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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EXPLOITATION
Some companies, especially in the medical and hygiene sector, have certainly been able to use the pandemic to their advantage. (October, 2020)
Student
Austria
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Bosnia Herzegovina
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Singapore
Tourism business representative
Slovakia
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TOURISM MEANS
Tourism became life for me about five years ago. When I started my journey as a tour guide, I gave up a lot. The main guideline was that I like to travel, research and share all the acquired knowledge with guests in Slovenia, Europe and around the world. I think we are slowly growing over the years and adding chapters step by step to our tourism career. (July, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
CHALLENGES
Cash-flow due to plummeting demand due to global market crash, border restrictions and public health fears. (April, 2020)
Tourism business representative
Canada
CONCERNS
Many enterprises are loosing big amounts of money due to the fact they are not producing but they are still paying probably some fixed costs their enterprises may have. So, after this they will probably not think about how the planet has improved in terms of sustainability but how much money they lost and how can they gain it back the easiest and fastest way as possible instead of doing it in the most sustainable way as possible for helping the planet. (April, 2020)
Student
Spain
IDEAS
This autumn and winter, the agencies will have to continue to design excursion programs around Slovenia, as the epidemiological picture will probably not improve this year. I doubt people will want to travel to third countries. Considering that the most tourist places are already fully occupied this summer, we have to design trips to lesser-known and undiscovered parts of Slovenia, which will be interesting for the locals. (July, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
I CAN OFFER
Digital marketing, Consulting, Guests research, Data-driven decisions (May, 2020)
Tourism or convention office, event organizer
Slovenia
I NEED
Organizations that will lobby global governments on behalf of the economy to create a more stable business environment. (July, 2020)
Tourism business representative
Slovenia
SOLUTIONS
Take care of your employees, customers, and business partners, foster an atmosphere of trust and use the time to foster a growth mindset as well as offer (cross-)trainings, webinars, explore ideas of your employees (May, 2020)
Tourism business representative
Germany
EXPLOITATION
There have been cases I heard of where companies would apply for financial support from the government, even though they where not entitled to get it and had no real need for it. (June, 2020)
Student
Austria
OTHER / SPOTTED
I would suggest that at the end of this current crisis, as many organizations come together and try to help one another. Maybe one at that moment has more financial resources, the other more employees and thus support each other, because that is the only way for the states, organizations ... to recover. (March, 2020)
