Does government efficiency mitigate the effect of natural disasters on tourist arrivals?

Global tourism suffered its worst year in 2020 due to the widespread of COVID-19, and industry-related professionals are looking for efficient measures help recover. Government efficiency was mentioned as an important factor inbound tourism; however, mitigating effect on performance context natural disasters has not been empirically researched. This study attempts address gap through analysis a panel data set 158 countries from 2002 2018. The results illustrate government negative impact tourist arrivals. On one hand, can be pull attracting arrivals condition disasters; other assist reducing moderating effect. Based findings, we provide practical implications destination marketing organizations policymakers.