COVID-19 Impact On Mobile App Industry
The deadly coronavirus outbreak has brought the world to a standstill. BBC News reports that COVID-19 has already cost the lives of 200,000 people worldwide. The world economy has turned upside-down. The WTO (World Trade Organization) forecasts a double-digit decline in trade volumes in 2020. Nearly every business is going through a crisis period. However, there has been a substantial hike in the mobile application industry. With more countries implementing restrictive mass quarantines, people stuck at home are resorting to mobile apps for several purposes. In this write-up, we will discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has made a shift in the mobile app development industry.
The deadly coronavirus outbreak has brought the world to a standstill. BBC News reports that COVID-19 has already cost the lives of 200,000 people worldwide. The world economy has turned upside-down. The WTO (World Trade Organization) forecasts a double-digit decline in trade volumes in 2020. Nearly every business is going through a crisis period. However, there has been a substantial hike in the mobile application industry.
With more countries implementing restrictive mass quarantines, people stuck at home are resorting to mobile apps for several purposes. In this write-up, we will discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has made a shift in the mobile app development industry.
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TRAVEL APPS
• Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the worst-hit industry is the travel and tourism industry. The travel apps got devastated
with the complete shutdown of any mode of traveling.
These apps include –
• Accommodation booking apps
• Airline apps
• Car rental and taxi service apps
• Travel apps for navigating a new city
• Apps for discovering new places in cities
As listed above, there are different kinds of travel apps available, and needless to say, these apps are quite popular. But, in
the current scenario, these apps are witnessing a downward curve in user interaction and downloads.