World of Tourism

 1 .Introduction The global pandemic crisis has had a devastating impact on the tourism industry. Though the majority of countries have made reasonable efforts to reduce the impact of the pandemic, a number of countries were not able to significantly mitigate the impact due to lack of resources and/or unpreparedness. The situation in several countries became worse due to lack of resources and preparedness. The second worst scenario occurred in a country that did not have adequate infrastructure or transportation, such as ports and airports, for handling large numbers of tourists. In such cases, there was no alternative except for air transport or sea transport. This situation has continued for quite some time now in places such as Pakistan, Egypt and Indonesia. Though there is considerable improvement over many years, it is still far from acceptable that every country should be able to withstand a pandemic with minimal damage. Moreover, if we include India as well, it is like