THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY OF CERTAIN GROUPS OF SOCIETY IN THE PARADIGM OF TOURISM AND RECREATION RESTART

The modern world is experiencing unprecedented pressure from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on the economy and social systems of most countries of the world. Despite the fact that on the eve of the pandemic of humanity on the level of interstate relations and supranational entities was adapted to the global space with the metabolic processes in the fields of culture, production, Finance, technology and service, sudden and prolonged the suspension of domestic, cross border and transcontinental movement of goods and movement of people has led to a sharp disparity in the structure of most national economies and highlighted the vulnerabilities of the current model of civilization. Tourism, which became the engine of economic development in many countries and territories in the twenty-first century, practically became a symbol of economic shipwreck during the pandemic, since, as a multiplier for the industries and areas of activity associated with it, it started a chain reaction of bankruptcies, curtailment of large, medium and small businesses, and stopping air services on domestic and international routes. The social function of tourism, which, as it turned out, to a certain extent was able to mitigate social contradictions in society, offering quite democratic conditions for travel due to the high competition in the field of hospitality in the domestic and international markets, was also more pronounced in the crisis conditions. It is obvious that the restart of tourism in the shortest possible time after the lifting of restrictions will be perceived by the population as the most obvious evidence of the restoration of socio-economic stability of society.