TOURISM MEANS

Tourism is an important part of my life as I have been working in tourism for over 10 years. It represents work, pleasure and joy to me. (August, 2020)

Tourism employee

Slovenia

CHALLENGES

Zero income. Cancellations or changing dates to next year, so business is lost to this season (May, 2020)

Tourism or convention office, event organizer

United Kingdom

CONCERNS

Although Covid-19 is likely the biggest global crisis since the second world war, it is still dwarfed in the long term by climate change. Yet the two problems have suggestive similarities. Both will require unusual levels of global cooperation. Both demand changes in behaviour today in the name of reducing suffering tomorrow. (April, 2020)

Student

Bosnia Herzegovina

IDEAS

Reach out to personal connections or recruiters on LinkedIn looking for opportunities for remote, unpaid work to gain experience and to professors about unpaid/not-for-credit undergraduate research opportunities. (April, 2020)

Student

United States

I CAN OFFER

I can speak about my experiences in tennis coaching and mountainbike guiding while the crisis. All the points you have to note before starting the training and how you have to handle the customers. (October, 2020)

Student

Austria

I NEED

Till we get an idea of what will be allowed and under what terms it is hard to know resources needed we can only speculate. Maybe it would be god to ask people if they would we willing to travel if 1) quarantine in place 2) only social distancing in place and other questions that we have but I think this is up to regulators - country to make that steps. (April, 2020)

Tourism employee

Slovenia

SOLUTIONS

Although I mostly organize trips abroad, I have now prepared trips around Slovenia. I would not call this a good practice, but saving the company from collapse if the crisis does not end. (August, 2020)

Tourism employee

Slovenia

EXPLOITATION

Criminals phishing company details to claim subsidies entitled for small businesses in various states of Germany. (May, 2020)

Researcher, academic

Germany

OTHER / SPOTTED

12 World-Class Museums You Can Visit Online

This article is not very related to the disease Coronavirus, but this technology can be used in those days too. On the website of those 12 museums and galleries is directly written, that they are closed until further notice, but they offer the visitors online exhibitions and virtual tours.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75809/12-world-class-museums-you-can-visit-online (April, 2020)

Student

Czech Republic