A duk duniya, COVID19 ya shafi tasirin yawon shakatawa da yawa wanda ya tilasta rufe iyakokin cikin manyan wuraren yawon shakatawa a Arewacin Amurka, Turai, Asiya-Pacific, da Kudancin Amurka. A cikin yanayi mai ban mamaki, an haɗu da layukan jirgin ruwa da yawa ba tare da alamun shiga a tashoshi daban-daban ba wanda ya haifar da jingina ko tilasta komawa tashar tashar fita. Sashin jirgin ruwan ya kasance mai saurin fuskantar barkewar cutar COVID-19 saboda halin sa na jan hankalin tsofaffin fasinjoji. Layin jirgin ruwa guda daya, musamman, Ruby Princess, ya zama cibiyar cutar ta cikin Turai, tare da kararraki 340 a ƙidayar ƙarshe. Ya zuwa yanzu, asarar da aka lissafa na masana'antar yawon shakatawa tun bayan annobar ta kai dala miliyan 750. Hannun jari a manyan kamfanonin jiragen ruwa irin su Royal Caribbean, Carnival, da Yaren mutanen Norway suma sun sauka da kashi 60 cikin ɗari zuwa kashi 70 cikin ɗari.

A cikin Caribbean, yawancin wuraren da ba a taɓa samun jirgi ba tun watan Fabrairu yayin da manyan kamfanoni suka dakatar da tafiya na ɗan lokaci. Rushewar yanayin yawon shakatawa tabbas zai sami mummunan tasiri ga Jamaica. A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, yawon shakatawa yawon shakatawa ya zama ɗayan mahimman sassa na tattalin arzikin ƙasa, yana ƙaruwa da sama da 300% a cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata. Jamaica an kasance cikin jerin masu zuwa a matsayin babban tashar jirgin ruwa a yankin. Haɓaka da bunƙasa ɓangarorin masana'antun jiragen ruwa sun haɓaka ta hannun jarin ƙasar don haɓaka tashoshin jiragen ruwa don faɗaɗa ƙarfin ɗaukar su.

A farkon 2020, tsinkayen shi ne cewa yawon shakatawa zai iya samun ci gaba a cikin 2020 tare da shigar da sabbin sabbin dako kamar Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Teas. A cikin watan Janairun wannan shekara, kafin tasirin COVID-19, Port Royal ya zama sabon tashar jirgin ruwan kasar kuma ya yi maraba da kiran jirgin na farko. A duk duniya, yawon shakatawa yawon shakatawa kuma ya kasance ɓangare mafi saurin haɓaka na masana'antar yawon buɗe ido na duniya kafin annoba. A bayyane yake, rikicewar tasirin cutar COVID-19 ya lalata hasashen ci gaba da yanayin ci gaban kwanan nan a yawon shakatawa. Yawon shakatawa, amma, a al'adance ya kasance ɗayan sassa masu ƙarfi na masana'antar yawon buɗe ido ta duniya.

A tarihance, sashen yawon shakatawa ya kasance mafi wadataccen kayan aiki da gogewa wajen kulawa da lura da yanayin lafiyar fasinjoji da matukan jirgin. A matsayin wani ɓangare na tsarin ayyukansu na yau da kullun, layukan jirgin ruwa sun aiwatar da matakan rigakafin ɓarkewa da matakan amsawa kuma an saka jiragen ruwa da wuraren kiwon lafiya yayin da jirgin jirgi da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun likitocin gefen tekun suka kasance ba dare ba rana, 24/7, don ba da kulawar likita ta farko a yayin taron na rashin lafiya da hana yaduwar cuta. Layin jirgin ruwa ya kuma kiyaye don gudanar da aiki tare da tantance fasinjoji da ma'aikata don rashin lafiya kafin shiga jirgi lokacin da yanayi ya buƙaci. Saboda waɗannan matakan, masana'antun jiragen ruwa sun sami nasarar gudanar da ɓarkewar cututtukan a baya waɗanda suka haɗa da H1N1, mura, kyanda, legionnaires, norovirus, da kuma yanzu sabon littafin coronavirus. Bincike ya nuna cewa ajiyar balaguron jirgi a baya sun dawo zuwa matakan pre-event bayan kimanin kwanaki 90, wanda ke ba da ɗan fata a halin da ake ciki yanzu.

Kamfanonin yawon shakatawa na yawon bude ido na duniya suma sun hanzarta amsa matsalar yanzu. Amsarta koyaushe tana ba da fifiko ga lafiya da amincin fasinjoji, ma'aikata, da kuma al'ummomin da ke wuraren da aka ziyarta. Bayan sanarwar da WHO ta yi game da annoba a tsakiyar watan Maris, duk layukan jirgin ruwa sun yi rajista tare da Internationalungiyar Internationalungiyoyin iseungiyoyin iseasa ta Cruise (CLIA) ya yanke shawarar da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba don dakatar da ayyukan duniya gaba daya da son ransa, hakan ya sa masana'antar jiragen ruwa ta zama daya daga cikin wadanda suka fara yin hakan. Wannan ya taimaka rage girman barazanar COVID-19 ga miliyoyin fasinjojin jirgin ruwa da ma'aikata.

Har ila yau, CLIA na aiki tare da gwamnatoci na gida da na ƙasa a duk faɗin duniya, da kuma manyan hukumomin kiwon lafiya da kawayenta a duk faɗin babbar hanyar jirgin ruwa don daidaita ƙoƙari yayin ci gaba da dakatar da ayyukan zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa na duniya. Layin jirgin ruwa ya kuma fara tantancewa da kuma hana shiga jirgi ga waɗanda suka yi balaguro daga ko ta wuraren da abin ya shafa daidai da jagora mai gudana daga hukumomin kiwon lafiya na duniya. Tabbatar da ingancin shugabannin masana'antu hakika ya taimaka yawon shakatawa yawon shakatawa ya fi kyau fiye da yawancin sauran sassan yawon shakatawa na duniya. CLIA ta ba da rahoton cewa galibin fiye da jiragen ruwa 270 a cikin rukunin membobin CLIA wannan kwayar cutar ba ta shafa musu ba.

Caribbeanasar Caribbean tana kan hanya don kammala shirye-shiryen dawo da su kamar yadda mutane da yawa suka kunna Forceungiyar Forcearfin Tattalin Arzikin Yawon Bude Ido, wanda aka ɗorawa alhakin babban aiki na haɓaka tsarin dawo da ci gaban tsarin. Musamman game da yawon shakatawa na yawon shakatawa, mun kuma kunna "Tsarin Bayar da Cruise" wanda Shugaba da Shugaba na Port Authority na Jamaica, Gordon Shirley zai jagoranta. Yawon shakatawa a halin yanzu yana aiki tare da kiwon lafiya don tabbatar da cewa kwarewar baƙo a duk yankin Caribbean, zai zama mai aminci kuma, ƙasashe da yawa da ƙungiyoyin yanki suma suna kammala ƙarin ladabi da tsare-tsare don haɓaka lafiya da amincin samfuran yawon shakatawa na Jamaica. Hardwazon aiki na masu ruwa da tsaki na Caribbean ya biya yadda yankin ke shirye da shiri don sake buɗe sararin yawon buɗe ido a watan Yunin 2020.