UNIKL BUSINESS SCHOOL

TOURISM RESEARCH METHODS

EFB20903 (BTD 10)

ASSIGNMENT 1

RESEARCH PAPER 1 : The Effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

in the Tourism Industry in China
RESEARCH PAPER 2 : COVID-19 and China’s Hotel Industry:
Impacts, a Disaster Management Framework, and Post-Pandemic
Agenda

PREPARED BY
NURUL IZZAH BT ABD SAMAD JAMALUDDIN
62216119698

PREPARED FOR
MADAM MAIMUNAH ABDUL AZIZ
RESEARCH DIRECTION

a) AIM

Based on the research paper that I found, this research study reviews the overall
impacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on China’s hotel
industry and the tourism industry in Malaysia, particularly, the airline and hotel
businesses.

b) OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of this research to identify the impact that may effect for
the future such as COVID-19 will significantly and permanently affect four
major aspects of China’s hotel industry—multi-business and multi-channels,
product design and investment preference, digital and intelligent transformation,
and market reshuffle and to discusses the stimulus packages offered by the
Malaysian government in order to ensure the sustainability of the tourism
industry in Malaysia.

c) RESEARCH GAP

The research gap or limitation that I get from this research paper are about the
people from hotel or resort and many from the industry and for the tourist or
local people that have the difficulty to go anywhere.

d) METHODOLOGY

The method that use by researcher is based on statistic that be collect from the
hotels around the nation. The statistic that use are for the total of cancelations
booking last minute because of the COVID-19, total loss of hotel of the nation
based on state. There are also statistic about the result total of infected, death of
the COVID-19.

e) RESEARCH FINDINGS

f) RESEARCH IMPLICATION / PRACTICAL USE IN THE INDUSTRY