AN OVERVIEW OF TOURISM INDUSTRY BAIL OUT MEASURES IN SLOVENIA DURING THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIC

Abstract

This expertise aims to present and analyse the bailout measures for salvaging the economy during the global pandemic COVID-19 in Slovenia in 2020 - 21, with an emphasis on the tourism industry. Based on the data obtained, the authors of the article sought to determine whether the Government of the Republic of Slovenia has tackled bailing out of the tourism sector in the right way or not and whether its measures to mitigate the effects of the epidemic have been successful or not. The government has tackled the problem of salvaging both the entire economy and, in particular, the tourism industry over ten so called Anti-Corona Packages (ACPs), which sought to ensure the liquidity of the economy (tourism) and the preservation of jobs. The analysis showed that the measures taken were timely and well targeted, placing Slovenia at the very top of countries which dealt best with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.