TOURISM MEANS

Tourism for me means travelling to foreign or well-know places, where I can relax and unwind to forget the everyday life. (October, 2020)

Student

Austria

CHALLENGES

Predicting how things will change (May, 2020)

Researcher, academic

Netherlands

CONCERNS

We will go back to mass or over-tourism. (July, 2020)

Researcher, academic

Cyprus

IDEAS

I think especially hotels need to rethink what to do with their free rooms. For example they could offer them for people who work in Homeoffice but who do not want to be at home all day. (December, 2020)

Student

Austria

I CAN OFFER

Motivation and a great desire to improve tourism. (March, 2020)

Student

Slovenia

I NEED

Trainings concerning how to successfully hold a webinar and keep connections after the online events. (April, 2020)

Tourism or convention office, event organizer

United States

SOLUTIONS

For the individual properties, it came down to providing refunds and vouchers for another stay to guests who had already booked for the next few months, as we know they won't be allowed to come stay due to state laws. As a company, we want to keep our employees safe and healthy as well, so telling the ones who can work to work from home. Keeping honest and open communication between the higher-ups and the employees about the status of the company, their working timeline, and honestly anything they have questions and concerns about. (April, 2020)

Tourism employee

United States

EXPLOITATION

Assistance with tourist vouchers only to accommodation facility. Travel agencies were largely excluded because hoteliers do not confirm shared reservations. (July, 2020)

Tourism employee

Slovenia

OTHER / SPOTTED

Home entertainment by the hand of tourism enterprises

This article explains that many tourism enterprises are keeping the contact with their clients, creating activities for kids and adults to help them go through these hard quarantine times. But, why do they do it if it is not their job?

The idea is keep in touch with the clients, even if they are not going to book anything with them right now, to remind clients that they will still be there when the things get stabilized, clients will remember them and start booking again. It is a long view strategy, but I think it is a smart movement from tourism enterprises instead of being just observers of the disaster.

See the original file here: https://www.hosteltur.com/135925_entretenimiento-en-casa-de-la-mano-de-las-empresas-turisticas.html (April, 2020)

Student

Spain