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#TourismFromZero initiative

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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. 

So far we have received more than 900 responses in which these questions have been discussed::

  1. How should we IMAGINE tourism now that we have an opportunity to reset the way we do business?
  2. Which CHANGES would you like to see? If any?
  3. What are your CHALLENGES and CONCERNS?
  4. 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.

Don't forget to share YOUR insights (for the first time or again, with new observations):

  

The 10 quotes below are updated every few minutes and elephant word-clouds are recalculated regularly based on your new survey entries. You have to refresh the page or revisit us every so often to see the changed content.

IDEAS

All my writing at the moment is exploring how we respond. This was my previous article: https://news.wtm.com/a-future-template-for-resilience-how-we-can-repurpose-tourism-and-champion-local-areas/

My next one, published later this week, looks at how we maintain solidarity during the challenging times ahead. It will also be on WTM's website. (April, 2020)

Inventor, consultant

France

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Tourism business representative

Bosnia Herzegovina

Tourist

Singapore

Tourism business representative

Slovakia

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TOURISM MEANS

Tourism means a lot to me because I have been working in it all my life. I have previously worked in youth tourism for seven years and have been running my own travel agency for the last 23 years. (July, 2020)

Tourism employee

Slovenia

CHALLENGES

How to organize trips in the future to be safe and attractive to people .. How to encourage people to travel as before the crisis. (July, 2020)

Tourism employee

Slovenia

CONCERNS

Due to a death by covid 19 in our family we were very affected. I am cautious and follow the information provided by the experts. (June, 2020)

Student

Austria

IDEAS

The extra time students hopefully have during quarantine could be used for the following things:

- Complete projects (even if they’re not assigned by school) to demonstrate different facets of my skill set, for example, publishing a paper or article on LinkedIn analyzing the economic impacts of COVID-19 on a specific hospitality company (such as Marriott, Disney, Carnival, etc.), including suggestions for recovery.

- Get certifications or complete LinkedIn Learning classes to demonstrate interest and/or expertise in a certain skill, ex) Google AdWords, Cvent, Microsoft Suite, etc.

- Create a digital portfolio showcasing accomplishments during college.

- Learn an in-demand skill that is relevant to companies that are not being as terribly impacted as the hospitality and tourism industry. For example, learning coding languages, as IT is a needed skill presently to support means of digital connection. (April, 2020)

Student

United States

I CAN OFFER

The best resource I can offer to others is the power to brainstorm new ideas to improve the service processes in our tourism facilities. Just with a lot of innovation and new ways of service it is possible to reach the end with a success and not become a victim of it. (June, 2020)

Student

Italy

I NEED

I think that in the current situation we need in particular some workshops on current topics in tourism, as well as mentoring. Of course, the opportunity to gain experience in tourism companies. (April, 2020)

Student

Slovenia

SOLUTIONS

Creating new programs and business solutions for small owners that need an extra boost. Sort of a platform for revitalization, shift, changing mind patterns of business owners and transforming them into new stories adapting the situations. (March, 2020)

Tourism business representative

Slovenia

EXPLOITATION

Some companies, especially in the medical and hygiene sector, have certainly been able to use the pandemic to their advantage. (October, 2020)

Student

Austria

OTHER / SPOTTED

Whilst this is major setback for tourism as we know it and many businesses will suffer as a result, I at least hope this will present an opportunity for the industry to change for the better. A more sustainable approach to tourism is needed, perhaps this will kick start it. (May, 2020)

Tourism business representative

United Kingdom

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Some activities within this AIRTH and Tourism 4.0 initiative are part of Tourism 4.0 TRL 3-6 project