SOME ASPECTS OF TOURISM THAT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Tourism recently was growing at a rapid pace, thereby transforming it to most profitable business in the market. In 2019, comparatively, the fast-developing travel and tourism industry in Germany directly contributed the third largest sum to GDP, representing 143.4 billion U.S. dollars. As fast as tourism was developing in 2019, the coronavirus was spreading in the beginning of 2020. However, due to the global quarantine and closure of international boundaries, tourism became the first industry hit. There were many predictions made and, eventually, we can assume that some aspects of tourism will never be the same after the COVID-19 pandemic.