Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 en el desempeño financiero de las empresas turísticas, transporte y comercio de la provincia de Sucumbíos

Abstract

Abstract: The objective of the research was to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial performance of tourism transportation,and commerce companies in the province of Sucumbíos. For which a quantitative design was developed, descriptive approach, the population was those belonging to the trade transport,and tourism of Sucumbíos, it was obtained from the Superintendence of Companies Securities and Insurance of Ecuador, with data from the financial statements of the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and the counterfactual calculation of the year 2020 was performed. The most affected sector was the tourism sector, with a percentage decrease during the year 2020; in the commerce sector different results are observed depending on the size of the company, the micro company grows 58%, the small one 213%, the medium one decreases 3% and the large one increases 2%. The transportation sector shows that the microenterprise decreases 39%, the medium one grows 43%, the large one grows 72%, in the province there were no negative effects expected for the commerce and transportation sector.