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Swechchha Subedi:

Swechchha Subedi is a first year PhD. student in University of South Carolina, School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management. She received her B.S. in business administration from Kathmandu University School of Management, Nepal and her M.S. in hospitality and tourism management from Oklahoma State University. Her research areas include tourism planning, governance, crisis management and innovative lodging.

Dr. Marketa Kubickova:

Dr. Kubickova is an associate professor and Ph.D. program director in University of South Carolina, School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, and has been in UofSC since 2014. She obtained her doctoral degree from University of Central Florida and her MBA from Florida Atlantic University. Her area of research focuses on competitiveness, the role of government and tourism economics with special emphasis on developing economics.

Abstract (150 Words)

The COVID-19 pandemic has a deleterious effect on every aspect of human life. Because of the government restrictions that followed, hotels were overwhelmed by the mass booking cancellations. Even though the impact of crisis has been extensively studied in hospitality literature, the role of national differences, such as political, economic and culture differences, in the recovery process remains under-researched and little is known about the tourist behavior during a pandemic.

The findings of the study indicates that COVID-19 cases, economic, political, and cultural environment has a significant impact on the government response to the pandemic. Similarly, the government response, COVID-19 cases, and national culture has a significant impact on hotel RevPAR. The results support previous findings that risk perception is influenced by cultural differences and origin region of the visitors matters. Therefore, national differences should be taken into consideration while formulating recovery strategies across destinations.

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The Impact of National Differences on Government Response to COVID-19 and Hotel RevPAR

The COVID-19 pandemic has a deleterious effect on every aspect of human life. Because of the government restrictions that followed, hotels were overwhelmed by the mass booking cancellations. Even though the impact of crisis has been extensively studied in hospitality literature, the role of national differences, such as political, economic and culture differences, in the recovery process remains under-researched and little is known about the tourist behavior during a pandemic.

The findings of the study indicates that COVID-19 cases, economic, political, and cultural environment has a significant impact on the government response to the pandemic. Similarly, the government response, COVID-19 cases, and national culture has a significant impact on hotel RevPAR. The results support previous findings that risk perception is influenced by cultural differences and origin region of the visitors matters. Therefore, national differences should be taken into consideration while formulating recovery strategies across destinations.