The 2020 pandemic and previous years’ overtourism issues showed us both the benefits, the relevance, and the limits of the tourism, hospitality and leisure industries for society. We cannot foresee the future, but we can listen to challenges and start developing solutions.
So far we have received more than 900 responses in which these questions have been discussed::
How should we IMAGINE tourism now that we have an opportunity to reset the way we do business?
Which CHANGES would you like to see? If any?
What are your CHALLENGES and CONCERNS?
What are your IDEAS and SOLUTIONS to make it through the pandemic AND into a sustainable and innovative future of tourism?
In the name of the global tourism family, many thanks to every single one of you for the inspiring feedback. Your replies are summarized in the sections below.
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OTHER / SPOTTED
I saw a weird travel website talking about travel to countries that didn't have the coronavirus. All the more reason to NOT go there, I would say. In no time the virus would be there and those countries would soon also go through all the troubles and deaths. (May, 2020)
Student
Denmark
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Tourism business representative
Bosnia Herzegovina
Tourist
Singapore
Tourism business representative
Slovakia
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TOURISM MEANS
Tourism for me means the following:
T-ravel with passion
O-rganization
U-niqueness and appreciation of different tourism destinations and offers
R-espect for other cultures and mentalities.
I-nteractions with people all over the world
S-ightseeing
M-ake experiences (October, 2020)
Student
Austria
CHALLENGES
It will be hard to open our own tourism businesses, which action will we have to take, and how long will it take, to have those opportunities back as were presented to us, before the crisis. (April, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
CONCERNS
I am worried that executives will lay off even more employees. (August, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
IDEAS
Go on holiday and support tourism! For some it seems like a bad idea but in my opinion we should help tourism to overcome this pandemic. The hotels and tourism companies try to find ways that we feel safe and we should honor this effort. If we accept all guidelines it is posssible to have safe tourism. (October, 2020)
Student
Austria
I CAN OFFER
Social (online) support! As mentioned previously, providing social interaction through technology and media platforms greatly helps and keeps everyones mind busy while providing social interaction to ease the lockdown induced loneliness. I would also be able to provide the resource of shopping for the elderly in my community, which I have done twice this previous month, in order to allow the elderly to stay home and get safely delivered food and not have to possible expose themselves to the virus. Anything we can do to help everyone struggling to get through this time. (April, 2020)
Student
United States
I NEED
Information. Lots of information. We need to know what we can do to improve the situation and to help other people. (June, 2020)
Student
Italy
SOLUTIONS
Our country helps us. Without her help, businesses would have already collapsed. (July, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
EXPLOITATION
Not do much an exploitation as such, but discounting I see amongst hotels in Japan will not save the industry as it causes the Prisoner's Dilemma. Everyone could suffer as a result. (April, 2020)
Student
Japan
OTHER / SPOTTED
Great to see initiative to re-think and evaluate tourism during the pandemic. Thank you. (April, 2020)
