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Who are vulnerable in a tourism crisis? A Tourism Employment Vulnerability Analysis for the Covid-19 Management

Who are vulnerable in a tourism crisis? A Tourism Employment Vulnerability Analysis for the Covid-19 Management

Title : Who are vulnerable in a tourism crisis? A Tourism Employment Vulnerability Analysis for the Covid-19 Management

Authors:

  1. YES-YEN SUN
  2. Linjte Sie
  3. Futu Faturay
  4. Ilmiawan Auwalin
  5. Jie Wang

Department : Economics

Journal Name : Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

Kinds of Journal : Q1

Keywords : Covid-19, Tourism Crisis Management, Targeted Support, Employment Vulnerability Analysis, Indonesia, Vulnerable Population

Abstract:

Providing Targeted Support to People Who Are Mostly Impacted Financially is Critical in Managing the Socioeconomic Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic; Howver, Governments Face the Challenge of Pinpinting Vulnerable Workers. Building Upon The Multi-Legional Input-Output Model and a High-Resolution Employment Profile, This Research Developing a New Analytical Model to Recognize The Vulnerable Population in a Crisis By Identifying Who They Are, Where they work and what sector they work for. The model was applied to Indonesia to assess tourism losses and found four regional hotspots where the employee vulnerability of women, youth and low-education workers were more than five times higher than the national average. Findings Demonstrated that this model could assist with rapid and efficient targeted support for crisis management in the short term and continuous investment for an equitable disaster recovery in the future.

For details : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.08.014