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The coronavirus pandemic could up to 50 million jobs worldwide in the travel and tourism industry. This according to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). The tourism industry could by up to 25 per cent. Many people are at home and not travelling. Many people cannot as more and more countries are action to COVID-19. This action closing borders, requiring people self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving in a country, and banning flights from other countries. The head of the WTTC said the pandemic, "clearly a significant threat to the industry as a whole, to those employed within it, and those wishing to traveling".

The tourism industry up 10 per cent of the world's GDP and jobs. It is one of the industries hardest by the COVID-19 virus. Airlines, cruise ships and hotels have big losses. Korean Air has that the coronavirus could its survival. Australia's Qantas has reduced its international flights by nearly 25 per cent because of the outbreak. World-famous sites deserted. This could restaurants and cafes to go out of business as tourists away from crowded places. Tourism is a key industry in Hawaii. Experts there that over half of Hawaii's hotel rooms will be empty over the next few months. The WTTC said that tourism would take 10 months to after the virus.