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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.
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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 will probably due to this crisis regressed, so most of tourism services will have a season full of loss. The challenge will be how fast will tourism companies solve the crisis and once again ˝rise from the ashes˝ and countinue. (April, 2020)
Core business, our whole revenue is based on travelers of all segments. (April, 2020)
The challenge is to adjust the travel offer. Previously, we mainly organized longer trips to other continents, but now we are forced to prepare new products. We are preparing one- and multi-day trips around Slovenia, but after such trips there is less interest from our guests. They mostly travel around Slovenia alone. (August, 2020)
How long does it take me to close the agency and where to find a new source of income. (August, 2020)
I’m completely out of ideas right now. It is difficult to plan trips because people are scared. It is also difficult to predict whether we will be able to travel at all, as the country may close all borders tomorrow. (July, 2020)
I can keep people company or help them with basic info about how to use electronic devices to keep in touch with friend and relatives. (April, 2020)
Another problem I see in this time is, that students are overwhelmed with work from home, which mainly consists of googling topics on the internet and describe them as i think does not fully take advantage of knowledge and ideas of students at all. (April, 2020)
Campaigns with providers through social media, radio... We are contecting providers in the some field (restaurants / sport activities / local food & prodacts) and making separate campaigns. To help them and support them in this period and also to share interesting experiences in our destination and ideas to the time after covid19. We are including sustainability and green solutions. Strengthen on the domestic market. (April, 2020)
Criminals phishing company details to claim subsidies entitled for small businesses in various states of Germany. (May, 2020)
Rethinking and Reinventing Travel and Tourism Post Covid-19
This article is related to tourism in Ghana but all the measures can be used in the same areas to boost the tourism industry. The author presents that mainly the domestic and regional tourism should be supported, there should be weider utilization of technologies, digital word etc. There should be smart leadership and cooperation between the tourism organisations and all the segments in the tourism industry. The protection of the environment is important and we should heed sustainability and and support it all. The selected data and analysis will be helpful to get the information and work with them, use them to get the important decisions.
https://voyagesafriq.com/2020/04/10/rethinking-and-reinventing-travel-and-tourism-post-covid-19/ (April, 2020)