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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.

TOURISM MEANS

The possibility to travel not only with our mind, but also with our bodies.. meet new cultures, new people and be ready for new adventures. (April, 2020)

Student

Italy

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Singapore

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Slovakia

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TOURISM MEANS

A chance to learn about new things, meet new people, see different way of living and find a new part of yourself. (May, 2020)

Student

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

I am currently concerned with the timeline. The hospitality and tourism industry will take some time to recover, but there are contrasting views on how quickly the industry will recover. Some have more bullish views and believe that once an "all-clear" is issued we will have an influx of discretionary income spending from "stir-crazy" individuals. Others have more bearish views and believe that the risk aversion associated with the Coronavirus will have a more prolonged effect even after an "all-clear" is issued. (April, 2020)

Student

United States

IDEAS

- Start a remote event planning company with free consultations to entice customers to pick YOU as their event planner. Whenever this lockdown ends, people will be desperate to be outdoors and with others again, which means events will be in high-demand (everything from weddings to conferences to children’s birthday parties). (April, 2020)

Tourism or convention office, event organizer

United States

I CAN OFFER

I can keep people company or help them with basic info about how to use electronic devices to keep in touch with friend and relatives. (April, 2020)

Student

Slovenia

I NEED

Stay in touch with other researchers, especially as we move out of this. (April, 2020)

Researcher, academic

Canada

SOLUTIONS

For hotels and even other tourism companies!

https://www.cayugacollection.com/believe-with-us-in-a-future-of-extraordinary-travel/ (April, 2020)

Student

Germany

EXPLOITATION

There have been cases I heard of where companies would apply for financial support from the government, even though they where not entitled to get it and had no real need for it. (June, 2020)

Student

Austria

OTHER / SPOTTED

We need to raise more awareness about the 'Anthropocene' and the need to move to a form of ecological tourism. (July, 2020)

Researcher, academic

Cyprus

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