{"id":40827,"date":"2020-06-20T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=40827"},"modified":"2020-06-21T20:08:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T19:08:20","slug":"imagining-a-post-pandemic-tourism-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2020\/06\/imagining-a-post-pandemic-tourism-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagining a post-pandemic tourism industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sqs-layout sqs-grid-12 columns-12\" data-updated-on=\"1585058846746\" data-type=\"item\" data-layout-label=\"Post Body\">\n<div class=\"row sqs-row\">\n<div class=\"col sqs-col-12 span-12\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40848\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RESETtheworld-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo showing a button with the words 'press to reset the world'.\" width=\"1421\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RESETtheworld-1.jpg 1421w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RESETtheworld-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RESETtheworld-1-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/RESETtheworld-1-768x435.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1421px) 100vw, 1421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">N<\/span><strong><em>ow is the time<\/em><\/strong> for academics, practitioners, travelers, and humans to take a pause, reflect, then unite &#8211; We are in the middle of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2020\/03\/11\/814474930\/coronavirus-covid-19-is-now-officially-a-pandemic-who-says\">global pandemic<\/a> &#8211; a time where flights are grounded, <a href=\"https:\/\/skift.com\/2020\/03\/15\/the-day-the-world-stopped-traveling-a-letter-from-skift-founder\/?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=84805732&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--2fIVjbT_1zarqqFwLxFaDb4q0wpujm4PvCTvSYFar13fnzqvQ7r3pJwsARfxgumu-DtFBAmN_bxuTlN-idI7aNcHsiA&amp;_hsmi=84805732\">travel bans ordered,<\/a> people <a href=\"https:\/\/health.clevelandclinic.org\/covid-19-understanding-quarantine-isolation-and-social-distancing-in-a-pandemic\/\">quarantined<\/a>, news alerts 24-7 &#8211; people are afraid, anxious, and depressed &#8211; especially within our tourism world.\u00a0 Tourism is more than getting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/travel-interests\/arts-and-culture\/how-instagram-is-changing-travel\/\">photo<\/a> for \u2018Instagram\u2019 &#8211; we are feeling that more than ever &#8211; the reality of not traveling to experience a culture, destination &#8211; indulge in culinary experiences &#8211; taste wine at a festival &#8211; listen to street performers amongst strangers &#8211; get lost in street murals &#8211; hug our family and friends &#8211; instead, we are realizing the reality of what a life of isolation feels like \u2026 a life void of travel. Travel is a series of social encounters worth saving for what they can add to our education and empathy as well as our enjoyment.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Now is the time<\/em><\/strong> to redesign our tourism landscape and industry to be sustainable and truly equitable.\u00a0 We\u2019ve all heard it before &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/travel\/features\/what-sustainable-tourism-means\/\">sustainability<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotourism.org\/\">ecotourism<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/skift.com\/2018\/08\/14\/the-genesis-of-overtourism-why-we-came-up-with-the-term-and-whats-happened-since\/\">over tourism<\/a> &#8211; but who was really listening?\u00a0 Sure, steps were taken with select hospitality and tourism businesses\/destinations toward <a href=\"https:\/\/hospitalityinsights.ehl.edu\/hotels-single-use-plastics-ban\">limiting plastics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wastecare.com\/Articles\/Waste_Reduction_Recycling_Tips_Hotels.htm\">increasing recycling<\/a>, providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitneyplantation.org\/\">counter-narratives<\/a> and experiences &#8211; but was it enough?\u00a0 With this global pandemic there is an opportunity for a true RESET of tourism. Such a RESET is more than lip service or greenwashing of brochures; rather, it is about planning a tourism future not fueled solely by demand but guided by an ethics of care, social and environmental justice, and racial reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article by Drs. Alderman, Benjamin, &amp; Dillette, originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourismreset.com\/news\/2020\/3\/24\/now-is-the-time-to-press-reset-imagining-a-post-pandemic-tourism-industry\">Tourism RESET<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sqs-block image-block sqs-block-image\" data-block-type=\"5\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div class=\" image-block-outer-wrapper layout-caption-below design-layout-inline combination-animation-none individual-animation-none individual-text-animation-none\" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\">\n<div class=\" image-block-wrapper has-aspect-ratio\" data-animation-role=\"image\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global pandemic has provided an opportunity to redesign the tourism landscape and industry to be sustainable and truly equitable &#8211; and to reform the industry\u2019s exploitations of people and places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,16,130,138,535],"tags":[3516],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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