TOURISM MEANS

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

sustainable tourism advocate

Italy

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

Getting enough income.

Right now, we needed to shut down our shop and are not giving tours. So it can be, that we need to let some people go.

We also need to take care of staying in contact with our stakeholders comunity, in order not to loose them during the COVID19. (April, 2020)

Tourism business representative

Slovenia

IDEAS

Holidays should be repositioned as a big deal, something meaningful and highly valued and also carefully planned with consideration for environmental ressources and human concerns. We would think more about what we really want for our money. Most people buy far too many things they don’t need, including myself! (May, 2020)

Researcher, academic

France

I CAN OFFER

Social (online) support! As mentioned previously, providing social interaction through technology and media platforms greatly helps and keeps everyones mind busy while providing social interaction to ease the lockdown induced loneliness. I would also be able to provide the resource of shopping for the elderly in my community, which I have done twice this previous month, in order to allow the elderly to stay home and get safely delivered food and not have to possible expose themselves to the virus. Anything we can do to help everyone struggling to get through this time. (April, 2020)

Student

United States

I NEED

Government help, compensation for cancelled events, financial support for digital transformation. (April, 2020)

Tourism or convention office, event organizer

Slovenia

SOLUTIONS

Regarding the tourism in Austria I think the best thing we can do as locals is to support the Austrian economic system. This starts with buying local products, spending "holiday" in Austria, visiting smaller restaurants or supporting smaller companies that fight to survive. (October, 2020)

Student

Austria

EXPLOITATION

Global airlines and hotels holding back payments or only providing credits to customers, yet laying people off, and seeking bailouts. (April, 2020)

Researcher, academic

Canada

OTHER / SPOTTED

12 World-Class Museums You Can Visit Online

This article is not very related to the disease Coronavirus, but this technology can be used in those days too. On the website of those 12 museums and galleries is directly written, that they are closed until further notice, but they offer the visitors online exhibitions and virtual tours.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75809/12-world-class-museums-you-can-visit-online (April, 2020)

Student

Czech Republic