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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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Take care of your employees, customers, and business partners, foster an atmosphere of trust and use the time to foster a growth mindset as well as offer (cross-)trainings, webinars, explore ideas of your employees (May, 2020)
A chance to learn about new things, meet new people, see different way of living and find a new part of yourself. (May, 2020)
For me as a person who travels a lot, it feels like I’m missing a part of freedom. Also, I am doing a lot of sports and it is not very motivating, if it’s unsure if the event in some other country will take place, and if yes, if I can travel their without going in quarantine or without any travel restrictions. (October, 2020)
After the crisis, people's attitudes towards attending events may change. What are they looking for in the future in the aspect of virtual meeting? (April, 2020)
Remind the people of all the good things globalisation and travell brought, because they're focused only on the negative in this situation. (April, 2020)
I want to give you free insights, inspiration, information and best practices from which you can learn – to open and take your hostel or other type of accommodation to the next level. https://hostelobserver.com/ (July, 2020)
Undisturbed places in the forest where I can swim in the forest, so to speak. Where I can relax and recover from everyday life. (June, 2020)
The best solution in my opinion is, that we have to digitize the workflow and learn to handle the e-progress. (December, 2020)
Social media influencers using it for attention; politicians making speeches to further their own agendas and blame various other parties instead of taking responsibility. Others whom are price gouging, being rude and inconsiderate, unfortunately this list goes on and on and on. (March, 2020)
Thank you so much for putting this together it is truly amazing and I hope it makes a difference. (April, 2020)