Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a major crisis in world tourism. The pandemic has created a huge impact of the livelihood of the global citizens including Sri Lanka. The pandemic has destroyed the Sri Lankan economy with the complete closure of almost all the economic activities. Tourism is one of the major industries affected badly by this pandemic. While Sri Lankan tourism industry is recovering from the Easter Sunday attack in 2019, COVID 19 outbreak emerged in 2020 and shutdown the industry completely. Main objectives of this review are, first, to identify the impact of COVID 19 pandemic on the tourism industry in Sri Lanka and second, to identify the challenges to rebuild the tourism industry in Sri Lanka...
