Journal of Contemporary Politics
DOI: 10.53989/jcp.v3i4.53
Year: 2024, Volume: 3, Issue: 4, Pages: 126–131
Original Article
Sabu Thomas1,∗, V P Sreekala2
1Professor, Department of Political Science, Government College Madappally, Vadakara, Calicut, Kerala, India
2Research Scholar, University of Kannur & Assistant Professor, KMM Womens College, Kannur, Kerala, India
*Corresponding Author
Email: sabu6655@gmail.com
Received Date:07 December 2024, Accepted Date:23 December 2024, Published Date:28 December 2024
Tourism is a vital economic activity and also one of the stronger support pillar of economy. In India, the travel and tourism industry has been an outstanding support to the country's GDP. Along with contribution to GDP, tourism has always a substantial contributor to employment opportunities. The distinctive culture and traditions, along with its varied demography have made Kerala one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. The tourism industry in Kerala was fairly proud of its position as one of the topmost industries in the world until it became the hotbed for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sudden outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) around the globe has badly affected the tourism industry because the pandemic situation around the globe has created great changes in the conduct and preferences of tourists. Due to this virus threat, tourists have cancelled their programs, and this fear has dropped down the graph. In this context the current study attempts to understand the importance of the travel and tourism sector in the Kerala economy and examine the influence of the Covid-19 outbreak on the industry.
Keywords: Covid-19, Economy, Kerala, Tourism
© 2024 Published by Bangalore University. This is an open-access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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