How to Avoid a COVID-19 Research Paper Tsunami? A Tourism System Approach

Abstract

COVID-19 reaction policies have had the effect of putting the tourism economy into a form of forced hibernation. Currently there is speculation about what will happen as tourism begins to emerge from its dormant state. In this article, we use the concept of a system to analyze the potential research implications of COVID-19 effects on tourism. In doing so, we firmly place tourism within the concept of a system that relies on a steady flow of money from tourists to function. Three scenarios, each with two end states, to cover the array of potential reactions and recovery from the pandemic are presented. An impact grid is constructed to be able to follow the effects of policies and interventions on tourism objects and subjects. Examples of how research may use the grid to uncover impacts are presented. Conclusions reinforce the need for a system approach to guide COVID-19 tourism research.

Present and prospective research themes for tourism and hospitality education post-COVID19: A bibliometric analysis

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‘We did everything we could’: how employees’ made sense of COVID-19 in the tourism and hospitality industry

“…While the tourist perspective has to date dominated the discussion around COVID-19 recovery (Bausch et al, 2020), we explored the central role that FLEs play during crises given that the tourism industry is extremely dependent on well-trained and qualified employees in running their operations. This research highlighted the importance of developing human resource management strategies which might be able to mitigate or even avoid the impact of crises on FLEs (Ertaş et al, 2021).…”

Effects of COVID-19 on Variations of Taxpayers in Tourism-Reliant Regions: The Case of the Mexican Caribbean

“…Given the abrupt, unprecedented magnitude of the infectious disease COVID-19, there was a rapid, growing interest in the academic community to investigate and understand the unusual phenomenon (Bausch et al 2021;Zenker and Kock 2020). According to the literature review by Yang et al (2021b) about COVID-19 research in tourism journals, studies related to the pandemic and its consequences on travel and tourism have been approached from various perspectives and themes such as: perceptions, motivations, behavioral intentions, and other psychological effects on tourists, consumer well-being, emotions and mental health, businesses' responses and strategies addressing the coronavirus propagation, sustainability and inclusivity issues, or technology adoption and service delivery/innovations.…”

“…Research on tax-related topics has not received attention in the travel and tourism literature during the pandemic, since the academic community has focused its efforts on studying the most immediate disruptions of the sanitary crisis on topics as varied as the perception and behavior of travelers, the operative changes adopted by tourism services firms, or the communication and news dissemination about the coronavirus for tourists (Travel and Tourism Transformed 2021). However, considering the importance of tax revenues for tourism regions (Bird 1992;Gooroochurn and Milner 2008), analyzing the effects of the pandemic on taxation and the public finances of tourism destinations remains a critical issue to address as these emerge from the COVID-19 crisis and require public funds generation (Bausch et al 2021). The governments of tourism-reliant economies, especially those in developing countries, are traditionally considered to be risky entities by the financial community due to their unstable, volatile taxation levels and high risk of public deficits (Bostan et al 2018;Hoti et al 2005;Lee and Chen 2021;Shareef and Hoti 2005).…”