The pandemic crisis of 2020 has caused serious damage to the entire global tourism industry.
According to the UN Report, at the last year the reduction in the volume of tourist services reached the figure of
80%.
A similar decline in the tourism industry was noted in the Republic of Moldova. According to the
National Bureau of Statistics, at 2020 travel agencies and tour operators provided tourist services to 124.5
thousand tourists and sightseers, which is 66.9% less than in 2019, that is, the volume of tourist services actually
decreased by 2/3.
This year, the task of tourism reviving has arisen. The directions presented in the UN concept for the
transformation of the global tourism sector should become a reference point for development. Many of them are
relevant for use in the Republic of Moldova. The article analyzes the relevance of these areas for the
development of Moldovan tourism.