TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 economic policy response, resilience and tourism recovery
AU - Okafor, Luke
AU - Khalid, Usman
AU - Gopalan, Sasidaran
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is supported by the United Arab Emirates University under the UPAR grant (# 12B001 ). The authors would like to thank Laura Elizabeth and Sumaiya Bhura for their assistance in this research.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - This study investigates whether tourism sector recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by only the size of the economic stimulus packages or whether a country's resilience plays a moderating influence in the underlying relationship. The results show that while economic stimulus packages help to enhance tourism recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is contingent on the level of a country's resilience. For instance, amongst the less resilient countries, the impact of economic policy response on the tourism recovery is more pronounced, but the effect dissipates as countries become more resilient. These findings have important implications for policymakers, management teams, and relevant stakeholders in their effort to revive the tourism sector from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - This study investigates whether tourism sector recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by only the size of the economic stimulus packages or whether a country's resilience plays a moderating influence in the underlying relationship. The results show that while economic stimulus packages help to enhance tourism recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is contingent on the level of a country's resilience. For instance, amongst the less resilient countries, the impact of economic policy response on the tourism recovery is more pronounced, but the effect dissipates as countries become more resilient. These findings have important implications for policymakers, management teams, and relevant stakeholders in their effort to revive the tourism sector from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - Crisis management policies
KW - Economic policy response
KW - Economic stimulus packages
KW - Resilience
KW - Tourism recovery
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U2 - 10.1016/j.annale.2022.100073
DO - 10.1016/j.annale.2022.100073
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139301242
SN - 2666-9579
VL - 3
JO - Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
JF - Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
IS - 2
M1 - 100073
ER -