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- Title
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on tourism geographies of Bangladesh: study on Sylhet region.
- Authors
Sufian, Abu; Hoque, Mohammad Jahirul
- Abstract
This qualitative study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism geographies of Sylhet region in Bangladesh developing analytical linkages between pandemic and tourism geography. On the basis of in-depth interviews, the study explores micro effects on diverse actors involved in the tourism process of Sylhet division. As one of the emerging tourism hubs, why Sylhet region demands special treatment from local, national and international authorities and policymakers to mitigate the adverse effects of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, has been investigated in this paper. However, the central argument of the study is that the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the demand and supply chains, local businesses, transportations, hotels and restaurants, tea industry, corporations, and local professional lives due to the imposed restrictions on human mobility, causing a sharp decline in socio-economic activities of Sylhet's tourism geographies.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; COVID-19 pandemic; TOURISM websites; TOURISM; TEA trade; GEOGRAPHY; HOTEL restaurants; TEA growing
- Publication
GeoJournal, 2023, Vol 88, Issue 2, p1355
- ISSN
0343-2521
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10708-022-10690-9