Effects of Corona Epidemic on Labor Employment in Iran's Tourism-Related Industries

Many industries with predetermined plans have been completely suffered losses from the Covid-19 pandemic since March 2020, when the World Health Organization recognized it. The inbound tourists to Iran in the first six months of 1399 has decreased by almost 96%, affecting Gross Domestic Product, employment, imports, and income distribution. The purpose of present study is to investigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the employment of Iran's tourism sector using the labor force statistics of the year 1398 and the updated input-output table of the year 1390. The results extracted from the calculation of the direct, indirect, and induced effects show that 456,000 out of 4,575,000 people working in the 13 sectors related to the tourism industry have lost their jobs. Wholesale and retail services, road passenger services, and transportation support services have the highest ranks of employment lost among the 13 tourism-related sectors.