Dopad vládních opatření spojených s pandemií Covid-19 v letech 2020 a 2021 na sektor hotelnictví v ČR

The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the impact of government measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-2021 on the hotel industry in the Czech Republic. For the purpose of this thesis, two areas have been chosen to be investigated to evaluate this impact. These are the capital city of the Czech Republic, Prague, and the mountainous region in the north-east of Bohemia, the Krkonoše Mountains. The tourism and accommodation services sector was one of the most affected sectors of the economy in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite this, the magnitude of these impacts may have varied from region to region. The theoretical section describes the general theory of social and employment policy. It also defines the concepts of entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized enterprises, tourism and the hotel industry. The practical part first deals with the description of the Covid-19 pandemic and the government's compensatory measures for the accommodation services sector. The first method established in the practical part is a questionnaire survey. Due to the low return rate, another method chosen is comparative analysis of data from public sources. The indicators monitored are number of visits, average length of stay, capacity of mass accommodation facilities, average tourist spending and employment, which are then compared with the results from the questionnaire survey. Finally, a summary and subsequent comparison of the findings of the selected areas is made, and the formal hypothesis is confirmed: 'The impact of the pandemic on accommodation facilities in Krknoše was less than the impact on accommodation facilities in Prague'.