scholarly journals Pandemic Impact on Lithuania‘s tour operators

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-67
Author(s):  
Greta Gruodė ◽  
Irena Achonen ◽  
Jolita Variakojiene
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Relevant Factor ◽  
Business World ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact

Lithuania tourism market was one of the fastest growing in Europe in 2019. All around the globe 2019 was a year of records for travelling, but 2020 changed everything. At the moment COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most important and relevant factor for influencing Tourism sector. It changed the way we‘re working, travelling, communicating, it had a huge negative effect on specific sectors there people meet, spend time together. Tour operators are one of the most affected in the business world because of economic and political reasons: for most of the year countries have travelling restrictions, borders closed, obligation for testing before and after travelling and in general consumer behaviour is changed due to the safety reasons. This paper aims to analyze the impact of pandemic to Lithuania‘s Tour operators as well as present the overview of previous year numbers of tourism. Qantative research – a survey was conducted with the most active Lithuania‘s tour operators, working with inbound, outbound and domestic tourism in order to find out their opinion of previous year and currently happening change. Results are presented in a paper. Topic is extreemly relevant these days and the paper reveal the current situation in Lithuania‘s travel market.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE TOURISM SECTOR IN INDONESIA

Riset ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 389-401
Author(s):  
Jan Horas Veryady Purba ◽  
Ritha Fathiah ◽  
Steven Steven
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact

The tourism is one of the strategic sectors and has an important role as a source of foreign exchange and encourages national economic growth. Since March 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has begun to enter Indonesia, and the cumulative infection curve has not sloped, and is still increasing exponentially until now. This phenomenon has resulted in a contraction in the Indonesian economy or created negative economic growth, as well as creating very bad conditions for the tourism sector in Indonesia. This study aims to examine the influence of the Covid-19 pandemic on tourism and its implications for economic growth in Indonesia. The data used are quarterly time series data before and after the Covid-19 Pandemic (2018-2020). This study uses a regression equation model that is estimated by using ordinary least square (OLS). Secondary data used are data air transport and hotel accommodation, as a proxy for tourism variables. The results show that the Covid-19 Pandemic has a negative effect on Indonesian tourism, and has negative implications for Indonesia's GDP. From the simulation results, the findings of this study also calculate the amount of potential lost in the Turism and Indonesian economy during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Pandemic in paradise: Tourism pauses in Bali

2021 ◽  
pp. 146735842110184
Author(s):  
I Nengah Subadra ◽  
Heather Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Research Note ◽  
Local People ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Deep Crisis

This research note provides an account of the trajectory of Balinese tourism through 2020, focusing on government actions in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the responses of local people. Interviews were conducted with informants in the tourism sector to assess the impact of the pandemic. The findings suggest that before April 2020, people were calm and thought that Balinese tourism may survive, albeit on much-reduced arrivals. After April, when tourism shut down completely, a new sense of pessimism became evident. Although domestic tourism began again in August, the sector was still in deep crisis at the end of the year. Although Balinese people expressed hope that the future may offer a more sustainable kind of tourism, all indications pointed to official support for a return to mass tourism.

scholarly journals Admission Decisions Made by Emergency Physicians Can Reduce the Emergency Department Length of Stay for Medical Patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yuri Choi ◽  
Jinwoo Jeong ◽  
Byoung-Gwon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Length Of Stay ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Control Period ◽  
Medical Patients ◽  
Emergency Physicians ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Admission Decisions ◽  
The Impact

Background. Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a worldwide problem that poses a threat to patient safety by causing treatment delays and increasing mortality. Consultations are common and important in the emergency medicine profession and are associated with longer ED length of stay (LOS). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of admission decisions by emergency physicians without consultations on the ED LOS and other quality indicators. Methods. The study was a retrospective observational study comparing the ED LOS of patients admitted to the internal medicine (IM) department before and after the policy change regarding admission decisions that was implemented in October 2016. During and after the policy change, emergency physicians decided how to arrange for and treat medical patients by processing their admission and providing follow-up care without consultations. The ED LOS and other indicators of patients admitted to the IM department were compared between the study period (January to June 2017) and the control period (January to June 2016). Results. The median ED LOS of patients admitted to the IM department decreased from 673 (IQR: 347–1,369) minutes in the control period to 237 (IQR: 166–364) minutes in the study period. There were no significant differences in the interdepartmental transfer rate or in-hospital mortality between the two periods. Conclusions. The admission decisions regarding medical patients made by emergency physicians without specialty consultations reduced the ED LOS without a significant negative effect on mortality or hospital LOS.

scholarly journals Impacts of school closure due to COVID-19 on the mobility trend of Japanese citizens

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Hai Nam ◽  
Anh PN Nguyen ◽  
Bao-Tran Do Le ◽  
Abdelrahman Gamil Gad ◽  
Abdelrahman Sherif Mohamed Abdelnae Abdalla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control Measure ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
School Closure ◽  
After School ◽  
Median Percentage ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Before School ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Staying At Home

School closure was the only main control measure that Japan took into action from late February to late March in 2020. Accurate evaluation of how Japanese citizens responded to the impact of school closure remains a challenge. Data from the Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Report was used to analyze the mobility trend of Japanese citizens regarding six categories, including retail and recreation, grocery and pharmacy, parks, transit stations, workplace, and residential. The median percentage of mobility in all 47 prefectures of Japan was calculated during five periods of time, including one week before school closure, one week, two weeks, three weeks, and four weeks after school closure. There was a significant decline in the mobility trend of transit stations, grocery and pharmacy, parks, retail and recreation, and workplace at the moment after school closure compared to the prior period. Inversely, the mobility trend in staying at home remarkably increased following the implementation of school closure. Our study determined a significant change in the mobility trend of Japanese citizens before and after school closure. These data reflected the responsibility and the consciousness of Japanese citizens in mitigating COVID-19.

scholarly journals Impact of Nesting Socotra Cormorants on Terrestrial Invertebrate Communities

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 615
Author(s):  
Hiba Al Shehhi ◽  
Sabir Bin Muzaffar
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Soil Chemistry ◽  
Soil Invertebrate ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrate ◽  
Invertebrate Abundance ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact

Seabirds and some inland waterbirds nest in densely aggregated colonies. Nesting activities for a duration of months could lead to large quantities of guano deposition that affects the soil chemistry, flora and fauna. We assessed the effects of nesting Socotra Cormorants on soil invertebrates on Siniya Island, United Arab Emirates. Artificial substrate traps were set in nesting and non-nesting areas to sample invertebrates both before and after nesting had occurred. Diversity of soil invertebrate taxa decreased significantly in nesting areas compared to non-nesting areas after the commencement of nesting. This indicated that nesting activities had a negative effect on diversity. Among selected taxa, isopods and spiders decreased significantly in response to nesting activities. In contrast, ants were likely affected by habitat while beetles did not change significantly in response to nesting activities, suggesting that their numbers probably fluctuated in relation to seasonality. Ticks increased significantly but only in non-nesting areas. Thus, the impact of nesting varied between taxa depending on life history and seasonality. Our observations reflect the dynamic nature of invertebrate abundance that is affected by seasonality and the hyper-abundance of nesting seabirds.

Spatial-temporal disparities in the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on domestic tourism demand: A study of Emeishan National Park in Mainland China

2021 ◽  
pp. 135676672110533
Author(s):  
Ting Tan ◽  
Jianping Zha ◽  
Jianying Tang ◽  
Rong Ma ◽  
Wenjia Li
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Web Search ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Domestic Tourism ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, like other disasters or crises, can immensely influence visitors’ demand to visit affected destinations. The current study helps us better understand how this health crisis could affect the demand change from a micro-level perspective of small-scale tourist destinations. Based on the web search data from the Baidu Index, the present study adopts the Emeishan National Park in China as the study area and employs multiple methods to assess the spatial-temporal disparities in the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 on domestic tourism demand. The main findings reveal that the demand changes during the observation period resemble a U-shaped curve along with the outbreak, spread, and control of the crisis, and such impacts exhibit different characteristics in the pre-event, prodromal, emergency, intermediate, and long-term recovery stages. During and after the pandemic, the short-distance market is the most vulnerable, but it presents the strongest resilience, while the medium- and long-distance markets are relatively less affected. Significant stratified heterogeneity in the tourism demand of domestic source markets also emerges before and after the crisis. Finally, some implications of promoting domestic tourism recovery in the post-pandemic era are discussed, and recommendations are made.

scholarly journals Divorce in families of children with Down Syndrome or Rett Syndrome

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1363-1369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian Renne Gerber Lederman ◽  
Bianca dos Santos Alves ◽  
Juliana Negrão ◽  
José Salomão Schwartzman ◽  
Maria Eloisa Famá D'Antino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Rett Syndrome ◽  
Divorce Rate ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Relevant Factors

This study evaluates the impact in the stability and management of the marriage of parents of a child with Down or Rett Syndrome. Morbidity of the syndromes and the marital status of the couples before and after the birth of the affected children were considered variables. The divorce rate in families with Down syndrome was 10%, similar to the Brazilian rate population. In Rett Syndrome, the divorce rate was significantly higher, 23.5%. The higher morbidity of Rett Syndrome, and the moment of diagnosis could be relevant factors for the increased divorce rate related to this syndrome.

scholarly journals Review of a controversial treatment method in the fight against COVID-19 with the example of Algeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani Amir Aouissi ◽  
Mostefa Ababsa ◽  
Aissam Gaagai
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Method ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Low Rate ◽  
Precise Study

Abstract Background As of April 23, 2021, more than 145 million cases and almost 3.07 million related deaths were noted because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic. Considering the low rate vaccination, the alternative that divided opinions for a long time is an old medicine called hydroxychloroquine. Main body The aim of this review was to synthesize the different highlights of the most important studies published since the beginning of the epidemic crisis. After a precise study of the available bibliography dealing with this subject and the addition of an adapted example, which is the current situation of Algeria, the results showed the effectiveness of the Algerian method as well as the impact that this treatment had. Conclusion We concluded that in brief, given the inexistence of a better solution, we ultimately recommend that patients with severe COVID-19 to be treated for the moment with Hydroxychloroquine combined with Azithromycin in view of its effectiveness, while waiting for another solution.

scholarly journals The Impact of Economic Regulation on Retail Sector: Regulation of Business Hours of Large Discount Stores in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-124
Author(s):  
Jung Kwangho ◽  
Lee Sooki
Keyword(s):  
Economic Regulation ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Discount Retailers ◽  
Large Discount ◽  
The Impact

Recently the large discount retailers (LDRs) including large discount chains (e.g., Emart, Homeplus, and Lotte Mart) and super supermarkets (SSMs) have been at the center of disputes in the retail industries in Korea. The 2012 Distribution Industry Development Act has allowed the head of a city or county to regulate the business hours between large mega-retailers and small and family-run stores in the neighborhood. The regulation of the business hours of the large discount retailers may have heterogeneous effects on their sales depending on various contexts of the market situation. The reduction of the business hours assumes a significant negative effect on the amount of sales of LDRs. However, the degree of reduction may significantly differ from how the LDRs respond to the regulation. The reduction of sales of LDRs is natural if LDRs affected by the regulation do not make any effort to promote sales. On the other hand, if LDRs try to maintain their sales with various marketing strategies and resources, their sales may not decrease and even relatively increase compared to the size of the sales for LDRs that are not affected by the regulation. In addition, although the regulation of the business hours for LDRs can reduce operating hours, their sales may increase due to an increase of market demand in some growing places. For instance, the sales in LDRs located at the market place where new large housings and apartments have been growing may increase. The increasing demand derived from the new population growth can cancel out the decrease of the sales from the regulation of the business hours. Our findings, relying on using DID method before and after the regulation, show three different types of the impact of the regulation change on the sale of LDRs across five regions including decreasing, constant, and increasing patterns.

scholarly journals Stopping the misinformation: BNT16b2 COVID-19 vaccine has no negative effect on women's fertility

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam Safrai ◽  
Amihai Rottenstreich ◽  
Shmuel Herzberg ◽  
Tal Imbar ◽  
Benjamin Reubinoff ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fertilization Rate ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Post Vaccination ◽  
Icsi Cycle ◽  
Single Center Study ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Improve Compliance ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact

Objective: To investigate the possible impact of Pfizer-BioNTech's mRNA BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine on women's fertility. Methods: A retrospective single-center study examining women's IVF treatment parameters and pregnancies before and after their vaccination between February and May 2021. Each woman served as a self-control before and after vaccination. Additionally, in order to neutralize the effect of the sperm on fertilization, only Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) patients who were currently being treated with an ICSI cycle and had an earlier ICSI cycle available were included in the study. The study outcomes compared between the PRE and POST vaccination groups and consisted of: the IVF cycle outcomes, including the number of oocytes retrieved; the number of matured oocytes; the fertilization rate; and the number and quality of embryos at day 3. Clinical pregnancy was based on the first hCG value reported if the data were available for both cycles. Results: A final total of 47 women were eligible for inclusion with a mean interval of 362 +/- 368 days between the two ovum pick ups. The characteristics of their ICSI cycles before and after the vaccination were similar for all the parameters. Additionally, the number and percentage of clinical pregnancies did not significantly differ between the PRE and POST vaccination groups (n=15). Conclusion: This study is the first to evaluate the impact of the BNT162b2 vaccine on women's fertility. From our findings, the vaccine appears to have no impact on women's fertility. This study is the first step in abolishing the misinformation derived from unreliable sources and reassuring patients in order to improve compliance and promote COVID-19 eradication.

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