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The outbreak of epidemics severely impacts the tourism industry, especially in the short term, as travel movements decrease and the mobility of visitors is severely restricted. According to the latest data from the World Tourism Organization, the COVID-19 outbreak led to a 22% drop in international visitor arrivals in the first three months of 2020. This makes it fascinating to study the impact of the pandemic on the tourism industry. Bibliometrics is used to carry out a quantitative evaluation of publications on the impact of the pandemic on the tourism sector. This study aims to determine the exact impact on each nation and the affected regions. Between 2020 and 2022, the number of publications on the impact of Covid-19 on the tourism business increased significantly, peaking at 81 in 2021. The work of Seongseop (Sam) Kim et al. (2020), which advances our understanding of technology adoption during a health crisis through a range of managerial and theoretical implications, has been referenced 153 times in Scopus. China is the second most productive nation, followed by Poland. India contributed sixteen plants, China twelve, and Poland twelve. Using at least six occurrences as a criterion for the keyword co-occurrence analysis (all keywords), the threshold of 20 keywords is reached. These keywords are divided into three groups that correspond to the three main research areas of the study. After the epidemic, risk perception is the issue most closely linked to Covid-19 and tourism. Risk perception is likely to play a role in tourism decline, as people may be more concerned about the potential risks associated with traveling during a pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]