Covid-19 and the future of tourism
The tourism, the economy, and many activities of our society have experienced periods of development and stagnation throughout history, which we could characterize as true cycles in their evolution. When conducting a historical analysis of the evolution of tourism, specific aspects and factors can be identified that explain the stagnation…
The pandemic and its cost on the emotional health and productivity of staff in the hotel sector
The hotel industry and tourism have faced challenging days since March 2020, when the WHO officially announced the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has presented challenges and highlighted the sector’s resilience and adaptability. Today, we can say that we have learned some lessons, but the situation remains changing and…
Tourism Reactivation: An Unavoidable Challenge
Tourism, before the pandemic, was Peru’s third economic force, after mining and agro-export. This activity represented 4% of the country’s GDP, with revenues of almost $5.2 billion and, most importantly, generated more than 1.3 million direct and indirect jobs. All the success story was lost during the health crisis. We…
Practitioners of Tourism: A Bet for the Sector’s Reactivation
“`html Since the beginning of the lockdown in early 2020, we have experienced countless situations in various aspects of our lives. Some of the lessons learned during this time lead us to reflect on how quickly we have adopted different scenarios, moving from complicated to ‘everything is possible’. At the…
Perspectives of tourism in the context of a global socio-environmental crisis
La crisis sanitaria de COVID-19 ha llevado países a implementar medidas que han afectado profundamente las movilidades mundiales. Estudios realizados en el extremo sur de Chile buscan evaluar los impactos de las crisis socioambientales, sanitaria y climática y las perspectivas para la reactivación del turismo. Evaluando tendencias internacionales y entrevistando a actores locales se observa que la región de Aysén podría verse beneficiada con la evolución de los intereses de viajeros para un destino de naturaleza alejado de grandes centros urbanos. Sin embargo la reactivación del turismo se enfrenta a un escenario social y ambiental complejo que obliga a pensar en modelos alternativos adaptados a un escenario de mayor incertidumbre y de la necesaria protección de la naturaleza.