The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread disruption amongst almost every industry, however, hospitality has undoubtedly been the most hard hit. Given the various travel restrictions imposed by the Nepal Government, and the lockdown forced on the local population in order to combat COVID-19, airlines, hotels, restaurants, bars, and travel agencies have all had to completely shut down.
Now, with a rapid surge of COVID-19 cases and fatalities continuing to increase across the globe, Visit Nepal 2020 - an initiation by the Government of Nepal to increase tourism - has had to be cancelled. With a target to bring 2 million foreign tourists into the county, this campaign planned to positively impact infrastructure development and create huge public, as well as private investments, in the tourism and hotel sectors in 2020. This, however, has all had to be cancelled and as a result, the hospitality industry is bearing severe consequences - with thousands of people dependent on it suffering massive losses and brutal job cuts. In response to the pandemic, many sectors have turned to remote working and now the hospitality industry will also have to rethink and find a new way to function if they wish to survive this crisis.
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