COVID-19: how can travel medicine benefit from tourism’s focus on people during a pandemic?
Abstract In 2020, COVID-19 affected every aspect of life around the globe. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 through travel led to lockdowns, travel bans and border closures, crippling the tourism industry. Without tourists, there would be no tourism industry—and no travel medicine. Therefore, scholars start...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ddae95f7c3b64d078582ccbc5952040b 2023-05-15T15:07:12+02:00 COVID-19: how can travel medicine benefit from tourism’s focus on people during a pandemic? Irmgard L. Bauer 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00182-6 https://doaj.org/article/ddae95f7c3b64d078582ccbc5952040b EN eng BMC https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00182-6 https://doaj.org/toc/2055-0936 doi:10.1186/s40794-022-00182-6 2055-0936 https://doaj.org/article/ddae95f7c3b64d078582ccbc5952040b Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2022) SARS-CoV-2 Risk Perception Mass Gatherings Tourism Employees Discrimination Infectious Diseases Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s40794-022-00182-6 2022-12-30T20:14:03Z Abstract In 2020, COVID-19 affected every aspect of life around the globe. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 through travel led to lockdowns, travel bans and border closures, crippling the tourism industry. Without tourists, there would be no tourism industry—and no travel medicine. Therefore, scholars started to research the human aspect of tourism immediately to develop strategies for economic recovery. The resulting insights are useful for travel medicine not only to see how tourism dealt with a medical crisis but also to understand travellers better who may be seeking health advice during and after a pandemic. This article presents tourism research of 2020 covering risk perception and travel intentions including mass-gatherings, the use of technology to protect from infection, impacts on tourism workers, residents’ reactions to potentially infected travellers, discrimination, and racism. A potential fork in the road to tourism’s future may have implications for travel health practitioners. Research recommendations conclude the paper. Understanding the industry response during the early days of panic and uncertainty may help prepare not only appropriate guidelines for travellers but also clearer instructions for tourism, transportation, and hospitality in anticipation of the next pandemic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines 8 1 |
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Abstract In 2020, COVID-19 affected every aspect of life around the globe. The spread of SARS-CoV-2 through travel led to lockdowns, travel bans and border closures, crippling the tourism industry. Without tourists, there would be no tourism industry—and no travel medicine. Therefore, scholars started to research the human aspect of tourism immediately to develop strategies for economic recovery. The resulting insights are useful for travel medicine not only to see how tourism dealt with a medical crisis but also to understand travellers better who may be seeking health advice during and after a pandemic. This article presents tourism research of 2020 covering risk perception and travel intentions including mass-gatherings, the use of technology to protect from infection, impacts on tourism workers, residents’ reactions to potentially infected travellers, discrimination, and racism. A potential fork in the road to tourism’s future may have implications for travel health practitioners. Research recommendations conclude the paper. Understanding the industry response during the early days of panic and uncertainty may help prepare not only appropriate guidelines for travellers but also clearer instructions for tourism, transportation, and hospitality in anticipation of the next pandemic. |
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