Will the tourism industry under the epidemic face disappearance?

This epidemic has brought unprecedented influence to the development of global tourism. COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc and the global tourism industry is seriously affected. According to the World Tourism Organization, the number of international tourists may drop by 58% to 78% in 2020. Global tourism revenue will be reduced by $9 10 billion to10.2 trillion, resulting in a decrease in global GDP by10.5% to 2.8%, and more than 6,543.8 billion tourism jobs will face the risk of disappearing.

Moreover, many tour guides have changed careers, some set up shops to sell clothes, some sell goods in Tik Tok, and some bring goods. Of course, they work in travel agencies, switch to education and do WeChat business.

There are also some tour guides who do live tours. I think this is a general trend. Many tour guides have hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans with their unique explanations and beautiful scenery, and their commodity income is not low.

Will tourism disappear? People in the tour guide industry need not worry. On August 25th, official website, the United Nations World Tourism Organization, released the policy briefing of UN Secretary-General Guterres on "The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic on Global Tourism". The briefing outlines the economic and social impact of the epidemic on the development of global tourism, emphasizes the importance of tourism to the development of the world economy, and calls on all countries to take urgent measures to promote the recovery and transformation of global tourism.