new delhi a study on the impact of coronavirus on tourism conducted by the national council of applied economic research has reported that the pandemic caused significant jobs losses in the tourism sector after the lockdown was implementedon opening day of parliament the tourism ministry referenced the ncaer report in response to a question raised by lok sabha mps ramesh kaushik and raju bista in which it said 145 million jobs were lost during the first quarter followed by 52 million jobs during the second quarter and another 18 million jobs during the third quarter of 2021 after the lockdown was imposedread alsous eases india covid alert level canada to reopen for fully vaccinated from september 7the united states has lowered its travel advisory for india for its citizens from the highest level 4 do not travel to level 3 reconsider travel with the covid19 situation easing significantly in the country it remains to be seen when the us removes or eases restrictions on travel from indiacoronavirus live updatesthe ncaer report a draft of which has been approved by the tourism ministry has not been published yet the sponsored study resulted in an analytical report that used mathematical models to assess the loss to economy in terms of tourism expenditure projects that total recovery may only happen in 34 years assesses the loss to household incomes and contains recommendations for the revival of the tourism sectorthe ministry engaged ncaer in january 2021 to conduct a study on india and the coronavirus pandemic economic losses for households engaged in tourism and policies for recoveryit also constituted a task force headed by the tourism minister to meet the challenge posed by the outbreak of covid 19 and make appropriate recommendations for the revival of the tourism and hospitality sector in the country however no formal study was conducted to assess the stateutwise impact of covid19 on the tourism industryit also said foreign exchange earnings fee during the months between january and december 2020 fell by 763 in comparison to corresponding period in 2019indias travel and tourism sector which accounts for nearly 25 of the gdp has made repeated appeals to the government seeking succour for travel and tourism businesses tottering on the brink of collapse due to the coronavirus pandemicfrom hotels to travel and tour operators and tour guides representative bodies from the tourism sector have given multiple petitions to the government highlighting the deep financial stress caused by the pandemic on the travel and hospitality sector during 202021with the resultant impact on viability of tourism enterprises and jobs faith the federation of travel and hospitality businesses in the country sought a waiver of statutory obligations and added that states should offer a 100 waiver without penalties to travel and hospitality businesses on all fixed electricity and utility charges excise duties property taxes interstate tourist transport taxes sgst waiver and all local taxesthe industry body also sought an automatic renewal of all licenses permits permissions due to expire in fy 202122 without