TOURISM MEANS

A way to learn about different people and cultures, explore and adventure.

Runaway from everydays work and obligations. (April, 2020)

Tourist

Macedonia

CHALLENGES

Closed hotels, lost business, reopening plans and scenario, cash flow, dismissal of employees, keeping motivation for employees working from home, etc. (April, 2020)

Tourism or convention office, event organizer

Slovenia

CONCERNS

- That a lot of small businesses will die

- That a lot of people will loose their jobs

- A financial crisis in Austria

- That a lot of people can't go to funerals, can't visit their family members in hospitals

- That a lot of women get victims of domestic violence (October, 2020)

Student

Austria

IDEAS

I want to choose a traditional and local apartment to live in, where has a guidance for the local restaurant, local food market, and the local events. And gunidance details is full of price, routine and schedule which was prepared for the tourists. (April, 2020)

Student

Japan

I CAN OFFER

In regards to learning new skills or getting certifications, here are some websites that may help:

https://www.cvent.com/en/certification/cvent-student-certifications

https://aws.amazon.com/certification/

https://www.facebook.com/business/learn/certification

https://www.thebridalsociety.com/certification-conferences

https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming

https://www.strikingly.com/ (make a portfolio for free!) (April, 2020)

Student

United States

I NEED

Family, friends, support, fondness, job. (October, 2020)

Student

Austria

SOLUTIONS

We need an effective vaccine that will protect the population and allow it to travel normally. (August, 2020)

Tourism employee

Slovenia

EXPLOITATION

https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75 - link to the article written by Yuval Noah Harari that I find curious, as it opens many cotroversial questions and dilemas for the future - as the author states amongst other emphases - a shift from “over the skin” to “under the skin” surveillance, with the use od biometric data. (April, 2020)

Student

Slovenia

OTHER / SPOTTED

Impact of COVID-19 on Travel: Foreign Travel Industry Needs an Immediate Rescue Plan:

This article is based on India's data but it could be translated to all the other countries in the world affected by coronavirus, because it is hitting the tourism sector the same way everywhere.

First it states that globally there is already an economic recession due to the fact that more than one-third of the global population is under restrictions. One of the worst-hit sectors is the tourism travel industry, not only by the evidence of the quarantine but also the cancellation of all the international flights. Currency exchange market depends a lot on travelling so it will drop off incredibly.

During the last years tourism was unstoppably growing in India but now this sector will have just to fight for survival, because even if quarantine ends and people go back to their jobs, travelling will probably still be restricted. He is also stating that in many countries the governments already started up plans for saving the tourism sector but India is not one of them, and should start working on that.

He gives four possible solutions to it: Cancel or postpone the proposed TCS on foreign travel that was introduced in the Finance Bill (2020), One-year GST Relief, Exclusive Fund Allocation for the Tourism Sector, Interest-free Credit Facilities for the Travel Sector.

See the original file here: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/348757 (April, 2020)

Student

Spain