NEW DELHI: A study on the impact of coronavirus on tourism conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research has reported that the pandemic caused “significant” jobs losses in the tourism sector after the lockdown was implemented.
On opening day of Parliament, the tourism ministry referenced the NCAER report in response to a question raised by Lok Sabha MPs Ramesh Kaushik and Raju Bista in which it said 14.5 million jobs were lost during the first quarter, followed by 5.2 million jobs during the second quarter and another 1.8 million jobs during the third quarter of 20-21, after the lockdown was imposed.