusu & Raphael Ane Atanga & Yaw Agyeman Boafo & Kojo Gyabaah & Richard Boateng, 2023. "The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small-Scale Hospitality and Tourism Businesses in Coastal Communities in Ghana," Springer Books, in: Kaitano Dube & Ishmael Mensah & Lazarus Chapungu (ed.), COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery, chapter 0, pages 21-40, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-24655-5_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24655-5_2
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-24655-5_2. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.