Bulgarian Tourism During the Covid-19 Crisis

Abstract

COVID-19 put the world and tourism in a situation that had not been predicted even by the most pessimistic forecasts of either theoreticians, or the people directly involved in tourism development. Hence the need of theoretical research of the issue and of didactic and methodological knowledge to disseminate the findings of such research into practice. The impact which crises have on tourism development is the subject of research for a number of Bulgarian and foreign authors. Currently, however, there seems to be no large-scale scientific or practical research into the impact which the COVID-19 crisis has had on Bulgarian tourism or the behaviour of Bulgarian tourists, so as to give specific recommendations how to deal more quickly with the negative effects from COVID-19 on the tourism business or on tourists. The research paper is upto-date as it is studies the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Bulgarian tourism and gives major recommendations how to deal with the negative effects of COVID-19 faster to both businesses and tourists.