By January 2020, it was clear that a highly contagious viral infection termed as Covid-19 was not limited to China but was spreading across the globe. With the number of infections rising exponentially and no treatment or vaccine yet to be identified, “social distancing” and “quarantine” became an accepted norm as recommended by WHO to flatten the pandemic curve.
Impact of social distancing was immediately felt by the travel and tourism sector, as weeks passed, governments around the world chose to lock down and seal both international and interstate borders.