Influence of coronavirus on the tourism sector on the example of Uzbekistan

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization recognized the outbreak of the new coronavirus as a public health emergency of international concern. On February 11, 2020, the disease was called the new coronavirus disease. The outbreak of the virus can affect the global tourism industry, starting from China itself, where tourism accounts for about 11% of the country's GDP, and ending with the countries of Southeast Asia, Europe and the USA, which are popular among Chinese. Coronavirus affected the tourism sector of Uzbekistan in the form of suspension of transport links. Tourists who have purchased certain services (transportation, accommodation, excursions) are entitled to apply for the return of their cost at the place of purchase of services. At this stage, reasonable forecasts about the development of a pandemic in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan by the end of 2020 are screened out, however, at the moment it is possible to talk about the crisis in the tourism sector and the need for its recovery after the end of the pandemic and the opening of borders and transport links. The new type of coronavirus epidemic has already had an unusually strong impact on the global economy, which is already beginning to affect the economy of Uzbekistan. The negative economic consequences are likely to be quite long. The peculiarity of the tourism sector as an object of government of the Republic of Uzbekistan can be called the inability to measure certain goals and the difficulty in their initial designation. Due to economic problems, the demand for the cheapest tours will increase - people will save on the duration of trips, choose the most affordable destinations. The popularity of organized package tourism, apparently, will continue to decline, and this will contribute to concerns about the safety of leisure in hotels. The process of business development after the end of the pandemic in the tourism sector can be facilitated by the integrated implementation of such measures and measures as the development by local authorities of additional regional programs to support the tourism business, and equal information support for entrepreneurs and the public about the tourism industry. In the framework of this article, the author reveals aspects of the influence of coronavirus on the tourism sector using the example of Uzbekistan.