Risk and crisis management

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Five key challenges for the travel & tourism industry: PATA Chair

August 27, 2024
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Five key challenges for the travel & tourism industry: PATA Chair Peter Semone who was joined by PATA CEO Noor Ahmad Hamid at the media briefing at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand on the eve of PATA Travel Mart 2024, August 27

Pacific Asia Travel Asso­ci­ation (PATA) Chair Peter Semone iden­ti­fied five key chal­lenges for the travel & tour­ism industry dur­ing a media brief­ing on the eve of PATA Travel Mart 2024: Crises of all sorts “There will be more crises,’ Mr Semone said. “Health crises, nat­ur­al dis­asters, and polit­ic­al unrest. They all affect tour­ism.  “Remem­ber, tour­ism is […]

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What did tourism learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?

February 8, 2024

What was the main lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has the travel & tourism industry learned it? Base image generated by DALL-E, which was prompted for a surrealist image of a viral particle in front of a classroom. "GT" added 'Lessons'.

What was the main les­son of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, and has the travel & tour­ism industry learned it? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the ques­tion to the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers in the “GT” net­work, invit­ing emailed writ­ten responses of no more than 300 words.  Thanks to the 10 respond­ents who shared their thoughts […]

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What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2028?

December 19, 2023
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What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2028? Cobra image by P Schreiner (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/line-cobra-dangerous-reptile-1974382/

Over the next five years, what is the single biggest chal­lenge or threat facing tour­ism where you work, or that you have iden­ti­fied through your research and study?  And what are the key strategies that your organ­isa­tion, des­tin­a­tion, or the industry at large should employ to over­come it? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the […]

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The great realignment: What caused tourism’s labour crisis & how do we fix it?

February 14, 2023
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Hospitality, travel, and tourism is experiencing a labour crisis. Sign image by Gerd Altmann (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/illustrations/sign-work-attitude-workplace-1020318/

After lay­ing off so many people dur­ing the COVID lock­downs, the travel, tour­ism, and hos­pit­al­ity sec­tors now face a labour crisis. Frédéric Dimanche points to causes and pos­its solu­tions. Last year ended on a pos­it­ive note for the travel & tour­ism industry as it over­came its greatest chal­lenge, the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic.  Des­pite the Rus­si­an invasion […]

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How can travel & tourism help save heritage sites from climate change?

December 6, 2022

How can travel & tourism help save heritage sites from climate change? Venice image by Albrecht Fietz (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/venice-italy-island-historic-center-7572877/

Travel & tour­ism and nat­ur­al and cul­tur­al her­it­age are often inter­de­pend­ent. So how should tour­ism respond to wor­ries that cli­mate change threatens her­it­age sites? It’s a ques­tion posed by Kev­in Phun in this “Good Tour­ism” Insight. Can tour­ism enable and enhance cli­mate change mit­ig­a­tion and adapt­a­tion meas­ures? Can tour­ist activ­it­ies help increase loc­al com­munit­ies’ resi­li­ence?  Global […]

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What are tourism’s biggest challenges & threats over the next five years to 2027?

November 22, 2022

Tourism's challenges and threats. Cobra image by P Schreiner (CC0) via Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/line-cobra-dangerous-reptile-1974382/

Over the next five years, what is the single biggest chal­lenge or threat facing tour­ism where you work, or that you have iden­ti­fied through your research and study?  And what are the key strategies that your organ­isa­tion, des­tin­a­tion, or the industry at large should employ to over­come it? It’s a “Good Tour­ism” Insight Bites ques­tion. Your cor­res­pond­ent put the […]

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