Covid-19 and the Challenge of the Health, Tourism, and Economic Sectors, Toward the Path of Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Abstract

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is facing a complex health, economic and social situation, characterized by a significant increase in the number of cases of Covid-19, which has led to the closure of businesses, the collapse of the health system and the vulnerability of tourism programs. In this context and with the fall of the production, it caused the increase of inflation, interest rates, unemployment, etc. The objective of the work is to highlight the current panorama of the countries of the region and to review their evolution and the proposals in these sectors toward the path of sustainable development. The methodology used is bibliographic research, and a documentary analysis was used as an instrument, using secondary sources such as economic reports, state reports and public institutions with a qualitative–descriptive approach for the years 2019–2021. The results reflect a very difficult panorama in the health, economic and tourism sectors, due to internal and external causes where the reduction of poverty and inequality follow in order of priority, with a level of agreement of 55% and 51%, respectively. The conclusions show very little growth in these sectors, given that cases of contagion continue to appear, the vaccination process is very slow, little economic reactivation caused by a slowdown in productivity that is manifested in the lag of sustainable development in the region.