Editing Tourism (section)

=== Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic ===
{{Main|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism}}

In 2020 the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] travel bans and a substantial reduction in passenger travel by air and sea contributed to a [[impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism|sharp decline in tourism activity]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tate |first=Curtis |title=International tourism won't come back until late 2021, UN panel predicts |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/10/27/international-tourism-rebound-late-2021-un-panel-covid-19/3748489001/ |access-date=2020-11-24 |website=USA TODAY }}</ref> The [[World Tourism Organization|World Tourism Organization (WTO)]] reported a 70% decrease in international travel in 2020, where 165 of 217 worldwide destinations completely stopped international tourism by April 2020. Since every country imposes different travel restrictions, it makes traveling plans complicated and often too difficult to figure out, thus the willingness to travel for the general population decreases. It is estimated that the United States lost 147 billion U.S. dollars in revenue from tourism between January and October 2020. Spain had the next highest loss of revenue at around 46.7 billion U.S dollars, and countries in Africa collectively lost about 55 billion dollars during April and June 2020.{{citation needed||date=July 2024}}