As a young person, what initiatives would you recommend to revive cultural tourism in a post-pandemic world, and to promote inclusive, community-driven and sustainable.
What initiatives would you recommend to revive cultural tourism in a post-pandemic world
The pandemic has caused 100 million direct tourism jobs to be at risk.
Women, who make up 54 percent of the tourism workforce, and youth have been particularly affecte d by disruptions to cultural tourism worldwide.
As a young person, what initiatives would you recommend to revive cultural tourism in a post-pandemic world, and to promote inclusive, community-driven and sustainable.
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Tourism continues to be one of the sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and the outlook remains highly uncertain.
OECD expects international tourism to fall by around 80% in 2020.
Destinations that rely heavily on international, business and events tourism are particularly struggling, with many coastal, regional and rural areas faring better than cities.
Encouraging news on vaccines has booste d hopes for recovery but challenges remain, with the sector expected to remain in survival mode until well into 2021.
Domestic tourism has restarted and is helping to mitigate the impact on jobs and businesses in some destinations.
However, real recovery will only be possible when international tourism returns.
This requires global co-operation and evidence-base d solutions so travel restrictions can be safely lifte d.
The survival of businesses throughout the tourism ecosystem is at risk
without continued government support and although governments have taken impressive action to cushion the blow to tourism,
to minimise job losses and to build recovery in 2021 and beyond,
more needs to be done, and in a more co-ordinate d way.
While flexible policy solutions are need ed to enable the tourism economy
to live alongside the virus in the short to medium term, it is important to
look beyond this and take steps to learn from the crisis.
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