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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IDEAS
Each stakeholder will need to devise his own communication tactics. The key is to recognize when consumers will enter into the daydreaming about holidays phase. As long as the media is dominated by posts about the corona virus, consumers will find it difficult to get their thoughts set on holidays. So it is crucial that the situation is monitored daily, prepare a plan and activate it as we begin to arrive at (new) normality. (April, 2020)
Student
Slovenia
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Tourism business representative
Bosnia Herzegovina
Tourist
Singapore
Tourism business representative
Slovakia
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TOURISM MEANS
In short tourism for me is way of living: love to travel, explore... and currently source of my income - work where I love to show tourist interested in our destination what to see and do in Slovenia. (April, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
CHALLENGES
Crisis, competition, climate change, how to apply sustainability to a already developed mountain destination. (April, 2020)
Local resident
Italy
CONCERNS
The biggest concern is that current situation continues for "too" long. It could bring fear of travel - even if short term (6-10 months) it a big hit for our industry and this could mean a big shifts. But even though this could be bad for people working in tourism it could also bring inovation and good improvment. (April, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
IDEAS
Take this time to learn, tourism is so important industry and it has countries running only from tourism. Is that what we really want? That is definitely not sustainable way of running a country. Also. Here in Iceland..... tourism companies are lowering their prices, that means FINALLY icelanders can travel in their own country. It was so extreamly expenisve to travel in my own country that I could rather just go to another country and that would have been cheaper. Just think about it. It is crazy that local people can't afford traveling in their own county, right? (April, 2020)
Student
Iceland
I CAN OFFER
I do not have any resources at the moment, as I do not see adequate resources in this situation to save tourism. (July, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
I NEED
Global trends including European tourism ones
Advanced cases on sustainable tourism coping with COVID (June, 2020)
Researcher, academic
Japan
SOLUTIONS
I am a good communicator so I could talk to those who feel lonely at the time, I can provide any kind of creative work if needed or health care for those in need. (April, 2020)
Student
Slovenia
EXPLOITATION
Tourist vouchers should also be redeemable in travel agencies, restaurants, museums and national parks. Now some providers are earning a lot, while others are in red numbers.. (August, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
OTHER / SPOTTED
I am really curios about how the Covid-19 pandemic will change our world and our society. I think we can learn a lot of things from the crisis and reorient new. But I am also concerned about how the world will change and which developments are going to happen in the future. I hope people think careful and learn from the crisis. (June, 2020)
