The industry tour was one of the most affected during the pandemic, which could return to its normal until 2024, or even years later.
The arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in endless industries and businesses being economically affected around the world, including the tourism sector. According to the graph shown by Statistical on the annual evolution of the revenue from passenger air transport worldwide, since 2009 and registering 374 billion dollars, there has been constant growth over the years, which came to represent 607 billion dollars in 2019; However, the impact of the pandemic was notorious, since its income fell by more than 50 percent, registering only 189 billion dollars in 2020 and with estimates that in 2021 these will have reached 231 billion dollars. .
The decrease in social mobility to avoid the risk of contagion by coronavirus caused a considerable decline in air travel refers, as well as in the same way affected the Tourism sector in various countries of the world. According to data from the National Tourist Business Council of 2020, Mexico had the absence of more than 20 million foreign tourists, meaning a drop of almost 50 percent compared to 2019, being one of the most affected industries during the pandemic.
With the passage of time, the decrease in infections due to the disease and the effective vaccination process, the population was gradually regaining the confidence to leave their homes and return to normality, both in terms of visiting physical stores refers, as well as to go out to travel for work or personal reasons; however, the arrival of the variant Omicron is considerably affecting these advances.
Although, the sightseeing is still well below pre-pandemic levels, it was showing considerable better income, but according to the World Health Organization sightseeing (UNWTO), the industry tourism will not return to normal before 2024, among the main reasons, the recent increase in infections by the variant Omicron. According to the association’s report:
“The recent increase in cases of COVID-19 and the variant omicron will disturb the recovery and affect the trust until early 2022, as some countries have re-introduced travel bans and restrictions for certain markets.
Similarly, a survey of the UNWTO shows that 64 percent of the professionals in the world tourism industryhim, do not expect him to return to his normal before 2024.
Despite this, the industry shows considerable progress compared to previous years, since, for the moment, the UNWTO reports that during 2021 the GDP of world tourism managed to increase by 19 percent compared to what was registered during 2020 with an increase of 1.9 billion; Among the main tourists who have been an essential part in achieving these figures are those from Central America, southern Europe and the Caribbean.