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. 2020 Dec 15;90:103120. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.103120

Table 1.

Operationalization of sub-indices.

Sub-indices Raw data Baseline (equal to 100) Data source Included in overall index
Aviation Daily departure data from a country's international airports Year-over-year adjusted data (Eq. (1)) https://www.icao.int/safety/Pages/COVID-19-Airport-Status.aspx Yes
Hotel Daily data on a country's hotel RevPAR Year-over-year adjusted data (Eq. (1)) STR, LLC Yes
Pandemic Daily number of confirmed COVID-19 cases per 1 million inbound tourists in 2018 1 confirmed case per 1 million inbound tourists or less World Development Indicators; https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/download-todays-data-geographic-distribution-covid-19-cases-worldwide Yes
Interest Daily Google search volume for keyword “[country name] hotel” Jan 3–Feb 6, 2020 Google Trends No
Mobility Daily Google community mobility data in locations of “Retail and recreation,” “Parks,” and “Public transport”, which are directly related to travel and tourism. Jan 3–Feb 6, 2020 https://www.google.com/covid19/mobility/ No