The Covid-19 pandemic is the foremost human disaster in the year 2020 and has created tremendous shock to the Indian economy. The Covid-19 pandemic has affected severely to the various important sectors of India economy. The impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Industry which is one of the important sectors has been extremely disturbing and has caused great losses. As India being developing economy, it was already in a struggling state before Covid-19. The unexpected countrywide lockdown in India was the biggest in the world. And the four stages of continual countrywide lockdown spanning above two months have a significant impact on the tourism industry in India. During 2019, the Indian travel & tourism sector accounted 6.8% of India’s GDP and created 39,821 million jobs, which is around 8.0% of the total employment. The Indian tourism and hospitality industry is now assuming a probable job loss of around 38 million. The Indian government has undertaken major initiatives to get the tourism sector back on track. The Indian travel and tourism industry has begun to develop general safety and hygiene standards for hosting and serving their customers; and trying to build confidence of people to travel again after the corona pandemic. This study aims to assess the Covid-19 impacts on the Indian Tourism Industry. The study also attempts to provide the remedies to recover and improve the growth of the tourism sector in India. The entire research study and findings are based on the objectives.

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Keywords: Covid-19, Pandemic, Indian Tourism Industry, Recession.