Category: Opinion

Travel like a peacemaker

For the founder of MEDJI Tours, the stories of the people who live where we travel should be at the heart of our travel experiences. He explains why the company started a livestream to connect travellers with storytellers from all over the world, and how travel can be used to build bridges between people.

Aviation: no going back

Writer and environmentalist Jonathon Porritt hopes the current pandemic will result in some kind of flight path for the airline industry’s sustainable future, with governments playing a key role in ensuring that bailouts are dependant on decarbonisation efforts.

COVID-19 and the prospects for the radical transformation of tourism

Despite advances in the argument for a transformation of tourism brought about by the pandemic crisis, there is a need for a more robust, multi-scale policy of intervention to challenge the power of tourism capital.

Why gender should be at the heart of COVID-19 recovery

Equality in Tourism trustee, Angela Kalisch, writes about why gender should be at the forefront of the Travel Foundation’s call to put communities at the centre of recovery from COVID-19.

Tourism marketing’s fight for survival offers a chance for reinvention

How long can DMOs survive without their traditional sources of funding and how will tourism marketing look post-coronavirus? Despite unprecedented challenges, this crisis is also an opportunity for the industry to reinvent itself.

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