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Is Virtual Tourism A Viable Future For The Travel Industry?

The Horizons Tracker

The tourism industry has ground to a halt as a result of the coronavirus pandemic that has severely limited international travel. The pandemic has been the making of many technologies, and new research from Augusta University explores whether it might do likewise for virtual travel. ” Virtual tourism.

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How Can the Travel Industry Overcome the Impact of COVID?

Strategy Driven

One of the hardest hit industries during the coronavirus pandemic has been travel and tourism. Whether it’s regularly for business or to get away on a summer holiday, we’ve all been unable to venture to where we need or want to as a result of major travel restrictions. What are the challenges that travel businesses have faced?

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Destination Reassures Travellers with Rollout of Jamaica Cares

CEO Insider

As the global pandemic continues to evolve, tourism leaders must focus on creatively reimagining the industry to keep current and future travellers engaged. Our emphasis is on minimizing health risks, while reinvigorating our tourism-dependent economy. Most importantly, […]. Most importantly, […].

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How Social Media Changed Tourism Marketing

Strategy Driven

The travel and hospitality sector is one of those areas. The travel industry has particularly benefited from this change. Over 97 percent of millennials share photos and videos of their travels online, according to Entrepreneur , and the travel industry is catching on.

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Study Says Staycations Are Here To Stay

The Horizons Tracker

Tourism and hotel experts from the U.S. The study found that this trend is still popular and is likely to stick around as a regular part of the tourism industry. The study found that this trend is still popular and is likely to stick around as a regular part of the tourism industry. It also collected data from the U.S.,

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Will The Remote Work Boom See A Rise In Digital Nomadism?

The Horizons Tracker

To say travel has been disrupted this year is perhaps something of an understatement. While newspaper headlines have examined the travails of the tourism industry and the impact reductions in business travel is having on the sector, they are not the only group for whom travel restrictions have had a profound impact.

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Has Covid-19 Made Tourists More Price Sensitive?

The Horizons Tracker

Travel and tourism have been hugely disrupted by the lockdown measures introduced to try and stem the spread of Covid-19 around the world. The pandemic has had an obvious impact on all aspects of the economy, and tourism has been no exception. Challenging conditions. ”

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