IMPACT

OF
COVID-19
ON
TOURISM
 A project report on-
IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON TOURIST

A project report submitted to Padmashree Babasaheb Vengurlekar,

mahavidyalay, Pandur titha
Class-T.Y.B.COM ( Banking & Insurance)
By
MASTER. PURUSHOTTAM SUBHASH PAWASKAR
Under the Guidance of
Prof. A.A SHETKAR MADAM
PADMASHREE BABASAHEB
VENGURLEKAR MAHAVIDYALAYA,
PANDURTITHA
Year- 2020-2021
 INTRODUCTON
The Government of Maharashtra and, especially, the Department of Tourism has been hands-on
throughout the pandemic. Beginning with facilitating the tourists who were stranded here due to
the lockdown and cancellation of flights, to the utilization of our facilities in the hospitality sector
as quarantine centers, the department has undertaken strident measures for the same. World over,
this is an unprecedented time for the travel and tourism industry and our approach has been to
take utmost precaution and at the same time hand-hold the industry towards revival. As a part of
this, under the state's Mission Begin Again the industry has been permitted to open up in a phase
wise and cautious manner so as to ensure the safety of lives and livelihoods at the same time.

Besides multiple interactions with the industry associations and representatives, we have
formulated COVID protocols for the various sectors in tourism such as hospitality, destinations
and service providers. Considering the newfound interest of tourists in staycations and holidays
in isolated locations, the state has decidedly focused on Coastal Tourism through the recently
sanctioned Beach Shack Policy and Agro Tourism through the Agro-Tourism Policy. Similarly,
policies on Adventure Tourism and Caravan Tourism are also in the pipeline.

There are various other support initiatives being considered by the department in close
consultation with the industry and the domain experts to ensure that the tourism industry in the
state and its various dependents can remain resilient in these difficult times and come out of it
stronger.

Maharashtra has been indeed blessed with a veritable bouquet of potential tourism thrust factors.
A long coastline, pristine beaches, impenetrable forts, wildlife are just a few of the areas the state
is known for. However, what truly makes the Maharashtra experience stand out is the warm and
inviting hospitality of our people and our various service providers.

They are indeed the backbone. The department of tourism has dedicatedly decided to focus its
efforts on two fronts in the post COVID-19 scenario: Opening up hitherto unrealized tourism
thrust areas such as caravan tourism, adventure activities, promoting culinary experiences and
walking city tours. The idea is to offer safe, but exciting new tourism products to tourists.

Support the tourism industry stakeholders and ensure their revival through regulatory, legislative
and legal simplifications so as to facilitate stakeholders in not just resuming business, but also
attracting newer target tourist groupings to the above mentioned categories.

We would urge the domestic tourists and residents of the State to support the industry in this
crucial time and take this opportunity to explore the many destinations present in their vicinity at
a time when long distance travel is restricted.

The State government is committed to doing everything in its power to facilitate the sector. At the
moment the focus of the department is to provide direct tangible benefits as much as possible to
support employment and investment in the sector. As a means of incentivizing investments in the
sector, the government has recently relaxed its rules for attracting private investments in
government properties in the form of PPP. Furthermore, we are in the process of seeking private
investment for seven properties of MTDC, to be operated by reputed hospitality operator
Through your medium I would like to assure investors of the government's commitment to the
sector and its stakeholders. Together we can rebuild and revive this sector in the post COVID-19
scenario.
In a scenario where people are opting for safer and socially distanced tourism avenues, caravan
tourism offers a unique opportunity to undertake a trip in a safe manner. Maharashtra has been
one of the first states to identify the potential in this segment by announcing it as a part of its
tourism policy in 2016. As soon as the restrictions on public movement were lifted as a part of
Mission Begin Again, the department, upon sensing the urge amongst today's travel friendly
generation, rolled out this campervan in association with MOTOHOM. We believe this presents a
unique opportunity to the youngsters to undertake road trips and explore the state in a safe and
sound manner.

The department of tourism is keen on facilitating tourism businesses in the state in their efforts to
rebuild and revive. The department has been working steadfastly to reduce and simplify the
regulatory legal protocols for tourism businesses.

We have achieved a record number of reductions in the permissions and licenses required for the
hospitality sector bringing it down from the previous 70 to 15 now. The department under the
able leadership of our tourism minister is keen to reduce it further with the ultimate aim of having
a single window clearance system in place.

Furthermore, the department is also keen to undertake a similar initiative for the events sector in
the state.
QUE.1) WHAT KIND OF TOURISM BUSINESS DO YOU HAVE ?

 HOTELS = 08  TRANSPORT = 03  OTHER = 00

According to the survey we visit the 08 hotels and 2 transport agencies. And one of them agency
having both facilities, hotel as well as transport facility. We take this survey in the malvan taluka
QUE.02) HOW PEOPLES WERE RESPONDING TO YOU BEFORE THE LOCKDOWN STARTED ?