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Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 69 No. 2, 2021.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.37741/t.69.2.6

COVID-19 and the Pandemic's Spatio-Temporal Impact on Tourism Demand in Bavaria (Germany)

Jürgen Schmude ; Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; Bavarian Center for Tourism, Kempten, Germany
Sascha Filimon orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-0860-6616 ; Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; Bavarian Center for Tourism, Kempten, Germany
Philipp Namberger ; Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Erik Lindner ; Bavarian Center for Tourism, Kempten, Germany
Jae-Eun Nam ; Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Pauline Metzinger ; Bavarian Center for Tourism, Kempten, Germany

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Abstract

Being a unique hazard, COVID-19 led to various global distortions. Tourism was significantly affected, and numerous authors are discussing future implications for the industry. However, only a few studies consider the effects of COVID-19-related measures on tourism's demand side. For the state of Bavaria (Germany), we introduce the relevant legislative measures and their implications on tourism demand. Following Sigala's (2020) suggestion, we illustrate the tourism demand development during the pandemic in space and time by analysing Bavaria's overnight stays on the districts' administrative level. For the first nine months of the ongoing pandemic, we identify the district's population density, its relative location to major cities, and tourism intensity being decisive for both, decline and recovery. Recommendations for policy action can be derived directly from the different spatial and temporal developments we have identified. Thus, it appears that individual districts vary considerably, especially in the speed and extent of their recovery following the first shutdown, in part due to the factors identified. Due to the varying degrees to which the districts and their tourism businesses recover after the crisis, we argue that customised, regionally differentiated political measures should be considered.

Keywords

COVID-19; tourism demand, economic impact; spatio-temporal analysis; Bavaria; Germany

Hrčak ID:

259224

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/259224

Publication date:

21.6.2021.

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