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organizational structure of new ventures; to identify the new innovative forms of the
tourism sector; and, to know the economic effects that the pandemic left to this sector.
The following work evaluates the results of the health crisis that affected tourism in Latin
America and the rest of the world in its economy, giving priority to these sectors that,
with strategies that will be seen below can improve economic growth. Likewise, with
the statistics and data it will be possible to analyze and elaborate specific actions that
will be of benefit to achieve a better performance of the trade of the aforementioned
sector, as well as the outstanding management of tourism in the country. On the other
hand, the research seeks to reflect the importance of the tourism sector. The
contribution of the following work will be very useful for the population who have
interest, concern or at the same time are related to the tourism trade, providing them
with knowledge about the influence of the coronavirus.
Tourism, made up of companies, tourist destinations and government agencies in this
sector, must confront this health crisis with tourism diagnostic studies, which should
contribute to strategies that contribute to decision-making by the country's tourism
stakeholders, as indicated in their publications.(Viniegra, 2016, p. 269)
The disruption of the tourist activity started with the air transport companies, it was
expanding in a few days to the complete tourist services: accommodation, catering. For
Zúñiga (2014) In the current situation it is not possible to speak only of a contraction of
tourist demand, both domestic and international. Travel to tourist sites has come to a
complete halt, thus slowing down the entire socio-economic dynamic associated with
them, such as the movement of tourists, hikers and visitors around the planet, which
forces the search for new opportunities for regeneration and, therefore, represents a
great challenge for the sector.
Epidemics, pandemics and other crises, be they health crises, climatic catastrophes or
terrorist attacks, all of which have negative social, political and economic consequences
in the different regions, sectors or countries of this planet. The World Health
Organization (WHO) has demonstrated with data the main effects caused by the
different crises that have attacked the world, chronologically.
• SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, 2003, Asia, Europe, North and South
America, 7740 deaths and 40 million dollars in losses.
• H1N1: Swine Flu, 2009, pandemic, 18641 deaths and 50 million dollars in losses.
• EVD: Ebola, 2013, Africa, Italy, North America and United Kingdom, more than
11,000 dead and $53 million in losses.
• COVID-19, 2019, pandemic, 3-May-20, more than 244,000 dead and $280 billion in
losses.
Since tourism is an important sector worldwide, comparative studies have been carried
out among countries such as Italy, France, China and Spain. Sandoval et al. (2020) In the
research of Sandoval et al., alternatives are included to reactivate tourism in these four
countries, which are the ones with the highest tourist income worldwide, due to their
main destinations.