Shifting Tourism Paradigm in the New Normal Era: Case Study of India and Indonesia

Abstract

Pandemic such as Covid-19 has exposed the individual country's resiliency plan against such a catastrophic event.  The travel of the Corona Virus from Wuhan, China, has almost been unstoppable by the majority of the nations.  Tourism is one of the sectors worst hit by the pandemic and consequently millions of people and community associated the industry are directly impacted. Now the pandemic has shown a sign of decline, and the industry has moved towards a normalcy, there is a big question how the outlook of the industry would be in a new normal era. The article analyses the spread of the virus and handling of the same by the respective governments and recommends steps for the sustainable industry in the new normal era.