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May 03, 2021
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Travel Weekly’s April 19 feature story pondered the idea that the tourism industry would sharpen its post-Covid focus on sustainability. The story states: “Indeed, more than a year into the pandemic, it appears the Covid-19 shutdown of most international travel has advanced a number of sustainability initiatives.
“The formation last July of the Future of Tourism Coalition underscores the eagerness among players across the industry to work more closely together on rebuilding tourism better. What started with just 22 signatories is now an amalgam of more than 500 companies, destinations, academics and policymakers from around the globe,” the story continues.
The ideas of conservation and sustainability in the tourism industry have been around a long time of course. But the pause of the pandemic has allowed the industry to take a collective step back and assess the world around it. For one thing, we’ve learned that nothing can be taken for granted, and that
Jan 28, 2021
Travel advisors have an opportunity to affect global change for the better
There are many ways that COVID-19 has changed our world. But there’s a consensus on the fact that the pandemic has had a devastating impact on the travel industry, from large destinations to small communities. According to the World Health Organization, “The decline in the first ten months of the year [2020] represents 900 million fewer international tourist arrivals compared to the same period in 2019 and translates into a loss of US$935 billion in export revenues from international tourism.” The UN World Tourism Organization concurs: “The latest data indicate that the year 2020 will end with an overall decline of 70% to 75% in international tourist arrivals.”