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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TOURISM MEANS
What I love about traveling is not the destination itself, but the feeling during the trip as well as the people you travel with. Although I visited some destinations several times, each time it was different. Friends, the time spent with them and the anecdotes that remain are what I love the most about every trip. (May, 2020)
Student
Serbia
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TOURISM MEANS
Means broden horizons, giving experiences, generating new knowledge. (April, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
CHALLENGES
What probably challenged me the most was reducing social contacts and interactions with friends or family members. After that long time I even started missing going to university, while working from home in front of your laptop. (October, 2020)
Student
Austria
CONCERNS
Tourism faces a great challenge in the current year and I believe it will return changed and just different. Lately, it's been sadly a mess in some ways. Let's face it.. pollution, over-tourism, people using technology too much while traveling etc... pretty unsustainable, at least in some hotspots. This will change from now on and I believe there will be a better balance in demand. (April, 2020)
Student
Slovenia
IDEAS
In such a global world, I would expect and want more coordinated action. (July, 2020)
Tourism employee
Slovenia
I CAN OFFER
Knowledge from being a general manager in a huge hostel. Project Management in a digital association. Online Marketing. Connecting technologies and trends to use them for business models for growth strategies. Motivation, enthusiasm and a "never give up, your survival is just an idea away" mentality! (May, 2020)
Tourism business representative
Germany
I NEED
I need a good and competent team, a team that is reliable. I would like to be mutely involved in the creative work process of sustainable tourism and be heard there. Even though I am still very young for this. I think it is important that people of different ages and backgrounds work together. Through this diversity we will find the best solutions. (December, 2020)
Student
Austria
SOLUTIONS
Building accommodation infrastructure for which the access is designed to be separate for each room, precisely to avoid the common closed spaces. (July, 2020)
Tourism business representative
Romania
EXPLOITATION
Criminals phishing company details to claim subsidies entitled for small businesses in various states of Germany. (May, 2020)
Researcher, academic
Germany
OTHER / SPOTTED
Don't spend this time stressing but building the future plans and gaining new knowledge that will be useful in the next few years. (April, 2020)
