Tourism, safety and COVID-19 : security, digitization and tourist behaviour

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    • Monaco, Salvatore

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Tourism, safety and COVID-19 : security, digitization and tourist behaviour

Salvatore Monaco

(Routledge insights in tourism series)

Routledge, 2022

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book offers empirical insights on key challenges faced by the travel and tourism industries in the post-COVID-19 era. The desire to make tourism safe is gaining ground, but what does this mean? This book explores the guarantees travelers want in the postpandemic era and how individual territories are predicting and responding to these needs. It explores the role of innovation and digital solutions, assures tourists different ways of using services, both physical and digital. It considers how the commitment of smart tourist cities to technology, sustainability and accessibility is able not only to improve the quality of travelers' tourist experience, but also the quality of life of local inhabitants. This book considers the main solutions that many destinations are already experimenting, around the world to respond to the new safety demands of travelers.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Tourism and COVID-19: Among Desire to Travel, New Fears and Opportunities Chapter 1: Tourism, Security and Crisis ManagementIntroduction 1. Tourism does not go on vacation 2. Tourism and Health 3. Tourism Management Plans during times of COVID-19 emergency Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 2: Innovation in Post-COVID Tourism: From Big Data to Artificial Intelligence and Tourism Rebound Introduction 1. It all started in China... 2. Taiwan does not stand by 3. The uniqueness of Japan 4. The young South Korea 5. What changes occurred from East to West? Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 3: How to Choose Safe Destinations: From 'communitycation' to New Digital Analysis Tools Introduction 1. Beyond the official sources: the tourist communitycation 2. Updated maps and websites 3. Other services approaching the new normality 4. The Algorithm of Decision Support for travelers Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 4: A System in Crisis: Means of Transport in Search of Solutions and New Functions to withstand the Pandemic Introduction 1. Air transport 2. Rail transport 3. Sea transport Conclusions Bibliography Chapter 5: Being a Tourist without Moving: Stationary Tourism as an Alternative Strategy for Traveling Introduction 1. Tourist complexity redesigned by new technologies 2. Some global initiatives 3. Not just museums... 4. Tourism experiences through games 5. The main solutions for holding large-scale events Conclusions Bibliography Conclusion: A Look to the Future

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  • NCID
    BC10170479
  • ISBN
    • 9781032049205
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 164 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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