Tourism security and development in the face of covid-19: an international literature review

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to analyze and carry out a theoretical review on tourism security and the development of Tourism to face Covid-19, in order to understand the link between these two elements; To fulfill this objective a documentary-type methodology was used with a designed to collect the information through a thematic analysis, taking its expression using Peru as a reference. For this, the bibliographic review of the collection of academic research, indexed journals, books and web pages of entities related to tourism and public management was applied as techniques as, using explanatory and inductive methods. The results point out the public policies that would improve tourism development in the face of Covid-19. None of these policies stand out by themselves. Some express their points of view regarding safety of both tourists and citizens. Others are very specific to emergency situations such as pandemics. There are various national regulations and guidelines established to reactivate the economically important tourism sector which address aspects of tourism security but there is no specific regulation at the local or regional level.