Topic: Impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry
Research Questions:
1.What impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry? What actions or changes do they take to keep their business going during a pandemic?
2.How traveling, these types of relaxing activities, help our mood during pandemic?
3.Why is it important to keep this industry going?
Synthesis Letter-
Dear Professor,
As I further discovered and unfold the topic of the importance of the tourism industry, I found the key answers to my questions and the connection between them. I found a total of four entries that are reliable. They provided me with not only basic knowledge of the topic but also new information we needed to further develop and expand our idea . Some of the entries gave both positive and negative sides on the impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry. It gave us insight on how COVID affected this industry and how important it is to keep the tourism industry going even during this time period.
The article by the world tourism organization is the bridge that connects all sources. It provides us with a general idea about the topic. This source is similar to EconomistMagazine(2020), they both mentioned how COVID-19 impacts the tourism industry. They both focused on the economic point that this pandemic really harmed the economy in most of the countries. World tourism industry focused more on the harm of the decrease in global GDP, job lost and money lost. In opposition, EconomistMagazine(2020) focused on the damages and challenges airline companies are facing during this time period. Besides the negative impact, these two sources also mentioned how decreasing traveling helped rebuild our environment in some way. As stated in the report, the use of fuel has decreased, which has helped improve our air quality and air pollution. The pause of the air travel also brought many concerns. Due to the pandemic and the virus, traveling has more protocols to follow. It is more strict than before. In order not to expose ourselves to danger and those complicated new rules, the amount of people traveling decreased over the past year. This harmed globalization. In Nordås, H. (2020) journal, it showed us how important the tourism industry is. It connects the whole world. Without it, the problem of unemployment, inequality and remittances are going to come up. This is why it’s important to keep the tourism industry moving in pandemic. In the forth source, Virtual travel experiences to enjoy now, they mention how the creation of the virtual reality(VR) can help us stay home while traveling. It gave us a new opportunity to keep our spirit and our mood going but not harm anyone. It is the perfect combination of technology and travel.
By researching this tropic, I believe I learned much new information from these four entries. This information really acknowledges both positive and negative sides of the impact COVID-19 brought on the tourism industry. I learn not only the original and basic idea, I also see many experiments and data collections that help further develop this topic. I believe I learn a lot that I can explain and support my ideas more clearly after this research process by using my original ideas, thoughts and feedback about the sources.
In conclusion, I think the knowledge I gain from this research process can further support my idea and the product from our company. I think it’s important to acknowledge how important the tourism industry is to us. I’m grateful that I have a chance to introduce this topic and let people learn the importance of keeping this industry moving. It’s a pleasure to invent some product that not only helps the economy stabilize and calm our moods during a pandemic but also helps the recovery of our earth. I believe by combining these four entries, I can form a strong conversation about this topic.
Sincerely,
Pei-Ting Fang
The first paragraph of the letter explicitly express Peiting’s main idea for her essay. Her topic is about how COVID 19 would affect the tourism industry. She researches both positive and negative impacts in ways COVID can bring changes to people. Peiting’s letter includes very clear analysis for each source. The article by the world tourism organization and EconomistMagazine(2020) both discuss the economic loss due to COVID. Th third source illustrates why tourism is significant in order to stay everyone connected to the world. The fourth entry shows the benefits of VR and how it helps virtual traveling during COVID. One small suggestion I have is that Peiting could also talk about the genre and audience of the resources. I think they will also provide some great insights and understanding of the articles. Overall, I think Peiting did a great job in her synthesis letter:).
The first paragraph of the letter includes Pei-Ting’s main idea, which is the impact of Covid-19 on the industry of tourism. She goes on to explain each of her sources and how they connect to her main idea. Her sources talk about the negative effects of Covid-19 on tourism, which include economic losses, the struggle of airline companies and decrease of globalization. On the other side, there is also a positive effect: the recondition of environment. The only thing you need to add is the audience and genre of your sources.