Tourism is obviously a human activity so the socio-economic changes, cultural background, traditional behaviour and healthy rituals and well being of human society affect it locally as well as globally. In history, the tourism was globally affected by human factors, such as both the world wars, the Spanish influenza and Tsunami etc. But recently, in Wuhan (China) in December 2019, first reported a severe respiratory illness which was identified as SARS - COV - 2 or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome or COVID-19. The illness is caused by a virus named Novel corona virus. The illness spread rapidly all over the world while in India it was first reported on February 3, 2020 in Kerala. The illness turned into a pandemic very soon and affected all the sectors of human society. Even the tourism sector could not remain untouched from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. This study or research paper is about the economic impacts on the tourism sector in India due to the pandemic. It is the common nature of a pandemic that it affects almost whole lifestyle and socio-economic structure of human society deeply and vastly. The pandemic is still going on as the last stage of second wave and there is a strong possibility of occurring the third wave. So, there are very few research works on such a topic. It is the call of the hour to conduct such a research to expose the economic impacts of the pandemic on the Indian tourism sector so that the plan for its revival can be made timely. The study is exigent in present scenario. The study is aimed to identify the challenges and impacts during the pandemic period. It is necessary for the the Union Government as well as for the State Governments to handle such impacts for the well-being of tourism sector in India. The impacts are affecting the sector both directly and indirectly. Only the recognition of such impacts can lead the concerning government to revive the tourism, travel and hospitality industries again. The whole study is conducted through secondary data collection. The main findings of the study indicate that the tourism sector is almost collapsed due to the global crisis of COVID-19 pandemic. All the required major standards for strengthening the sector have been devastated during both the lockdowns. The research can be a path finding torch for governments to step ahead for rebuilding the tourism sector not only from micro to macro level but from grassroot to paramount level also.

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Keywords: Covid-19, FTA, FEE, NCAER, Job Loss, Occupancy Rate, WFA, Revenge Travels, Emergency Time Reserve Fund (ETRF).