QUALITY LEVEL OF APPLIED PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN THE EGYPTIAN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY SECTOR TO CONFRONT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Mohamed Abdel Fattah Zohry, Ahmed Adel Hammad, Emanuela Diana Gherman, Ana Mariana Dincu, Ioana Mihaela Bălan

Abstract


The COVID-19 Pandemic reached Egypt at the beginning of 2020. It resulted in serious repercussions in many sectors in Egypt, including the tourism sector. Thus, tourism and hospitality establishments in Egypt have been trying to do their utmost to come up with a solution to confront this global pandemic, or at least to alleviate its consequences.

This research sheds light on the quality level of precautionary measures that have been taken by the Egyptian tourism and hospitality sector to approach the COVID19 Pandemic.


Keywords


COVID-19; tourism; hospitality; Egypt; quality level

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