Light at the end of a very dark tunnel: An examination of the survival and recovery strategies of Iranian tourist accommodation businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic

Salari, Toktam; Murphy, William H.

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“…Given Iran's higher number of COVID‐19 cases, it became a less favourable country for international visitors. Accessing up‐to‐date government‐imposed rules (Salari & Murphy, 2022) was another strategy, ensuring that businesses would not face closure. Some destinations adopted the strategy of staying informed about COVID‐19 through social media, gaining insights and ideas from other countries with small tourism businesses.…”

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Understanding spatial tourism destination recovery in Iran based on a destination attribute recovery index for COVID‐19

Hajilo,

Pennington‐Gray,

Tahmasbi

et al. 2024

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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Throughout history, the tourism industry has encountered diverse crises, each with its distinct characteristics. While the nature of these crises may evolve, the inevitability of their occurrence persists. Given the unpredictability of such events, understanding recovery factors for tourism destinations becomes crucial for swift recuperation. This study employed a destination recovery measurement model, visualised through Geographic Information System and GeoDA, focusing on Iran's 31 provinces. Indicators including tourism density, capacity, investment, accommodation, employment rate and destination type, in conjunction with COVID‐19 cases, were utilised to gauge recovery status. The spatial distribution of the destination recovery index was analysed, revealing nonrandom cluster patterns, affirming that recovery is influenced by specific factors rather than occurring haphazardly. Provinces equipped with higher‐factor concentrations demonstrated swifter recovery, while others exhibited less tourism‐related prominence. These findings hold significance for stakeholders encompassing tourism managers, policymakers and governments vested in the sustainability of future tourism destinations.

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Understanding spatial tourism destination recovery in Iran based on a destination attribute recovery index for COVID‐19

Hajilo,

Pennington‐Gray,

Tahmasbi

et al. 2024

Contingencies & Crisis Mgmt

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“…Secondly, co-occurence and thematic analyses (Chia and Xiong, 2022; Kajla et al, 2022; Salari and Murphy, 2022) were conducted using Leximancer software (edition 5.0). The default setting was used for concept seed identification, then similar concepts (e.g.…”

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“Sanitary measures, social distancing, safety”: The evolution of Swiss hoteliers’ Covid-19 communication through three snapshots

Zizka

Chen

2023

Tourism and Hospitality Research

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Since the first reports of the Covid-19 virus in December 2019, the tourism industry has struggled to find solutions to this unprecedented crisis. During crises, organizational learning can develop crisis management and communication skills while enhancing organizational resilience in coping with crises. This research examines whether organizational learning for communicating during crises occurred in the Swiss hotel industry in the past 2 years. By tracking and visualizing the messages communicated by Swiss hotels on their websites, this study analyzes the communication strategies employed by hoteliers over the past 20 months through thematic analysis, co-occurrence analysis, and Situational Crisis Communication (SCCT) strategies. The results of this study identified the evolution of communication strategies over time. Specifically, ingratiation, corrective action, transferring, victimization, and justification are the five key strategies. This study also visualizes the crisis responses in concept maps in three snapshots (June 2020, June 2021, and February 2022). The concepts and colors of the visualization provide a different perspective on the evolution of crisis communication over the past 2 years. This study contributes to academia and practitioners by demonstrating the evolution of crisis communication messages through both the granular analysis of SCCT strategies and the bird’s-eye view of themes and concepts.

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“…The dramatic changes that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to the tourism and hospitality sector determined a growing interest for matters related to tourism vulnerability and resilience (Boto-García and Mayor, 2022;Duro et al, 2022;Duro et al, 2021), to the economic effects that such an event can cause on tourist destinations (Allan et al, 2022;Cardenete et al, 2022) or to the most efficient and sustainable policies and strategies for recovering after the pandemic (Aldao et al, 2021;Khalid et al, 2021;Salari and Murphy, 2023;Wu et al, 2021). However, before investigating and discussing complex matters concerning the recovery of the sector and the implemented policies and strategies, a natural first step has been to assess the impact that the pandemic had on the tourism sector and, in particular, on the tourism demand.…”

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A Geographical Perspective on the Impact of Covid-19 on Tourism Demand in Romania

CEHAN,

IAȚU

2024

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Although the tourism sector has witnessed a gradual recovery during the last years from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is still too soon to discuss about a full recovery, as territories have responded and adapted in diverse manners to the shock. As such, it is important to investigate the impact of the pandemic in different moments and at different geographical scales, in order to identify and understand the contrasts between territories of same countries. In light of these facts, the purpose of the current paper is to assess the evolution and the spatial patterns of tourism demand in Romania under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the period of time 2020-2023. The focus is on identifying the differences between regions and destinations in terms of initial impact of the pandemic and of their path to recovery to pre-pandemic levels of tourist arrivals.

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Light at the end of a very dark tunnel: An examination of the survival and recovery strategies of Iranian tourist accommodation businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic

Cited by 6 publications

References 61 publications

Understanding spatial tourism destination recovery in Iran based on a destination attribute recovery index for COVID‐19

Understanding spatial tourism destination recovery in Iran based on a destination attribute recovery index for COVID‐19

“Sanitary measures, social distancing, safety”: The evolution of Swiss hoteliers’ Covid-19 communication through three snapshots

A Geographical Perspective on the Impact of Covid-19 on Tourism Demand in Romania

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