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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::
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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Knowledge from being a general manager in a huge hostel. Project Management in a digital association. Online Marketing. Connecting technologies and trends to use them for business models for growth strategies. Motivation, enthusiasm and a "never give up, your survival is just an idea away" mentality! (May, 2020)
Its my life; its the spreading of ideas and culture and my job. (April, 2020)
[Professor] To prepare my students for a post-COVID-19 world. (May, 2020)
- 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)
Rebuilding tourism will demand yoint cooperation of all stakeholders being focused on local challenges. Concept of Impact Tourism enables such cooperation and is easily managable and effective way to rebuild tourism with maximised positive impact on society. (March, 2020)
I am availible if people want to talk - wheter they have troubles accepting these new situation. (March, 2020)
Until people start traveling again, we need financial support from the state or the European Union so that the company does not go bankrupt. (September, 2020)
The best solution in my opinion is, that we have to digitize the workflow and learn to handle the e-progress. (December, 2020)
The media partly exploit the situation of the pandemic to get attention and generate sales. However, the media is not aware, or perhaps unfortunately they are - even sadder that this hype in the media - can make the population sick. (October, 2020)
It's been about 30 years since I started this job. I have experienced the collapse of the Internet bubble, the Lehman shock, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and so on. Marketing techniques such as sales measures, cost control, and attracting customers during these times are the know-how of tourism that cannot be learned in normal times. (June, 2020)