TOURISM MEANS

Passion and exploring the life from all angles. (November, 2020)

sustainable tourism advocate

Italy

CHALLENGES

A complete drop in sales. (August, 2020)

Tourism employee

Slovenia

CONCERNS

The unemployment rate is extremely high during the COVID-19 period. This industry may prefer employees with decades of practical experience instead of graduates with a high-level educational background, let alone in the pandemic period. Such a phenomenon arouses people's bias in working in this industry - job discrimination existed - In many Asian countries, parents won't suggest their kids work for a hotel (not a "decent" job + low salaries/wages) comparing to studying engineer/medicine/CS, etc. (April, 2020)

Student

United States

IDEAS

We are going to focus on local/regional tourists.

People are going to want more sincere/personal contact in this new sterile world.

Our destination is going to gain from the crisis and become an niche destination for aero tourists, since we have a small, not very frequent airport :D (April, 2020)

Tourism business representative

Slovenia

I CAN OFFER

Resources that each of us can contribute is humanity. It is important that even in such difficult times as these, no one forgets about the other. And because I am still quite young and fit, I can try to help others who are not doing so well as much as possible with all the possibilities I have. (December, 2020)

Student

Austria

I NEED

Family, friends, support, fondness, job. (October, 2020)

Student

Austria

SOLUTIONS

Review how a fine dining restaurant rely on their sense of quality and care to give confidence e.g. Aimsir 2 Michelan Star Restaurant www.aimsir.ie (May, 2020)

Researcher, academic

Ireland {Republic}

EXPLOITATION

Lots of people lose their jobs do to this crisis. Employees have to get rid of a lot of job places because they need to safe money and the people who are still working for this company get less paid than before. Lots of employees in Austria exploited the "Kurzarbeit" because they got money from the government but the workers in this company still worked the same amount of hours than before, but they got less income. (October, 2020)

Student

Austria

OTHER / SPOTTED

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)

Researcher, academic

Japan