Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 en el desempeño financiero de las empresas turísticas, transporte y comercio de la provincia de Los Ríos -Ecuador.

Abstract

Abstract: Economies, organizations and society in general faced an unprecedented exogenous event, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which had an impact on the tourism, transportation and commerce sectors. Therefore, the general objective of this research is to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial performance of tourism, transportation and commerce companies in the province of Los Ríos, Ecuador. For this purpose, a descriptive non-experimental research design was established using a mixed approach, i.e., qualitative and quantitative. The information was obtained from the Superintendence of Companies, Securities and Insurance, where the data was filtered according to the sectors, province and variables of study, then the calculation of profitability indicators was performed. The results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic had afavorable impact on the transportation and commerce sectors due to the different economic reactivation strategies that were presented to the companies through financing; however, tourism companies presented a negative impact.