Özet:

The main objective of this research is to evaluate hotel managers’ opinions about the macro-level effects of the Covid-19 epidemic on the tourism sector and their micro-level expectations and recommendations for hotel enterprises. For this purpose, the online survey form, created in the form of eight open end questions, was sent to hotel managers in different positions in the electronic medium. There are 103 responses to the survey content analysis. According to the analysis, the major impact of the epidemic on the tourism sector will be high income and employment losses. It is also found that the hotel companies have taken measures in accordance with the general regulations published by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and their employees have been trained in relation to the epidemic. However, it is found that some hotel companies have no alternative plans against the possibility of the spread of the epidemic. It is also clear that the companies are expected to receive support from the government, especially with the reduction of taxes and short work payments. The research has found that the most frequent recommendations made by hotel managers are the marketing work aimed at the image of a safe country and the preservation of qualified labour.

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