Overview
- Presents global perspectives surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in general, and its implications for the tourism and hospitality sector
- Covers topics within the tourism and hospitality global value chains including aviation, cruise ships, hotels, restaurants, sports, gaming and entertainment, stock markets, philanthropy and economic stimulus packages
- Strongly focuses on building back a better tourism sector post-COVID-19, drawing from the Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030)
- Provides lasting recommendations on dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 and similar future pandemics and shocks
- Encourages further research to document more on the impacts of COVID-19 on tourism and other related sectors
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Introduction and Background
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Conceptual Framework for COVID-19 and Tourism
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Impact of COVID-19 on Industries Within (Global) Tourism Value Chains
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Philanthropy and Tourism Economic Stimulus Packages
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Godwell Nhamo is a Full Professor and Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University ofSouth Africa (UNISA), South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C-Rated researcher in the fields of Climate Change and Governance, Green Economy and Sustainable Development. He holds a PhD from Rhodes University (South Africa), an MSc from the University of Botswana (Botswana) and a BSc Honours from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).
Kaitano Dube is an Ecotourism Management Lecturer at Vaal University of Technology (South Africa). He is a tourism geographer researching in the area of tourism climate change and sustainability. He holds a PhD and MSc from the University of South Africa (South Africa). He graduated with a BSc Hons from Midlands State University in Gweru (Zimbabwe).
David Chikodzi is a Post-doctoral fellow in the Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD in Geography and Environment Science from the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). He also holdsa Masters’ degree in Environmental Policy and Planning, as well as a Bachelor of Arts(Honours) Degree in Geography from the University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Counting the Cost of COVID-19 on the Global Tourism Industry
Authors: Godwell Nhamo, Kaitano Dube, David Chikodzi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56231-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56230-4Published: 20 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56233-5Published: 21 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56231-1Published: 19 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 418
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 113 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic Geography, Industries, Geography, general, Human Geography, Epidemiology