https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/117 2026-11-05T11:52:40Z https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/233 Covid-19 and Tourism Alam, Mehtab; Parveen, Rizwana With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the whole world has been in a total shutdown. It came out as a challenge to just not some specific countries of continents, but to the entire planet. With no preparation for such type of pandemic and the time and effort required to come up with a fully functional and tested vaccine, the planet went down on its knees. Non pharmaceutical methods were the first aid for the outbreak. Unprecedented country wide lockdowns, stay at home decisions, closure of global as well as local travel, closure of public gatherings greatly disrupted the world economy. International travel bans were the first to be practiced which roughly affected 100% of the world population. With restrictions on public gatherings and movement of people, tourism came to a stand-still in March-April 2020. By this time, COVID-19 had reached most of the countries and the virus was spreading like wild fire. Research article on Covid 19 impact on Tourism 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/224 Covid-19 and the Tourism Industry: Critical Overview, Lessons and Policy Options Stephen I.Ocheni; A. M. Ogaboh Agba; Michael Sunday Agba; F. O. Eteng Coronavirus pandemic has enormous impacts on the entire socio-economic structure of countries worldwide. It accounts for the epileptic service delivery of many enterprises globally. The pandemic has massive consequences that have to reshape the present and future landscape of the tourism industry. Thus, this paper critically examines the impact of nCOV on the aviation, cruise-shipping, and hospitality components of the tourism industry. It investigates why the tourism industry is the first and the most hit sector by Covid-19. In light of these, the paper provides an in-depth discussion on how Covid-19 affects jobs, man-hours, revenue, income, and livelihood of workers, as well as owners of the tourism industry. Discussions were also channelled on how the impacts of the pandemic on the tourism industry affect global GDP and foreign exchange earnings of countries whose economy relays significantly on tourism. The study concluded that with the prolonged lockdown, the tourism industry would continue to experience a large slide down. The paper posits that urgent policy remediation is necessary to revamp the sector and rescue it from imminent collapse and extinct. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies... 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/223 The Socio-economic Impact of Covid-19 in Rwanda United Nations, Rwanda The main objective of this socio-economic impact assessment report is to assist the UN and other development partners in Rwanda to target their efforts more effectively in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It brings together the main findings of various UN agency socio-economic impact assessments and suggests policy recommendations. It is an effort to streamline and consolidate ongoing work by various UN Agencies operating in Rwanda, as well as provide perspectives at the regional and global levels as they affect the country. The UN joint inter-disciplinary quick analysis of the likely impact of COVID-19 sheds light on macroeconomic fundamentals, trade and economic resilience, private sector, health outcomes, food security, social service delivery, household livelihoods, poverty, and vulnerabilities and gender. Rwanda has very strong basis to manage the crisis: a clear vision with the National strategy for transformation grounded on Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063, a good leadership, well-functioning institutions including the health system, good social protection mechanisms, good infrastructure and a focus on innovations, a sound macro-economic situation with a good debt management and a track-record of high level growth rate and a solid data system allowing a good analysis. Of course, the dependency on the services notably hospitality, hotels and tourism could negatively impact that capacity of resilience. This could be compounded by the negative consequences on the negative consequences on the transportation sector and the importance of the informal sector. Following Rwanda’s first recorded case of COVID-19 on March 14, 2020, Rwanda swiftly put into play decisive measures to contain the spread of the disease. By March 21, a full lockdown had been implemented. This report notes that the efforts made to minimize the spread of the virus, such as containment measures, including social distancing and lockdown, the closing of schools, the prohibition of public gatherings, and closure of non-essential business and economic activities, have had and will continue having far-reaching social and economic consequences; even though the measures have positively impacted the management of the health crisis. An article published in journal of the covid-19 pandemic... 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/222 Tanzania Economic Update World Bank Group, WBG With external conditions benign in 2019, Tanzania’s economic growth remained solid. According to official data, GDP growth through the first three quarters of 2019 was 6.9 percent, close to the 2018 official rate of 7.0 percent. Leading the way were mining, construction, and transport services. Inflation through the year was low and stable, the balance of payments was healthy, and the current account deficit (CAD) narrowed. Headline inflation was 3.8 percent by year end, well below the authorities’ ceiling of 5 percent. Higher exports of gold and manufactured goods helped improve the CAD from 3.8 percent of GDP in 2018 to 3.0 percent. Imports rose more slowly, with intermediate goods recording the highest growth as oil imports went up. The CAD was funded primarily by external borrowing. At year end, official gross reserves reached US$5.6 billion, enough to cover 6.4 months of imports of goods and services and comfortably above the government’s goal of 4 months coverage. An article published in the journal of the covid-19 pandemic... 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z