Flows

Both inbound arrivals and outbound departures have dropped dramatically in 2020 as global measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 continue to disrupt cross-border travel. The tourist industry has thus been hammered by the virus and operators in ...

Pre-pandemic Israel enjoyed rising rates of inbound arrivals thanks to a flurry of targeted promotional campaigns, increased available routes from more countries and overall improved security, though domestic tourism had remained fairly stagnant. ...

Worldwide containment measures and travel restrictions stopped tourism flows in their tracks during the early stages of COVID-19’s spread. In March 2020, both foreign and domestic travel took a rapid nosedive as borders shut down and people remained ...

Tourism flows will be drastically affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 overall, with a significant decrease in the number of trips. As Peru is eminently a touristic country, it has seen significant damage as a result of the global travel bans ...

Though the tourism industry saw strong growth in Finland in 2019, both inbound and outbound tourist flows were brought almost to a standstill in 2020, with the pandemic halting tourism in Finland as in the rest of the world. With strict travel ...

Border closures and other travel restrictions were introduced in the early months of 2020 as a result of the onset of the COVID-19 virus. The abrupt actions created confusion amongst travellers and visitors in South Africa as well amongst South ...

Despite strong growth in the tourism industry in 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, the efforts of the Saudi government and the General Authority of Entertainment and Ministry of tourism have come to a standstill, with the pandemic halting tourism ...

Norway has experienced a precipitous decline in inbound arrivals since the government imposed a raft of travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 in mid-March 2020. The country’s borders were completely closed to non-residents until May, ...

Prior to the pandemic, tourism related activities were largely impacted by the social problems that Ecuador faced towards the end of 2019. The country was paralysed with a strike for 10 days due to the increase in fuel. Likewise, the ongoing global ...

Tourism had been picking up during the review period, as the economy improved and the political situation stabilised, with increases in both inbound arrivals and outbound departures to countries like Egypt, Turkey and Russia. However, COVID-19 put a ...

On 20 March 2020, Morocco saw a total shutdown imposed, with only one person permitted to leave the household each day for a limited list of activities, such as collecting medicine and food shopping. Travel bans were also imposed on all countries, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is continuing to have, a severe impact on inbound and outbound tourism flows to and from the United Arab Emirates in 2020, across both business and leisure markets. The United Arab Emirates is the largest tourism ...

Inbound arrivals to Austria in 2020 have been severely affected by the outbreak of the pandemic. However, before COVID-19 brought global travel and tourism to a halt, Austria started 2020 extremely well, illustrated by a record-breaking winter season...

Worldwide travel restrictions launched in 2020 to contain the spread of COVID-19 abruptly brought the dynamic growth in inbound arrivals and outbound departures in Taiwan to a halt. With Taiwan also introducing a border lockdown in March, the tourism...

On 15 March Poland closed its borders to foreign visitors and allowed entry only to Polish nationals and residents who had been abroad and wished to return home. They had to spend 14 days in home-based quarantine on arrival. International passenger ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a strongly negative impact on tourist flows both into and out of Argentina in 2020, impacting business and leisure travel abroad and also hindering domestic travel. This includes from leading inbound markets, in volume ...

As a result of restrictions brought about by the onset of COVID-19 early in 2020, tourism flows in Slovakia have been altered significantly, with severe declines in both the number of inbound arrivals and outbound departures. Indeed, on 16 March 2020...

The tourism industry in Chile is expected to see the number of foreign tourists arriving in the country in 2020 reduced by more than 70% over the previous year’s arrivals due to COVID-19. This would mean a loss of approximately CLP1.6 trillion (USD2 ...

Both inbound and domestic tourism in Kenya will struggle in 2020, with COVID-19 government restrictions and fear of infection dampening demand for travel. In March 2020, Kenya closed international borders as a preventive measure against the spread of...

Tourism flows have slowed substantially in 2020 as global restrictions during lockdown all but halted cross-border travel. Though restrictions lifted and borders opened, the situation is in constant flux with safe air corridors moving on and off ...