
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a systemic change to the travel sector. Between April 2020 and February 2022, a diversity of studies, articles and think-pieces were published on this topic. Some of these have shared information on the impacts of our dramatically changed travel patterns on industry and destinations, suggestions of proactive approaches, and some provide market insights.
By February 2022 this list reached over 1500 resources, which provide quick-links to people looking for insights and ideas. The collection has benefited from contributions of many people. I hope the list helps as we try to understand the implications of this massive global challenge, and move towards a better future.
April 2020 to February 2022
Page contents
Would you like to help? | – Fundraising for tourism-related conservation and livelihoods initiatives affected by COVID-19 |
Section 1: Ideas to help resilience and recovery | – Policy and development responses – Guidance for the operation of tourism in the wake of COVID-19 – Funding and support – Employment – Resilience and recovery – Opinions and think pieces – Hotel, tour, destination and aviation responses – Top tips and best practices – Collections of resources |
Section 2: Market research and intelligence | – Market intelligence – Economy and investment – Conservation and wildlife tourism – Resource libraries – COVID-19 |
Section 3: Impacts on tourism and destinations | – Impacts during crisis recovery – Impacts on the tourism economy and employment – Impacts on the environment and wildlife – Climate impacts – Impacts on crowded destinations and overtourism – Closures and calls to ‘stay away’ – Booking platforms and sharing economy – Accommodation, tours and restaurants – Cruise ships – Airlines – Travellers |
Section 4. Virtual tours and ideas to keep us inspired | – Virtual tours – Articles |



Would you like to help? Access to this resource list is free of charge. If you would like to contribute towards initiatives that are supporting conservation and local livelihoods until tourism recovers, please consider helping one or more of the following initiatives:
- #Shongweni67 – Gofundme
- Covid19 Pandemic Recovery Campaign – Justice Tourism Foundation, Uganda
- COVID-19 SOS Benguerra – andBeyond
- Be a conservation hero – Wilderness Safaris
- Uniting to support Africa’s rangers – Wildlife Ranger Challenge
- Coming together for Mara Naboisho COVID-19 appeal – Crowdfunder
- Victoria Falls Anti Poaching Unit – Gofundme
- Randilen Wildlife Management Area Team – JustGiving
- Training centre for Malagasy tourism workforce – Global Giving
- We’re raising £5,000 to Ride4Ranges and Mahenye Charitable Trust – Just Giving
- Turtle season crisis appeal – Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative
- Port Moresby Nature Park’s Wildlife Appeal – Gofundme
- Support us – Kasanka Trust, Zambia
- Help us to help our local conservation partners & staff get through this crisis – Coronavirus Appeal – Biosphere expeditions
- Make a donation– The Mara Triangle needs your help (video) – Mara Conservancy
- Food for Coffee Bay families during COVID-19 – Backabuddy
- Africa Foundation COVID-19 Campaign – andBeyond
- Project ranger: preventing a poaching pandemic – Great Plains Foundation
- Tourism in need – Tourism in need
- Book tickets for !Xaus Lodge and Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge relief fund – Quicket



Section 1: Ideas to help resilience and recovery
Policy and development responses:
- COVID-19: New Zealand reveals dates for opening borders in stages – SkyNews
- Australia wants to welcome back all international travellers by April – Time Out
- Bali to reopen for tourism to all countries starting February 4 – The Bali Sun
- Covid: Travel changes too late to halt potential new wave – scientist – BBC
- International arrivals to UK will need to take pre-departure Covid test – The Guardian
- Thailand reopens to vaccinated tourists from over 60 nations – BBC
- Covid: All countries to be removed from UK’s travel red list – BBC
- Most of the Caribbean is under a ‘Level 4’ travel warning. Islands still want visitors – Washington Post
- Indonesia Covid: Slow start as Bali re-opens to foreign tourists – BBC
- Thailand Reopens to Tourists – TravelBeginsAt40
- Australia international borders opening, but travellers and expats should not forget how they were treated – Traveller
- Covid threat looms over Thailand’s plans to open up to tourists – BBC
- Covid: Amber list scrapped as travel rules simplified – BBC
- England’s Covid travel rules spark outrage around the world – The Guardian
- East African bloc takes coordinated approach to tourism recovery – AA
- IATA Travel Pass Initiative – IATA
- IATA backs EU Digital Covid Certificate as the global standard – TravelMole
- EU Digital COVID Certificate – European Commission
- Fact Check: Are 9 EU Countries Accepting Covishield Vaccines for Travel In Spite of EU’s Decision Not To – Afar
- Vaccine Passports Are Getting a Bit Easier to Obtain—Here’s How to Get One – Schengen Visa Info
- How Iceland Is Rethinking Tourism for the Long Haul – CN Traveler
- EU and UK digital Covid certificates now compatible with IATA Travel Pass – TravelMole
- SA tourism body is lobbying UK politicians to remove country from ‘red list’ – Fin24
- Covid-19: Quarantine-free travel to France resumes as UK rules change – BBC
- Covid passports: How do they work around the world? BBC
- Norway to restart tourism with a bold, greener vision – My News Desk
- Vaccine passports to stay for ‘foreseeable future’ – TravelMole
- EXCLUSIVE Italy bans cruise liners from Venice, after years of hesitation – Reuters
- Amber list travel: places to visit this summer quarantine-free – The Guardian
- ‘Don’t Sacrifice Your Life to Visit the Taj Mahal’: India Reopens but Fear Pervades – The New York Times
- Thailand’s plans to fully re-open in doubt as virus cases spike – BBC
- Italy moves to halt overtourism before travel restarts – CNN Travel
- ‘Last one standing’: Delta variant poses threat to New Zealand’s Covid-free bubble – The Guardian
- Green list change prompts holiday pricing chaos – BBC
- UK eases Covid travel rules for tourist spots despite cabinet rift – The Guardian
- France and Denmark Open to Vaccinated Travelers – Afar
- Thailand confirms reopening plan from 1 July 2021 – TAT News
- Final approval given for EU Digital Covid Certificate – TravelMole
- How Rwanda plans to facilitate recovery in its hospitality sector – CNBC Africa
- Indonesian public servants will be working from Bali to boost the economy, but experts doubt the impact – ABC News
- Bali and the complexities of tourism re-opening in South East Asia – Asia Travel Re:Set
- Hawai‘i to Lift All Travel Restrictions Once Most Hawaiians Are Vaccinated – Afar
- EU COVID-19 certificates will be available to non-EU international travellers – TravelMole
- OECD launches tourism recovery blueprint – Breaking travel news
- Thailand prepares to drop quarantine for vaccinated inbound travelers to Phuket – Thai Island Times
- Covid: France imposes quarantine on UK travellers – BBC
- EU officially approves roll out of Digital Covid Certificate – TravelMole
- Iceland has reopened to travellers – here’s everything you need to know – AFAR
- Cambodia mulls international tourism restart late 2021 – TTG Asia
- EU unveils plans for overseas tourists to return – BBC
- Russians, vaccines, sun and sand to reactivate the Cuban tourism industry – El Pais
- These countries are open to vaccinated travellers – Afar
- EU approves use of vaccine certificates – TravelMole
- UK officials in talks with EU over reopening travel routes – The Guardian
- EU may let vaccinated Americans holiday in Europe this summer, says Brussels – The Guardian
- Spain to welcome overseas travellers with Covid certificates from June – The Guardian
- Maldives to offer holidaymakers vaccines on arrival in push to revive tourism – CNBC
- Trans-Tasman bubble’s unintended consequence’: Returning Kiwis’ transit flights through Australia cancelled – Stuff
- Expedia Group rolls out Covid-19 Advisor travel restriction tracking tool – TravelMole
- Covid: US rules out federal vaccine passports – BBC
- Australia and New Zealand to start quarantine-free travel – BBC
- Japan introducing digital vaccine certificates – TravelMole
- Welsh tourism sector can start to reopen from this weekend – The Guardian
- Allowing summer holidays abroad risks another lockdown, Johnson is warned – The Guardian
- Covid-19: Miami Beach imposes emergency curfew over spring break ‘chaos’ – BBC
- Covid: Summer holidays abroad ‘unlikely’, warns government adviser – BBC
- Covid: EU plans rollout of travel certificate before summer – BBC
- Covid: EU unveils ‘digital green certificate’ to allow citizens to travel – The Guardian
- Iceland opens borders to all vaccinated tourists – TravelMole
- Which countries are open to vaccinated travellers? Cyprus, Seychelles and more – Conde Naste Traveller
- Thailand launches yacht quarantine for tourists – BBC
- The countries that are closed to tourism – Independent
- Tightened travel restrictions underline current challenges for tourism – UNWTO
- How the Maldives became the biggest 2020 international tourism success story – CNN Travel
- Coronavirus: Tourism thrives in Mexico against the odds – DW
- Post-Covid tourism hopes buoyed by deal between Greece, Cyprus and Israel – The Guardian
- Covid-19: Hotel quarantine comes into force in UK – BBC
- ‘Too early’ to book summer holidays even in UK, says Johnson – The Guardian
- Bora Bora and Tahiti Have Closed Their Borders to Tourism – CNTraveller
- Greece and Israel first countries to confirm free access for vaccinated tourists – TravelMole
- Caribbean nations to introduce mandatory Covid tests – TravelMole
- Phuket plans to go it alone with private vaccination drive – TravelMole
- Thailand Sold Itself as a Paradise Covid Retreat. No One Came – Bloomberg
- Vaccine passports ‘essential’ for resumption of international travel – The Guardian
- International business travellers could be exempt from UK quarantine – TravelMole
- Coronavirus pandemic: Germany seeks EU deal to close ski resorts – BBC
- Overseas holiday ban to be lifted for whole of England – TravelMole
- Governments take steps to save tourism from COVID-19 – Peterson Institute for International Economics
- UK urged to open up transatlantic corridors as ‘Covid-free’ flight arrives– The Guardian
- Travel corridors saved only one in 10 holidays, says ABTA – TravelMole
- Rebuilding tourism for the future: COVID-19 policy responses and recovery – OECD
- Covid travel ban for visitors to UK from Denmark – BBC
- The response of governments vis-a-vis the economic ramifications of SARS-CoV-2 – AIEST
- New York replaces 14-day quarantine with testing program – TravelMole
- Tourists in Thailand could be forced to wear mandatory health tracking devices – TravelMole
- Costa Rica removes PCR Covid test requirement for tourists – TravelMole
- Coronavirus resurgence: Commission steps up action to reinforce preparedness and response measures across EU – European Commission
- Canaries Covid test threatens bookings – TravelMole
- Covid-19: First UK airport coronavirus testing begins – BBC
- Coronavirus: Shapps aims for new test system for arrivals – BBC
- Quarantine for arrivals to UK may be cut to a week, says Shapps – The Guardian
- Wales to ban visitors from Covid hotspots elsewhere in UK – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Australia opens ‘travel zone’ to New Zealanders – BBC
- More than 50% of global destinations are easing travel restrictions – but caution remains – UNWTO
- Ramaphosa to announce limited international travel, Level 1 – sources – News24.com
- Portugal back on quarantine list but Azores and Madeira spared – TravelMole
- COVID-19 related travel restrictions – UNWTO
- COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: An overview of government responses to the crisis – OECD
- UK Government flip-flopping over quarantine list devastates Portuguese tourist industry – The Guardian
- New Caledonia tourism ‘ethical charter’ coming – Traveltalk
- Coronavirus restrictions in your state – The Conversation
- Coronavirus: Portugal return to quarantine list would cause ‘chaos – BBC
- UK ambassador to Portugal warns: travel rules can change quickly – The Guardian
- Policy brief: COVID-19 and transforming tourism – UNWTO
- Brazil’s island idyll reopens to tourists – as long as they have had COVID-19 – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Bali closed to foreign tourists until end of 2020 – BBC
- Bali postpones plans to welcome international travellers in September – The Jakarta Post
- Coronavirus: Quarantine rule kicks in after Saturday deadline passes – BBC
- UK travel firms say France quarantine move is ‘devastating blow’ – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Portugal added to UK’s safe travel list as Croatia is removed – BBC
- Coronavirus: Brits returning from France will have to self-isolate – BBC
- Battered travel industry urges UK to rethink COVID-19 quarantine policy – The Guardian
- Officials crack down on Alaska-bound travellers crossing US-Canada border – CBC
- COVID-19 travel advisories create tensions in BC tourist towns – CBC
- Covid: 14-day quarantine for Spain to NI travellers – BBC News
- Tourism restarts: 40% of destinations have now eased travel restrictions– UNWTO
- COVID-19 related travel restrictions. A global review for tourism (6th report as of 30 July 2020) – UNWTO
- Coronavirus: Spain says outbreaks under control after UK orders quarantine – BBC
- Coronavirus: UK advises against non-essential travel to Spanish islands – BBC
- Covid-19 crisis: Wildlife parks reopen in Rwanda for those free of virus – Hindustan Times
- Coronavirus government response tracker– Blavatnik School of Government & University of Oxford
- Coronavirus policy updates – Mekong Tourism
- Travel corridors: Quarantine-free travel starts today from 59 countries– Independent
- Finally revealed: 59 countries where the 14-day quarantine won’t apply– TravelMole
- Restrictions on travel easing as Europe leads cautious restart of tourism– UNWTO
- Coronavirus: Dozens of countries not in UK quarantine – BBC
- Coronavirus: EU to allow in visitors from 14 ‘safe’ countries – BBC
- ‘Escape the pandemic in paradise’: Fiji opens its borders seeking billionaires – The Guardian
- Thailand to lift international travel ban – TravelMole
- Thailand to target the wealthy tourist and turn away from mass tourism – Travel Tourism News
- Coronavirus: Ministers ‘reluctant’ to close beaches over crowds – BBC
- One Planet vision for a responsible recovery of the tourism sector (survey closes 15 July) – UNWTO
- Interactive Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel regulations Map – IATA Travel Centre
- Dubai reopens to tourism on July 7 – TravelMole
- Aruba starts phased tourism re-opening– TravelMole
- Macau introduces subsidised tours for locals – TravelMole
- Turkey launches safe tourism certificate– TravelMole
- Australia ‘very unlikely’ to allow foreign tourists in 2020 – Financial Review
- Saint Lucia’s new marketing campaign to re-boot recovery– TravelMole
- Australia considering shorter COVID-19 quarantine for students and low transmission countries – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: France announces significant lifting of restrictions – BBC
- Rwanda sets new conditions for tourists – Taarifa
- Which European countries are easing travel restrictions? The Guardian
- “Sustainability as the new normal” a vision for the future of tourism– UNWTO
- Coronavirus: Council leader calls for coastal restrictions – BBC
- Hiking, hunting, game drives and more to be allowed under Level 3 – The Citizen
- Coronavirus: Cyprus to pay holiday costs of infected tourists – BBC
- Japan and Italy will pay for part of your trip – Travel Tourism news
- Italy Sicily will pay half the price of your flight, hotel bill and free museums tickets to get back tourist after Coronavirus– Travel Tourism news
- COVID-19: EU support for the tourism industry – European Parliament
- Coronavirus: Greece to reopen tourism season in June, PM says – BBC
- Spain plans to welcome foreign tourists by late June – TravelMole
- WTTC voices opposition to quarantine measures – TravelMole
- We will have summer tourist season, promises EU – BBC
- Vietnam races ahead of other southeast Asian countries in tourism reopening – Skift
- Further blow for holidays as Spain announces 14-day tourist quarantine– TravelMole
- Tunisia emerges healthy from six-week lockdown – Al-Monitor
- PM outlines roadmap for return of domestic, overseas travel: Travel within Australia is set to resume in stages, followed by a trans-taxman ‘travel bubble’ and Pacific Island flights– Executive Traveller
- Policy responses to COVID-19 – Policy tracker– International Monetary Fund
- Thailand’s tourism industry to introduce post-COVID 19 health and safety certification – TravelMole
- Don’t reopen tourism too quickly, German foreign minister warns – Deutsche Well
- Speech by Commissioner Breton on “A Marshall Plan for European Tourism” -European Commission
- Government to ignore tourism in plan to reopen economy – Southern & East African Tourism Update
- Covid-19 Related Policy Shifts Supportive of Travel & Tourism Sector – World Travel and Tourism Council
- WBG support for tourism clients and destinations during the COVID-19 crisis– World Bank
- Covid-19: Tourism policy responses – OECD)
- COVID-19: UNWTO calls on tourism to be part of recovery plans– UN World Tourism Organisation
- UNWTO launches a call for action for tourism’s COVID-19 mitigation and recovery – Call for action – UN World Tourism Organisation
- Tourism and COVID-19 – UNWTO
Guidance for the operation of tourism in the wake of COVID-19:
- Level 4: SANParks adjusts rules for visits to national parks – IOL
- Tourism and visitation to protected areas amid COVID-19 – European Union (in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Thai, Bengali and Khmer)
- Smart Traveler Enrollment Program – US Government
- Updates on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) – Global Family Travels
- Responsible images of primates – IUCN Primate Specialist Group
- General recommendations while delivering or participating in community tours – NTFIV Myanmar Inclusive Tourism Project
- Tourism industry standard protocols for COVID-19 operations – Tourism Business Council of South Africa
- COVID-19 and accommodation and food service activities: Prevention and control checklist – International Labour Organization
- Management of guest protocols toolkit – Namibia Tourism Board
- Tourism industry COVID-19 guidelines – Botswana Tourism Organisation
- Operational guideline with health protocol for tourism sector – Nepal Tourism Board & Government of Nepal
- Checklist for SG Clean Programme – Singapore Licensed Hotels – National Environment Agency Singapore
- Protocole sanitaire pour le tourisme tunisien anti covid-19 – Republique Tunisienne
- COVID-19 tourism operation manual for Palestine – Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
- Exmoor COVID-19 Tourism response and recovery plan – Exmoor National Park, UK
- COVID-19 statement – South Devon, UK
- COVID-19 & Be safe outside– National Parks, UK
- Rwanda reopens tourism with discounted gorilla permits and COVID-19 safety guidelines – Kariba Safaris and Tours
- COVID safe travel in Australia – Tourism Australia
- Quick restart guide for employers – International Chamber of Commerce
- Operational considerations for COVID-19 management in the accommodation sector: interim guidance – World Health Organisation
- Anti-contagion protocol for excursions in protected national areas (Italian) – Federparchi, RomaNatura, Campus Bio Medico University of Rome
- Member update: Korea National Parks Service response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Asia Protected Areas Partnership
- COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea – Korea National Park service (KNPS) Response case – Korea National Park Service
- Visitor guide to camping during COVID-19– British Columbia Parks
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)– Government of Canada
- Protecting funding for public health and equity– Advisor news
- Recommendations for the safe practice of trekking– Fundación Trekkingchile
- Resource kit for accommodations– Travelife
- Recomendaciones para una visita segura (video)– Corporacion Nacional Forestal, Chile
- #RecreateResponsibly– #RecreateResponsibly
- An ethics framework for COVID-19 reopening process– Johns Hopkins
- A note on re-opening: What’s safe? – IUCN WCPA Urban Conservation Strategies Specialist Group
- OARS COVID-19 general mitigation plan– OARS
- Managing Scotland’s parks and greenspaces during Covid-19– Greenspace Scotland
- Coronavirus/ COVID-19– Pairi Daiza
- Guidelines for visiting 21 refuges in the Ecrins National Park– Fédération Française des clubs alpins et de montagne
- COVID-19 interventions for the tourism sector– KZN Wildlife
- Conheça os parque que ja foram reabertos– Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio)
- COVID-19 Guidance for Parks and Green Space managers– Parks for London
- Reopening guidance: Considerations for the attractions industry– The Global Association for the Attractions Industry
- NPS Public Health Update– National Parks Service
- Federal Recreation Reopening Strategy Recommendations– Outdoor Recreation Roundtable
- Travel in the new normal: Industry guidance for promoting health and safety of all travellers– US Travel Association
- Restaurant reopening guidance– National Restaurant Association
- COVID-19 safety and social distancing graphics– National Parks Service
- Thailand DMC unite to create uniform health and safety standards ahead of tourism restart– Destination Mekong
- Tourism industry guidelines for coronavirus (COVID-19) – Victoria State Government
- COVID-19 update– Parks Victoria
- The Oceanic Standard COVID-19 reopening guidelines: Restaurant + hotel food service– Oceanic Global
- ‘Safe travels’: Global protocols & stamp for the new normal– WTTC
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer public spaces – urban centres and green spaces– Gov.uk
- Response to COVID-19– CFP people spaces places
- Working safely during coronavirus (COVID-19) – Gov.uk
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Parks Canada
- COVID-19– National Parks Service
- Guidance for administrators in parks and recreational facilities– CDC
- Using trails safely in pandemic in the wake of COVID-19 – Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Approved industry COVID safe plans– Queensland Government
- Destinations sign up to WTTC safety stamp– TravelMole
- Travel industry guidelines for sectors re-opening in one place– Skift
- Adventure Travel COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidelines– Adventure Travel Trade Association
Funding and support:
- African Nature-based tourism platform – WWF
- Shongweni67 – Gofundme
- Covid19 Pandemic Recovery Campaign – Justice Tourism Foundation, Uganda
- Pathfinder Award for innovation in nature conservation – nominations now open until 15 July! – Panorama
- #SOSAfricanHeritage 2021: Call for Project Proposals – UNESCO
- Tourism Recovery Program – enpact
- ImpactAssets Donor Advised Fund – Impact Assets
- African safaris: 10 tips to plan and support conservation and communities during Covid-19 – Global Family Travels
- COVID-19 stimulus plans are undermining conservation efforts – New Scientist
- Building sustainable finance for resilient protected and conserved areas: Lessons from COVID-19 – PARKS
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison defends $1.2 bn tourism plan against criticism of ‘very meagre package – SBS
- COVID-19 science fund – National Geographic Society
- Intrepid Travel feeds hundreds of families in Peru – TravelMole
- African Nature-Based Tourism Collaborative Platform: A Response to Covid-19 – WWF
- COVID-19 tourism spend recovery in numbers– McKinsey & Company
- White Paper on a GEF COVID-19 response strategy – Global Environment Facility
- Victoria unveils AUD465 million tourism recovery stimulus – TravelMole
- Kenya’s wildlife tourism, a casualty of COVID, gets a lifeline – Conservation International
- Tourism minister launches £1.3 million fund to support Destination Management Organisations – Gov.UK
- Parks departments face cuts, even as people have headed outdoors during COVID-19 – Marketplace
- UKinbound urges MPs to support tourism resilience fund – TravelMole
- Office of global partnerships: COVID-19 private sector engagement and partnership fund – US Department of State
- Call for partnerships – Business Partnerships Platform
- IDB announces results of its Beyond Tourism Innovation Challenge – MenaFN
- COVID-19 SOS Benguerra – andBeyond
- Be a conservation hero – Wilderness Safaris
- Uniting to support Africa’s rangers – Wildlife Ranger Challenge
- Coming together for Mara Naboisho COVID-19 appeal – Crowdfunder
- Victoria Falls Anti Poaching Unit – Gofundme
- TUI boosts liquidity with second government stabilisation package – TravelMole
- As the world contends with Covid, World Monuments Fund makes a bet on sustainable tourism – The Art Newspaper
- Randilen Wildlife Management Area Team – JustGiving
- Training centre for Malagasy tourism workforce – Global Giving
- The puzzle of COVID-19 tourism recovery funds – LinkedIn
- We’re raising £5,000 to Ride4Ranges and Mahenye Charitable Trust – Just Giving
- Renowned photographers unite to sell work in aid of Africa’s wildlife – Independent
- Turtle season crisis appeal – Conflict Islands Conservation Initiative
- Port Moresby Nature Park’s Wildlife Appeal – Gofundme
- Rapid Response Grants– Biopama
- SOS African Wildlife Rapid Action Grants – IUCN Save Our Species
- Support us– Kasanka Trust
- Campaign to help tourist guides in distress– Tourism update
- Tourism businesses campaign to pressure insurers to pay ‘business interruption claims’– Newsroom Africa
- Help us to hep our local conservation partners & staff get through this crisis – Coronavirus Appeal – Biosphere expeditions
- COVID-19 tourism recovery technical assistance package– UNWTO
- One Planet vision for a responsible recover of the tourism sector: from vision to action – a call for exemplary initiatives– UNWTO
- Small island destinations in critical need of urgent support as tourism plunges, UNWTO warns – UNWTO
- Make a donation – The Mara Triangle needs your help (video) – Mara Conservancy
- Thailand spending USD700 million to boost domestic tourism – TravelMole
- G Adventures pledges cash to support guides, porters and local communities – TravelMole
- Malaysia unveils RM1 billion tourism financing scheme – TravelMole
- Building Back Better: a Marshall Plan for Natural Capital: Reversing the decline in Sub-Saharan African GDP in Nature-Based Tourism Sector from COVID-19 – Planet Tracker
- Beyond tourism innovation challenge (closes 31 July 2020) – Inter-American Development Bank
- WA tourism businesses fear for future after missing out on COVID-19 grants – ABC News
- Food for Coffee Bay families during COVID-19 – Backabuddy
- Calls for proposals – Rapid Action Grants – IUCN Save Our Species
- COVID-19: Measures to support travel and tourism – UNWTO
- World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) COVID-19 tourism recovery technical assistance package – UNWTO
- Tourism Restart Taskforce – Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Roots to recovery – is your recovery plan future-proofed? City Nation Place
- Jobs and economy during the coronavirus pandemic– European Commission
- Leonardo DiCaprio joins DR Congo gorilla park campaign after attack- BBC
- Africa Foundation COVID-19 Campaign – andBeyond
- Africa’s tourism sector pleads for $10 bn in urgent relief funding– Club of Mozambique
- Project ranger: preventing a poaching pandemic – Great Plains Foundation
- Tourism in need – Tourism in need
- Book tickets for !Xaus Lodge and Witsieshoek Mountain Lodge relief fund – Quicket
- Tourism has crashed: Are carbon credits the future for funding conservation in Africa? Conservation News
- Publishing fund for researchers sharing findings on Coronavirus– Emerald Publishing
- Healing solutions for tourism challenge – (apply by 15 April) – UN World Tourism Organisation
- Coronavirus: Kenya sets aside Sh500 m to save tourism – Daily Nation
- Call for proposals: COVID-19 response resilience in wildlife community small grants – (apply by 15 May) – The Lion’s Share
Employment:
- Green light for vaccination of frontline tourism workers – Southern and East African Tourism Update
- Forbes Travel Guide launches training webinars for hospitality staff – TravelMole
- We can’t travel, but we can take measures to preserve jobs in the tourism industry– World Bank
- WTTC reveals responsible travel tips to counter the coronavirus outbreak– World Travel and Tourism Council
- COVID-19 and Hospitality: 7 Alternative Ways to Cut Costs and Save Your Business…BEFORE Resorting to Layoffs – Hospitality Net
- Supporting Tour Guides During The COVID-19 Pandemic – Forbes
- Become a certified virtual tour guide – eventbrite
Resilience and recovery:
- Demand for sustainable travel: What travellers can do to help build back better from COVID-19 – Africa Geographic
- Sustainable tourism after COVID-19: Insights and recommendations for Asia and the Pacific – ADB
- COVID-19 and Green Economic Recovery: What Roles for Sustainable Tourism? – World Tourism Organization
- Novel coronavirus and tourism: coping, recovery, and regeneration issues – Tourism Recreation Research
- Rebuilding Tourism Competitiveness: Tourism response, recovery and resilience to the COVID-19 crisis – World Bank
- Reimagining resilience: COVID-19 and marine tourism in Indonesia – Current Issues in Tourism
- The future of adventure travel in the wake of COVID-19 – ATTA
- A community-based tourism dilemma: COVID’s ‘new normal’ vs ‘back to normal’ – The “Good Tourism” Blog
- Scottish tourism plans transformational path to post-COVID recovery – The “Good Tourism” Blog
- Building back better: Key trends & innovation areas: Part 1 Conscious travel – Smart Travel Lab
- Rebuilding tourism competitiveness – World Bank
- Global guidelines to restart tourism – UNWTO
- The tour operator’s survive to Thrive checklist– Tourwriter
- Machu Picchu reopens after eight-month Covid closure – BBC
- Tourism for Good: A roadmap for rebuilding travel and tourism – ABTA
- Unleashing the Blue Economy for economic recovery and resilience in the Eastern Caribbean – World Bank
- Covid: ‘Dark days’ for tourism in Wales, but some ‘sliver lining‘ – BBC
- The Maldives: Post COVID hope – Gia Discovery
- Iceland prepares for a comeback – New York Times
- Coronavirus advice for customers– ABTA
- Columbia sees its post-Covid future in ecotourism – Travelmole
- Caribbean tourism has been decimated by COVID-19. But the private sector can cushion the blow – World Economic Forum
- Israeli solutions for tourism in COVID-19 times (webinar recording) – UNWTO Academy
- Catch-up: COVID-19 crisis sparks innovation across travel– Africa Travel Week
- One Planet vision for a responsible recovery of the tourism sector– UNWTO One Planet
- Paving the way toward a resilient tourism industry: Responsible tourism for COVID recovery (webinar recording) – The George Washington University
- These 5 eco-friendly resorts around the world have survived the pandemic without guests by focussing on sustainability, caring for their orchards and farms, and delivering fresh foods to locals– Business Insider Australia
- Initial TRINET responses to COVID-19 Tourism – Tourism Transformed
- Restarting travel – a guide for customers – ABTA
- Circular economy in travel and tourism: A conceptual framework for a sustainable resilient and future proof industry transition – CE360 Alliance
- Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) Tourism Resiliency Program – Mr Glenn Mandzuik (video) – The Living Earth
- To recover from the global recession, we must invest in nature – A key sector forgotten in the stimulus debate: The nature-based economy – Campaign for Nature
- Resilience and recovery of tourism communities – Tourism Webinar
- Guiding principles – Future of Tourism
- Ecotourism to bring post-COVID-19 hope for wildlife and communities in Northern Congo – WCS Newsroom
- Tourism recovery with Ecotourism Australia & WWF-Australia – Gaia Discovery
- Leaning Tower of Pisa among sites in Italy to reopen after lockdown– The Guardian
- Safe Travels Stamp– WTTC
- Galleries in Europe open doors as lockdown lifts – in pictures – The Guardian
- Exploring the resilience of southern Africa: Wildlife economies during a global pandemic (Webinar recording) – YouTube
- How coronavirus is driving a revolution in travel– BBC
- Reopening destinations face precarious task of pitching tourists to come this summer– Skift
- Learning to walk again: 21 hopeful signs for reopening the travel economy – Skift
- Destination X – smart strategies to do right now (instead of making promo videos) – Phocuswire
- Ontario is right to open access to the outdoors for all, not just cottage owners – The Star
- Post-COVID-19: Positioning Africa – Ecotourism for Gabon’s diversification strategy – Ecofin Agency
- The future of Africa’s wild places – and why safaris matter– AFAR
- How travellers can help the hospitality industry – Conde Nast Traveller
- The safari industry is no stranger to hardship, but what will it take to recover now? CNN
- Spain and Germany deal blow to hopes of tourism revival– The Guardian
- How to price accommodation effectively post-COVID19 – Revenue Resolutions
- Financial strategies and tactics for adventure travel businesses during economic uncertainty– Adventure Travel Trade Association
- National disaster management in the ASEAN 5: an analysis of tourism resilience – Tourism review
- Small tourist firms in rural areas: agility, vulnerability and survival in the face of crisis – Independent Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
- Building leadership capacity: A framework for disruptive events in tourism – Industrial and commercial training
- The coronavirus will change how we travel. That will probably be good for us– NBC news
- COVID-19 – We need to play the long game – The African Safari Foundation
- Communities belong at the centre of tourism – Now we can make a choice to put them at the heart of recovery planning– The Travel Foundation
- A future template for resilience? How we can repurpose tourism and support local communities – World Travel Market Responsible Tourism Blog
- Now’s the time to start planning for business recovery– TravelMole
- Businesses looking to ideas for tourism recovery once COVID-19 crisis is over – Rocky Mountain Outlook Today
- Surviving COVID-19 through tourism resilience – Gaia Discovery
- COVID-19 and aviation: Survival, recovery and innovation – Skies
- COVID-19 blow is opportunity to upgrade tourism product– Farrugia Portelli – TravelWireNews
- Demand for sustainable travel: What travellers can do to help build back better from COVID-19 – Africa Geographic
- Sustainable tourism after COVID-19: Insights and recommendations for Asia and the Pacific – ADB
- COVID-19 and Green Economic Recovery: What Roles for Sustainable Tourism? – World Tourism Organization
- Novel coronavirus and tourism: coping, recovery, and regeneration issues – Tourism Recreation Research
- Rebuilding Tourism Competitiveness: Tourism response, recovery and resilience to the COVID-19 crisis – World Bank
- Reimagining resilience: COVID-19 and marine tourism in Indonesia – Current Issues in Tourism
- The future of adventure travel in the wake of COVID-19 – ATTA
- A community-based tourism dilemma: COVID’s ‘new normal’ vs ‘back to normal’ – The “Good Tourism” Blog
- Scottish tourism plans transformational path to post-COVID recovery – The “Good Tourism” Blog
- Building back better: Key trends & innovation areas: Part 1 Conscious travel – Smart Travel Lab
- Rebuilding tourism competitiveness – World Bank
- Global guidelines to restart tourism – UNWTO
- The tour operator’s survive to Thrive checklist– Tourwriter
- Machu Picchu reopens after eight-month Covid closure – BBC
- Tourism for Good: A roadmap for rebuilding travel and tourism – ABTA
- Unleashing the Blue Economy for economic recovery and resilience in the Eastern Caribbean – World Bank
- Covid: ‘Dark days’ for tourism in Wales, but some ‘sliver lining‘ – BBC
- The Maldives: Post COVID hope – Gia Discovery
- Iceland prepares for a comeback – New York Times
- Coronavirus advice for customers– ABTA
- Columbia sees its post-Covid future in ecotourism – Travelmole
- Caribbean tourism has been decimated by COVID-19. But the private sector can cushion the blow – World Economic Forum
- Israeli solutions for tourism in COVID-19 times (webinar recording) – UNWTO Academy
- Catch-up: COVID-19 crisis sparks innovation across travel– Africa Travel Week
- One Planet vision for a responsible recovery of the tourism sector– UNWTO One Planet
- Paving the way toward a resilient tourism industry: Responsible tourism for COVID recovery (webinar recording) – The George Washington University
- These 5 eco-friendly resorts around the world have survived the pandemic without guests by focussing on sustainability, caring for their orchards and farms, and delivering fresh foods to locals– Business Insider Australia
- Initial TRINET responses to COVID-19 Tourism – Tourism Transformed
- Restarting travel – a guide for customers – ABTA
- Circular economy in travel and tourism: A conceptual framework for a sustainable resilient and future proof industry transition – CE360 Alliance
- Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) Tourism Resiliency Program – Mr Glenn Mandzuik (video) – The Living Earth
- To recover from the global recession, we must invest in nature – A key sector forgotten in the stimulus debate: The nature-based economy – Campaign for Nature
- Resilience and recovery of tourism communities – Tourism Webinar
- Guiding principles – Future of Tourism
- Ecotourism to bring post-COVID-19 hope for wildlife and communities in Northern Congo – WCS Newsroom
- Tourism recovery with Ecotourism Australia & WWF-Australia – Gaia Discovery
- Leaning Tower of Pisa among sites in Italy to reopen after lockdown– The Guardian
- Safe Travels Stamp– WTTC
- Galleries in Europe open doors as lockdown lifts – in pictures – The Guardian
- Exploring the resilience of southern Africa: Wildlife economies during a global pandemic (Webinar recording) – YouTube
- How coronavirus is driving a revolution in travel– BBC
- Reopening destinations face precarious task of pitching tourists to come this summer– Skift
- Learning to walk again: 21 hopeful signs for reopening the travel economy – Skift
- Destination X – smart strategies to do right now (instead of making promo videos) – Phocuswire
- Ontario is right to open access to the outdoors for all, not just cottage owners – The Star
- Post-COVID-19: Positioning Africa – Ecotourism for Gabon’s diversification strategy – Ecofin Agency
- The future of Africa’s wild places – and why safaris matter– AFAR
- How travellers can help the hospitality industry – Conde Nast Traveller
- The safari industry is no stranger to hardship, but what will it take to recover now? CNN
- Spain and Germany deal blow to hopes of tourism revival– The Guardian
- How to price accommodation effectively post-COVID19 – Revenue Resolutions
- Financial strategies and tactics for adventure travel businesses during economic uncertainty– Adventure Travel Trade Association
- National disaster management in the ASEAN 5: an analysis of tourism resilience – Tourism review
- Small tourist firms in rural areas: agility, vulnerability and survival in the face of crisis – Independent Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research
- Building leadership capacity: A framework for disruptive events in tourism – Industrial and commercial training
- The coronavirus will change how we travel. That will probably be good for us– NBC news
- COVID-19 – We need to play the long game – The African Safari Foundation
- Communities belong at the centre of tourism – Now we can make a choice to put them at the heart of recovery planning– The Travel Foundation
- A future template for resilience? How we can repurpose tourism and support local communities – World Travel Market Responsible Tourism Blog
- Now’s the time to start planning for business recovery– TravelMole
- Businesses looking to ideas for tourism recovery once COVID-19 crisis is over – Rocky Mountain Outlook Today
- Surviving COVID-19 through tourism resilience – Gaia Discovery
- COVID-19 and aviation: Survival, recovery and innovation – Skies
- COVID-19 blow is opportunity to upgrade tourism product– Farrugia Portelli – TravelWireNews
Opinions and think pieces:
- Will COVID boost sustainable tourism: Wishful thinking or reality? Sustainability
- Conservation after coronavirus: We need to diversify and innovate (commentary) Mongabay
- Aspects of sustainable tourism development and COVID-19 pandemic – Preprints
- A charter for sustainable tourism after COVID – Sustainability
- Two years of COVID-19 and tourism: what we learned, and what we should have learned – Journal of Sustainable Tourism
- What is the impact of COVID-19 on tourists’ sustainable travel behaviour? Travel tomorrow
- Africa must put communities, conservation at the centre of travel & tourism recovery – Good Tourism Blog
- A New Guide To Sustainable Travel Reveals Why Positive-Impact Adventures Have Never Been So Important – Forbes
- You’re vaccinated. What are the ethics of traveling to places where locals aren’t? – The Washington Post
- A conversation on overtourism post pandemic with ATTA – Euromonitor International
- The future of sustainable tourism may lie with all-inclusive resorts – CNN Travel
- A Ticket to Recovery: Reinventing Africa’s Tourism Industry – International Finance Corporation
- What does it mean to travel sustainably in 2021? – National Geographic
- Can sustainable tourism regenerate nature? PATA
- For the sake of the planet, it’s time to rethink business travel – Fast Company
- Ecotourism and health tourism: perspective of a major solution to corona pandemic – Tourismjournals.asia
- The 10 Most Crucial Circular Economy Challenge Patterns in Tourism and the Effects of COVID-19 – Sustainability
- Did the pandemic sabotage hotel sustainability trends? Forbes Travel Guide
- How to travel more sustainably – The New York Times
- The pandemic overthrew a thriving ecotourism industry. Now, some see the sector is regrouping to make a comeback. Can it return, stronger and more sustainable? – Suston
- Vaccinate SIDS to restart tourism kickstart recovery, UNWTO urges – UNWTO
- Why Tourism Desperately Needs a New Performance Metric Post-Pandemic – Skift
- Predictions for sustainability in 2021 – What the experts say – TechRound
- Is a return to travel actually a bad thing? Fodor’s Travel
- Build Back Better: can sustainable tourism regenerate nature? – PATA
- Are vaccine passports for travel a good idea? Independent
- For planet Earth, no tourism is a curse and a blessing – The New York Times
- Pandemics, transformations and tourism: be careful what you wish for – Tourism Geographies
- COVID-19 and conservation: Crisis response strategies that benefit people and nature – German Development Institute
- For Travel, a Sustainable Comeback? The New York Times
- Tourism desperately wants a return to the ‘old normal’ but that would be a disaster – The Conversation
- Rethinking ecotourism – Asian Ecotourism Network
- How the beach ‘super-spreader’ myth can inform UK’s future Covid response – The Guardian
- What will travel look like after the pandemic? The Economist
- What We Risk When We Rush Back To Travel – Rooted Storytelling
- International tourism can thrive again — but not without political will – The Star
- “Sustainability as the new normal” a vision for the future of tourism – UNWTO
- Sustainable recovery of tourism in protected areas from the COVID-19 Pandemic – UNWTO
- Inspiration for better tourism – 101 Sustainable Ideas
- The importance of urban natural areas and urban ecosystem services during the COVID-19 pandemic – PLOS One
- A paradigm shift from quantity to quality tourism: Interview with Visit Flanders’ marketing director Elke Dens – Travel Tomorrow
- Will airline hubs recover from COVID-19? McKinsey & Company
- The future of tourism in Bali – Verge
- COVID-19 and the future of tourism: Why this crisis is different and transformative – ACTNetwork
- Does Planning Future Travel Fend off the Pandemic Blues—or Just Make It Worse? – Afar
- Will cruise ships return to Venice? BBC
- How can island states reimagine tourism for green recovery? – Development Matters
- Beginning to see the light – Four
- Doing tourism in Southern Africa amid the coronavirus pandemic: Navigating political, socio-economic and environmental inequalities – Development Southern Africa
- I’m a safari guide – and coronavirus will change the future of safaris – Conde Nast Traveler
- Failures in travel system enabled new Covid strain to spread in UK, scientists claim – TravelMole
- Protected areas in a post-COVID World (webinar recording)- Global Landscapes Forum
- What is regenerative tourism? And how should we deliver it? WTM Global Hub
- Building a resilient tourism sector in SADC Transfrontier Conservation areas (webinar recording) – presentation – SADC TFCA Network
- What will happen to the 7th continent? – BBC Travel
- Let’s re-imagine the tourism of the future post Covid-19 – i News
- Video: To rebuild successfully and sustainably, destinations must be cautious of ’empty platitudes’ – Phocuswire
- One Voice – Accelerating the sustainability Agenda (webinar recording) – World Travel and Tourism Council
- Tripadvisor Talk. Tune in (webinar recordings) – Tripadvisor
- Tourism helps wildlife conservation – but we need to be thinking much bigger – Independent
- Global debate: ‘Culture, tourism and COVID-19: Recovery, resiliency and rejuvenation’ 28 September 2020 (webinar recording) – UNESCO
- How to build back better after the COVID-19 crisis? A practical approach applied to Fiji – World Bank
- How to practise responsible tourism during COVID-19 – Loveholidays
- Time to build back better for animals – Pacific Asia Travel Association
- Can micro-tourism save Japan’s ailing travel industry? The Japan Times
- Beyond tourism in Africa (webinar recording)- African Leadership University
- Make it better, not just safer: The opportunity to reinvent travel – McKinsey & Company
- Coronavirus: How long can Thailand survive without foreign tourism? – DW
- What trends should guide tourism’s recovery? WTM Global Hub
- Does the COVID-19 emergency mean overtourism is over? WTM Global Hub
- COVID-19: Is it time to press the reset button? WTM Global Hub
- Why is it essential for luxury travel and sustainability to have a harmonious future? WTM Global Hub
- Why Saint Lucia is a model for reopening tourism in the Caribbean – Caribbean Journal
- COVID-19 is expanding global consciousness and the sustainability of travel and tourism – Tourism Geographies
- From the experts: Will the pandemic make us care more about our planet? Forbes
- “We can’t return to normal”: committing to tourism equity in the post-pandemic age – Tourism Geographies
- Imperative to rebuild tourism in a safe, equitable and climate-friendly manner: UN secretary general – TravelDaily
- Devastated by pandemic, tourism sector must be rebuilt in a safe, equitable and climate friendly way – UN Chief – UN News
- Move over, sustainable travel. Regenerative travel has arrived – The New York Times
- Protected area tourism beyond 2020: Protected areas for all webinar series – Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources; Centre for Protected Area Management, Colorado State University
- 7 ways to maintain guest satisfaction during COVID-19 – HospitalityNet
- How will emerging economies reliant on tourism survive the crisis? Skift
- Travel and tourism: Embracing transformation to move beyond coronavirus (Webinar recording) –WTM Global Hub
- Rethinking sustainability in the middle of a pandemic – Forbes
- Polar perspectives no. 1: Is it time for a paradigm shift in how Antarctic tourism is controlled? Polar Institute
- Recommendations for the tourism sector to continue taking action on plastic pollution during COVID-19 recovery– Travelife
- Travalyst Global Summit (webinar recording) – Travalyst
- How to encourage destination communities to embrace tourism during and after the pandemic – Sustainability Leaders Project
- Two ways to help revive tourism in Asia and Pacific– Asian Development Blog
- Will business travel ever be the same? – BBC
- Reimagining the $9 trillion tourism economy – what will it take?- McKinsey & Company
- What will travel look like in a post-coronavirus world? Africa Travel Week
- Unless we take these steps, UK quarantine restrictions against Spain will do more harm than good– The Independent
- Will the sustainable travel movement survive coronavirus? National Geographic
- UNWTO, Once Foundation and ENAT call for the reopening of tourism destinations to cater for the needs of people with disabilities– UNWTO
- Tools and resources for nature-based tourism (presentation) – World Bank
- Increasing financial resiliency for PAs and KBAs (webinar recording) – UNDP Biofin, Philippine Parks and Biodiversity
- Beyond banning wildlife trade: COVID-19, conservation and development– World Development
- Steps towards a smarter lockdown: Game lodges – Daily Maverick
- How to be a sustainable traveller during times of crisis – Impact Travel Alliance
- Conserving Africa’s wildlife and woodlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond– Nature ecology and evolution
- What is the idea of resilience for tourism business? Sustainable Travel and Tourism Agenda
- Tourism in SIDS: the challenge of sustaining livelihoods in times of COVID-19 – UNWTO
- Addressing the triple burden of malnutrition in the time of COVID-19 and climate change in Small Island Developing States: What role for improved local food production? Food Security
- Eco-tourism is the way of the post-COVID future for the ‘blue’ Pacific – Scoop
- Make it better, not just safer: The opportunity to reinvent travel – McKinsey & Company
- The end of tourism? – podcast – article – The Guardian
- A Marshall Plan for tourism: Can it be built? EplerWood International
- With crisis comes opportunity: Will elephant-based tourism reset itself post COVID-19? Mekong Tourism
- COVID-19: Tourism updated – University of South Carolina
- The new normal? Travel in the world of COVID-19 – BBC
- Tourism recovery vs. destination sustainability: How to find the right balance post-COVID-19 – Sustainability Leaders Project
- Intra-African travel ‘vital’ for post-COVID recovery – webinar recording – Tourism Update
- If you can’t go far, go local! Ecotourism world
- Is wildlife tourism essential? Conde Nast Traveller
- We must not miss this glorious chance to address the climate and biodiversity crisis– The Guardian
- COVID-19: A stress test for sustainable development in hospitality? Hospitality Net
- Airbnb CEO says travel will never, ever go back to the way it was – Travel Tourism news
- Sustainability & tourism post COVID-19 (webinar recording) – presentation– Florida International University
- Invest in the green economy and we’ll recover from the Covid-19 crisis – The Guardian
- As tourism restarts, our responsibilities remain – UNWTO
- How tourist destinations can rebuild after coronavirus – Travel Tourism News
- DestinAsian Virtual Roundtable 3: Sustainable travel in a post-pandemic world (webinar recording) – DestinAsian Magazine
- How will tourism in LMICs change post-COVID? Devex
- Southeast Asia Tourism, COVID-19 and silver linings? (webinar recording) YouTube
- World, Changed? Mundo, Transformado? Global Ecotourism Network
- The COVID-19 crisis: Opportunities for sustainable and proximity tourism– Tourism Geographies (open access)
- 6th Mekong Tourism Strategy roundtable_Geoffrey Lipman-16 June 2020 – Mekong Tourism
- Tourism and COVID 19 (webinar recording)– World Trade Organisation – YouTube
- “Tourism can be a platform for overcoming the pandemic. By bringing people together, tourism can promote solidarity and trust”: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres– UNWTO
- UN World Tourism Organisation urged to create a better future for animals– World Animal Protection
- Moving towards a more ‘future fit’ industry (webinar recording)– We Are Africa
- 12 industry experts predict the future of travel after the coronavirus crisis, from tackling climate change to greater accessibility – iNews
- 7 ways travel MUST change after coronavirus – Fodor’s Travel
- Introduce flexible policies to encourage future bookings, says marketing guru – TravelMole
- Tripadvisor Talk: How will the perception of sustainability and sustainable tourism evolve after COVID-19? – Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
- ‘Things have to change’: tourism businesses look to a greener future – The Guardian
- (Immediate) future of tourism in the wake of relaxing SARS-CoV-2 shutdowns: Small steps to a temporary new ‘normal‘ – AIEST
- Protected area management and COVID-19 (webinar recording) – Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group – Facebook
- When will we start dreaming our next trip again? Medium
- Campfire chat: Judy Kepher-Gona – Adventure Travel News
- What we are losing, what we are learning: Early reflections from Bolivia on the COVID-19 pandemic – Adventure Travel News
- Can resorts survive the pandemic? A view from some of the most beautiful places on earth. Tripadvisor talk – Facebook
- Will travel change after coronavirus? Here’s what experts have to say (Video)– Travel + Leisure
- Responsible travel is key to driving travel industry recovery in a post lockdown world reveals FINN Partners webinar – TravelMole
- Turn down the volume: How to plan for a sustainable tourism recovery after C-19 – The “Good Tourism” Blog
- Travel and tourism predictions: What might the future hold? eTurboNews
- Is tourism a viable livelihood option? (Webinar recording)– Equations – Equitable Tourism Options
- Social distancing at airports won’t work, warns Heathrow boss – TravelMole
- Coronavirus: What global travel may look like ahead of a vaccine – BBC
- Tourism and travel business in post COVID-19 will not be easy but opportunities abound – Hersi – Voyages Afriq
- New calm created by coronavirus offers southeast Asia chance to redo sustainable tourism – Skift
- Business recovery in the tourism sector – Call to action – Responsible Tourism Institute
- When can we travel again? Experts share their predictions – Los Angeles Times
- Coronavirus crisis: Online ad giants should help tourism in its hour of need – Hospitalitynet
- Is ecotourism the solution to conservation after COVID-19? Medium
- How can we be sustainable post-Covid 19? BBC
- When will our national parks reopen? Forbes
- Tourism may be one of the worst-hit sectors and bouncing back is not going to be easy – Business Maverick
- What travel companies will need to know about consumer mindset post-crisis– Skift
- What kind of holidays will we take when we can travel again? – Condé Nast Traveller
- How will your clients travel after the pandemic? TravelMole
- When can we go on an adventure again? Forbes
- Corona-crisis: A Destination Management Opportunity – Destination Stewardship Centre
- How tourism leaders should respond to the impacts of COVID-19 – Solimar International
- Corona pandemic: What it means for the sustainable tourism community – Sustainability Leaders Project
- World, interrupted – Global Ecotourism Network
- Why relaunching tourism can only be the last step after bringing back the economy?eTurboNews
- Preparing for the future of tourism in a post-COVID-19 world – Ketchum
- Promoting tourism in the time of coronavirus is a no-win – Skift
- As we sit out COVID-19, let’s think about a fair & fail-safe treatment or vaccine for overtourism – The “Good Tourism” blog
- You will travel after COVID-19 – but it won’t be the same – PhocusWire
- Pandemic lessons from an Antarctic cruise find their way home – The Washington Post
- Aquaterra Adventures’ Vaibhav Kala on the biggest challenge he and all of tourism is facing – Responsible Tourism India
- Business recovery in the tourism sector – call to action – Responsible Tourism Institute
- The 7 stages to the “new normal” in travel – PhocusWire
Hotel, tour, destination and aviation responses:
- Lastminute.com offering holiday vouchers as vaccination incentive – TravelMole
- Post-Covid, Safari Companies Rethink Who Should Stay at Their Lodges – Bloomberg
- NYC mandates vaccination for restaurants, entertainment – TravelMole
- TUI offers cheap Covid test packages – TravelMole
- ‘Croatian islands COVID-free zones’: A new campaign to enhance tourism – The Mayor.EU
- Vaccine tourism: This holiday spot wants to offer you Covid jabs with your vacation – The Irish Times
- English holiday cottages prepare to reopen to ‘ecstatic’ holidaymakers – The Guardian
- Thai tourist island of Phuket gets Covid jabs first in race to offer quarantine-free holidays – The Guardian
- Covid testing must not become new norm to fly, says airline trade body – The Guardian
- EasyJet: Two test travel plan would be too expensive – BBC
- Island resorts leading recovery in global leisure travel – ETurboNews
- Covid Greece: Waiting for the tourists to come back – BBC
- BA serves up first class dining experience at home – TravelMole
- Cunard unveils UK summer domestic cruises – TravelMole
- Qantas boss: Governments ‘to insist’ on vaccines for flying – BBC
- Virgin Voyages guests required to be vaccinated – TravelMole
- Disney parks to re-open – but no screaming please – BBC
- Covid-19: British Airways plans app-based travel pass – BBC
- Thailand’s Phuket aims to become ‘immunity island’ for tourists as it seeks post-coronavirus bounce-back – This Week in Asia
- Ryanair launches COVID-19 certificate wallet – TravelMole
- Covid: Qantas launches ‘mystery flights’ to boost tourism – BBC
- Pub and travel bosses demand plan for easing lockdown in England – The Guardian
- Singapore Airlines takes off with fully vaccinated crews – TravelMole
- Travel sector angry at Grant Shapps’ ‘misleading’ advice against holidays – The Guardian
- BA trials digital ‘passport’ on routes to US – TravelMole
- Exodus launches first range of UK holidays – TravelMole
- How Iceland Is Rethinking Tourism for the Long Haul – CNN Traveller
- Covid: Hope for tourism in Wales after ‘devastating’ pandemic – BBC
- Venice to bring back entry fee for day-trippers to combat overtourism – CNN
- Egypt’s Giza Pyramids are getting a revamp to boost tourism – Euronews
- American, United Airlines ditch changes fees for international flights – TravelMole
- BA and American launch Covid testing trial on transatlantic flights– TravelMole
- British Airways to launch Covid testing trials for arrivals – BBC
- Viking unveils first COVID PCR testing lab at sea – TravelMole
- A new world of travel – Skyscanner
- Frequently asked questions: We’ve been expecting you – andBeyond
- Explore with confidence. Health and safety protocols – Linblad Expeditions
- COVID-19 safe: Health and Safety guidelines – Intrepid
- Travel with confidence – Explore!
- Guest arrival – Djuma Private Game Reserve
- Health and Safety Protocol – Jaci’s Lodges
- COVID-19 customer guidelines – Macs Adventure
- COVID-19 health and safety – Tsogo Sun
- Safety first program – Albatros / Honeyguide tented safari camps / Zebra country lodge
- COVID-19 and beyond – Lush Private Game Lodge
- COVID-19: Your health and safety is our primary concern – More Family Collection
- We are ready. COVID-19 – Rockfig Safari Lodge
- Singita COVID-19 protocols – Singita
- Opportunity in adversity – tropical QLD embraces domestic future – Travel Trends
- Doing good in the time of COVID-19 – Adventure Travel News
- Coronavirus travel: This country wants to charge you $3000 to visit (including the cost of your funeral) – Forbes
- Tourism Resiliency – Thompson Okangan Tourism Association
- Montañas, turismo y delincuencia ambiental en el post covid (Mountains, tourism and environmental crime in the post covid) – Natour Magazine
- Coronavirus: Keeping the virus at bay on S Korea’s beaches– BBC
- Struggling tourist destinations pitch themselves to new digital nomads as remote work locales– Skift
- Dream Cruises resumes sailing with social distancing dining concept– TravelMole
- Niagara Falls tour boats show stark social distancing split – BBC
- TUI Group tests waters with three-night social-distanced cruise– TravelMole
- Coronavirus: Tui warns against blanket quarantine measures – BBC
- Protecting African wildlife during COVID-19: How Wilderness Safaris is taking action– Forbes
- Top chefs back Tom Kerridge for calling no-show diners ‘disgraceful’ – The Guardian
- Immediate safety response and economic recovery effort through access and tourism – Department of Tourism, Vanuatu
- How big hotel brands have stepped up their hygiene game – Hospitalitynet
- Major cruise lines collaborate on Covid-19 safety strategy – TravelMole
- Walt Disney World reopens in Florida amid Covid-19 surge – BBC
- Thessaloniki issues smart traveler card for sustainable tourism– Greek Reporter
- Ras Al Khaimah becomes the first city in the world to be certified as safe by bureau Veritas and the first emirate to receive the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) safe travels stamp – TravelMole
- How Covid-19 will change air travel as we know it – BBC
- Reimagining resources: Solimar’s response to short term technical assistance in a COVID-19 era – Solimar International
- Quantas group announces post-covid recovery plan and equity raising for a stronger future -Quantas News Room
- Delhi to transform 25 luxury hotels into COVID-19 centres – The Guardian
- TUI makes Holiday Promise as it announces restart date – TravelMole
- Tourism operators say things will look very different as Australia emerges from coronavirus – ABC News
- Intrepid Travel introduces flexible booking policy – TravelMole
- The Greek plan to bring tourists back – BBC
- Legal action mounts against quarantine – TravelMole
- Tourism industry doubles down to reassure travellers – Fin24
- BA refuses to meet Home Secretary over quarantine plans – BBC
- Coronavirus: Barcelona beach trip for recovering patients – BBC
- Greece to resume flights from UK on 15 June with strict rules – The Guardian
- From crafts to masks – andBeyond
- UK travel industry warns against ‘nightmare’ of quarantine– The Guardian
- Future air travel: Four-hour process, self check-in, disinfection, immunity passes – Forbes
- Sandals reopening next month with enhanced cleaning protocols – TravelMole
- Major airlines make face masks compulsory for passengers – TravelMole
- Kuoni launches new escorted tours for 2021/2022 – TravelMole
- Coronavirus: How will airlines get flying again? BBC
- With no tourists, Australian scuba tours are planting coral instead– Brightvibes
- Ryanair boss says airline won’t fly with ‘idiotic’ social distancing rules – The Guardian
- Crisis management: Preparing your hotel for Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Hospitality net
- COVID19: Industry efforts to support communities – The African Safari Foundation
- How to run a sustainable hotel in the Himalayas and how not to waste a good crisis – Sustainability Leaders Project
- NRL Island: Queensland resort manager reveals rescue coronavirus-hit season – The Guardian
- BA joins fight against Covid-19 – TravelMole
- US government agrees on $25bn bailout for airlines as pandemic halts travel – The Guardian
- Emirates starts rapid-testing passengers for virus before flight – Bloomberg
- Small planes and no business class: will flying ever be the same again? The Guardian
Top tips and best practices:
- How to respond to COVID-19 in the tourism sector – CBI
- How to manage risks in tourism? CBI
- 40 Ways to Take a Socially Distanced Trip – Afar
- Coronavirus battle plan: Marketing through the crisis – Tourism Marketing Agency
- Survive and thrive: A business plan for travel agents to win through the Coronavirus Crisis – Net Effect
- The tour operator’s survive to thrive checklist – Tourwriter
- Crisis Readiness – Jamaican Government, Global Rescue
- Recommendations for the tourism sector to continue taking action on plastic pollution during COVID-19 recovery – UNWTO
- Crisis management: Preparing your hotel for coronavirus (COVID-19) – Next Guest
- Tools and resources for nature-based tourism – launch webinar – presentation – directory – World Bank
- The journey back to recovery – resources to develop tourism sustainably – World Bank
- 7 key elements to develop new tourism experiences – Good Tourism Institute
- Coronavirus advice for customers– ABTA
- 7 considerations for successful hotel spas in a post coronavirus world– Hotel Executive
- Reef-world launches new Green Fins resources to help dive and snorkel operators navigate the COVID-19 crisis – Green Fins
- Crisis readiness: Are you prepared and resilient to safeguard your people & destinations? – World Travel and Tourism Council
- 10 recovery, health and safety recommendations for Adventure Travel from ATTA– Adventure Travel News
- 3 tips to emerge stronger – Adventure Travel News
- The ultimate crisis survival guide for hotels – Cendyn
- 5 Tourism Promotion Campaigns Hitting the Right Notes in a Crisis – Skift
- COVID-19 pandemic: Five ways towards resilience in tourism business – Gia Discovery
- 8 things travel companies can do during the Covid-19 pandemic – SCIVI Travel
- 15 Ways Kerala Is Fighting The Good Fight Against Coronavirus – Huffington Post
- Green Key’s top tips for tourism establishments to sustain their businesses before and after the Covid-19 pandemic – Green Key
- Best practices for founders in the wake of COVID-19 – Notion
- Covid-19 economic rescue plans must be green, say environmentalists – The Guardian
Collections of resources:
- Crisis Response and Recovery: Nature-Based Tourism, Biodiversity, and Livelihoods’ virtual event recordings (November 2021):
- Event 1: Recording here
- Session 1: Biodiversity Conservation Financing through Sustainable Nature-Based Tourism
- Session 2: Visitors Count: Establishing the Economic Impacts of Tourism in Protected Areas
- Session 3: Sustainable Livelihoods and Human Health through Tourism
- Event 2: Recording here
- Session 4: Visitation and Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Areas in Light of COVID-19
- Session 5: The Resurgence of Overtourism in Protected Areas in Crisis Recovery
- Session 6: Sustainable Tourism Blueprints and Solutions
- A bibliometric review of research on COViD-19 and tourism: Reflections for moving forward – Tourism Management Perspectives
- The UNWTO/IATA Destination tracker – UNWTO
- Actionable resources for hotel survival – Sarah Habsburg
- Why tourism can never die – part 1 – part 2 – part 3 (webinar) – Eastguides West
- Sustainability support for accommodation providers during COVID-19 – Travelife
- Tackling coronavirus (COVI-19): Contributing to a global effort – OECD
- COVID-19 and travel: Impacts, responses and outcomes – Goodfellow publishers
- Tourism facing a pandemic: from crisis to recovery – University of Bergamo
- COVID-19 guide for the Adventure Travel Industry – ATTA
- Master list of all major international airline coronavirus change and cancellation policies – Forbes
- Coronavirus resource page – Mekong Tourism
- Sustainable tourism management in the post-pandemic reality – Europarc Federation
- IUCN COVID-19 resources – IUCN
- Tools and resources for nature-based tourism ebook– World Bank
- Working with the environment to protect people: UNEP’s COVID-19 response – UNEP
- Tourism – ready for recovery (4 course modules) – Griffith University Professional Learning Hub
- COVID-19 survival guide for the hospitality industry – Hospitality Net
- COVID-19 Response – UNCTAD
- COVID-19 Task Force: Resources for the tourism industry – The University of the West Indies
- Reset: Visions of travel and tourism after the global COVID-19 transformation of 2020 (free access) – Tourism Geographies
- Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – IUCN WCPA Urban Conservation Strategies Specialist Group
- OTS Webinar series: After the virus – On tourism & sustainability – YouTube
- Travelbiz: COVID-19 update– Big Volcano Visitor Guide
- COVID-19 and the tourism industry – latest update – The African Safari Foundation
- Coronavirus help! Tourmageddon
- Positive Actions– Resilient destinations
- Travel, tourism and hospitality in a COVID-19 world– Travel & Tourism Transformed
- Making the case for a sustainable tourism industry – Helpful resources for tourism stakeholders during this time of crisis – LT&C
- Coronavirus updates– Airbnb Resources Centre
- OTS Webinar series – After the Virus – Journal on Tourism & Sustainability



Section 2. Market research and intelligence
Market intelligence:
- Sustainable travel in an era of disruption: Impact of COVID-19 on sustainable tourism attitudes – European Travel Commission
- The big travel inquest: 8 cataclysmic decisions that killed off post-pandemic travel – The Times
- Fiji Tourism CEO Gearing Up to Bring Island Nation Out of Covid Shadow by December – Skift
- Travel chaos will last well beyond summer – The Economist
- Post Covid Travel; What are your options? – CRAVE
- Scarborough predicts a bumper tourism season (if it can find enough staff) – The Guardian
- How the pandemic has changed our mindset toward travel – The Seattle Times
- Europeans’ travel sentiment skyrockets in view of vaccine rollouts and introduction of EU Digital Covid Certificate – European Travel Commission
- Travelers care deeply about sustainability – until it inconveniences them – CNBC
- Some destinations are shutting out unvaccinated travelers. Here are a few – CNBC
- Long-haul bookings surge for 2022 after summer travel chaos – The Guardian
- Which? says Covid test providers are misleading travellers – TravelMole
- Holiday costs to jump in summer, warns travel boss – BBC
- Foreign arrivals to SA plunge 71% due to COVID-19 – Fin24
- Israel targets tourism boost after rapid COVID-19 vaccine roll out – Reuters
- Amadeus study finds high level of traveller confidence in vaccine passports – TravelMole
- Asia’s rise of sustainable tourism: Is it for real? Nikkei
- Antecedents and outcomes of health risk perceptions in tourism, following the COVID-19 pandemic – Tourism Review
- Thailand’s empty beach resorts hope vaccines will put them back in the sun -The Guardian
- Top countries for sustainable tourism: Embracing green transformation for travel recovery – Euromonitor International
- Why a July reopening is ideal for vaccinated tourists to travel freely in Thailand – TD
- Ryanair forecasts ‘strong return’ of beach holidays this summer – BBC
- WTO figures lay bare the ‘worst year in tourism history’ – TravelMole
- 18 ways the pandemic changed travel – Cheapism
- Tourism after Covid-19: more exclusive, more responsible, more expensive? It’s too early to write off a mass tourism rebound – The Coronavirus Pandemic
- Targeting South Korean Tourists after the pandemic? Know the niche – ‘One Month Stay’ Travellers – Travel Daily News
- Full Caribbean tourism recovery possible post 2021 – Dominican Today
- Travel ‘will take five years to recover to pre-Covid levels’ – TravelMole
- The impact of Covid-19 media coverage on tourist’s awareness for future travelling – Current Issues in Tourism
- Mass Tourism Will Be Roaring Back by Summer, Says Expedia CEO – Bloomberg
- Holidays in 2021 will be fewer, longer and closer to home – Economist
- Transforming tourism for a resilient and sustainable post-COVID world – Event summary – One Planet
- These could be the most popular travel destinations after COVID-19 – World Economic Forum
- Attracting tourists from Europe – CBI
- Safe, flexible and green: How post Covid holidays will be – Ecobnb
- Discover the might of our first Power BI travel dashboard – ForwardKeys
- Glimpses of recovery – travel sentiment survey edition 1 – Oliver Wyman
- Our survey says . . . 95% hope to adventure overseas again in 2021 – Much better adventures
- Holiday trends 2020 – BVA BDRC
- Fast Facts: Traveller sentiment in the age of COVID-19 – PhocusWire
- How is COVID-19 affecting the top 10 global consumer trends 2020? Euromonitor International
- The travel industry turned upside down – Skift and McKinsey
- COVID-19 outlook for air travel in the next 5 years – IATA
- A surprising new travel trend has emerged out of COVID . . . – Traveltalk
- Asia expects dramatic rise in ‘regenerative’ tourism – Nikkei Asia
- International tourism down 70% as travel restrictions impact all regions – UNWTO
- Smarter, kinder, safer: Booking.com reveals nine predictions for the future of travel – Hospitalitynet
- The future of the travel agency business after COVID-19 – WTTC
- UNWTO finds COVID-19 will cost tourism US$460 bn in 2020 – Breaking travel news!
- Catch-up -Travel and tourism: Embracing transformation to move beyond Coronavirus – WTM Global Hub
- Travel recovery insights portal– Tableau public, The Boston Consulting Group
- COVID-19 tourism impact reports – Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association
- To recovery & beyond: The future of Travel & Tourism in the wake of COVID-19 – WTTC
- Eight in 10 ‘will book with an agent in future’ – TravelMole
- Upward trends in one way travel and shorter booking windows – Skyscanner publishes new predictions report – Hospitalitynet
- The travel industry turned upside down: Insights, analysis and actions for travel executives (overview) (report) – McKinsey & Company
- UNWTO tourism recovery tracker – UNWTO
- Reviving tourism amid the COVID-19 pandemic – Asian Development Bank
- A-Z index of COVID-19 airport ratings – Skytrax
- What luxury travellers want during the new normal – Traveltalk
- UNWTO briefing note – Tourism and COVID-19: Understanding Domestic tourism and seizing its opportunities – UNWTO
- Insights on Filipino travellers’ sentiments on the new normal – Guide to the Philippines
- Understanding and shaping consumer behaviour in the next normal – McKinsey & Company
- For corporate travel, a long recovery ahead – McKinsey & Company
- How COVID-19 could impact travel for years to come – Q Costa Rica
- Latin America and Caribbean Travel & Tourism competitiveness landscape report: Assessing regional opportunities and challenges in the context of COVID-19 – World Economic Forum
- Travel 2040: Sustainability and digital transformation as recovery drivers (webinar recording)- Euromonitor International
- By the numbers: Tourism’s zombie season – Politico
- 1st Destination Mekong Summit: Balanced tourism recovery for a better future (webinar recordings) – Destination Mekong
- Tourism trauma and COVID-19 – IMF
- World Travel and Tourism Council Travel demand recovery dashboard – WTTC
- Beyond COVID-19: The road to recovery for the travel industry – Tripadvisor
- US packaged adventure travel segment to bounce back faster than the overall US travel market – Adventure Travel News
- European tourism 2020 – Trends and prospects (Q2/2020) – European Travel Commission
- WTTC/Carnival Corporation Global Scientific Summit on COVID-19 – WTTC/Carnival Corporation
- Market intelligence: UNWTO World Tourism Barometer– UNWTO
- New pandemic direction for international travel – Loop
- US tourism outlook 2020-2023: US travel is in deep trouble! eTurboNews
- Foreign tourists may be allowed back by January, local leisure travel by end-September – report – Business Insider South Africa
- International tourism and COVID-19– UNWTO
- There’s a plan to open up tourism in South Africa – including international flights – but no dates, and no certainty– Business Tech
- Ready for take-off? What do travellers expect from destinations?(webinar recording) – UNWTO Academy
- Global ‘state of the market’ study reveals when businesses expect to resume corporate travel– FCM Travel Solutions
- UNWTO: Cross-border tourism gradually recovering – TravelMole
- Australian Travel Status Map – Tourism Australia
- COVID-19 related travel restrictions. A global review for tourism (29 May 2020) – UNWTO
- Airline policy tracker – Travelport
- Coronavirus travel updates: which countries have restrictions and FCO warnings in place? The Guardian
- Coronavirus Travel Impact Dashboard (Southeast Asia) – Pear Anderson
- Interactive Coronavirus (COVID-19) Travel regulations Map – IATA Travel Centre
- Bouncing back: Consumer views on traveling again (report) – webinar – Flywire
- Over half of Brits want to fly overseas before end of year – TravelMole
- Fiji declares itself ‘Covid-free’ – TravelMole
- Beyond COVID-19: The road to recovery for the travel industry – Tripadvisor
- Traveling after COVID – RTA / SOLARE
- South Africa to remain closed to tourists until 2021 – The Telegraph
- Health experts cast doubt on UK hopes for holiday ‘air bridges’– The Guardian
- Africa suppliers see post-COVID trends working in their favour– Travel Weekly
- Thailand doesn’t expect UK tourists to return until October – TravelMole
- COVID-19 and touristic demand: a mathematical modelling approach – Medium
- Attempting to profile the post-COVID 19 traveller – Adventure Travel News
- Tourism industry survey of South Africa: COVID-19: Impact, mitigation and the future – Department of Tourism; Tourism Business Council of South Africa, International Finance Corporation
- Travelers willing to be screened and share medical history post pandemic – TravelMole
- Infographic: Survey shows shocking effect on tourism businesses in SA – IOL
- Global tourism could plummet by 80 per cent this year – TravelMole
- 100% of global destinations now have COVID-19 travel restrictions, UNWTO reports – UNWTO
- Policy responses to COVID-19 – Policy tracker– International Monetary Fund
- COVID-19– World Travel and Tourism Council
- COVID-19 response: 96% of global destinations impose travel restrictions, UNWTO reports – UNWTO
- COVID-19: Implications for business – McKinsey and Company
- COVID-19: Impact on Travel & Hospitality and Tourism – McKinsey and Company (weblink pending)
- COVID-19: Updated outlook and pandemic impacts – Tourism Economics
- IMPACTOUR: Europa Nostra launches consultation on sustainable cultural tourism – Europa Nostra
- Most travellers expect to travel within 60 days of C19 containment: Poll – Traveltalk
- Nearly half of all Aussies plan to travel domestically when allowed – Traveltalk
Economy and investment:
- Pro-poor tourism’s evolution and implications arising from the COVID-19 pandemic – Tourism Planning and Development
- Secretary-general’s policy brief on tourism and COVID-19 – UNWTO
- Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on tourism: transformational potential and implications for a sustainable recovery of the travel and leisure industry – Current Research in Behavioural Sciences
- Covid tourism freeze could cost global economy $4tn by year end – The Guardian
- Pandemic will weigh heaviest on tourism-dependent economies, warns IMF – The Guardian
- Travel’s COVID-19 blues are likely here to stay – ‘People will go out of business’ – The Wall Street Journal
- Trade reacts to shock travel ban: ‘It will crucify the industry’ – TravelMole
- COVID-19 tourism spend recovery in numbers – McKinsey & Company
- UNWTO finds Covid-19 will cost tourism USD460 bn in 2020 – Breaking travel news
- World Tourism Barometer – August/September 2020 – UNWTO
- In post-COVID-19 Latin America, investment in infrastructure can bring back tourism – and re-build the economy – World Economic Forum
- Extreme outlier: The pandemic’s unprecedented shock to tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean – Inter-American Development Bank
- Study predicts windfall for Aussie tourism, post pandemic – Traveltalk
- Drop in tourism could wipe £22bn from UK economy, says WTTC – The Guardian
- Heathrow: Coronavirus quarantine ‘strangling UK economy’– BBC
- International tourism losses more than $320 billion in just 5 months– Travel Tourism news
- Impact of COVID-19 on global tourism made clear as UNWTO counts the cost of standstill – UNWTO
- Mass redundancies expected in UK tourism, with wide scale lay-offs expected beginning next month – TravelMole
- Tourism as an agent of recovery in post-COVID-19 southern Africa – Future Directions
- New data shows impact of COVID-19 on tourism as UNWTO calls for responsible restart of the sector– UNWTO
- COVID-19 and tourism: Assessing the economic consequences – UNCTAD
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)– World Economic Forum
- Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s travel impacts, West Africa’s objectives remain valid– Trade for Development News
- COVID-19 – a global insight on travel and tourism impacts, UNWTO and Data Partners – UNWTO
- Investors warned not to rush into travel and leisure stocks– BBC
- Coronavirus – understanding the economics – London School of Economics
- Coronavirus: The canary in the coal mine of the world economy? Yellow Railroad
Conservation and wildlife tourism:
- What COViD-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa – The Conversation
- In Costa Rica, Fewer Tourists Have Led to a Rethinking of Conservation Efforts – Conde Naste Traveler
- Trees or tourists? Jamaica’s COVID recovery push threatens green aims – Reuters
- As travel opens up, glamping is helping ‘indoorsy’ families get outside – National Geographic
- Demand for elephant ivory in China drops to lowest level since national ban – GlobeScan
- Nature ‘more important than ever during lockdown’ – BBC
- The business of scenery – Why America’s national parks need new management – Harpers Magazine
- Framework for Sustainable Recovery of Tourism in Protected Areas – Sustainability
- State of the Wildlife Economy in Africa report – African Leadership University
- COVID-19 and tourism in developing countries: Needs, challenges & options – WordPress
- No more cuddly selfies with our ape cousins – AAS Science
- Selfie-taking tourists could be spreading Covid-19 to gorillas – CNN Travel
- No more cuddly selfies with our ape cousins, top conservation body warns scientists – Science
- Rhino poaching in South Africa falls during Covid-19 lockdown – BBC
- In Mexico’s vibrant forests, locals adapt to a year without tourists – National Geographic
- Local tourists lift KZN’s private game reserves – News 24
- 10 sustainable destinations to visit in 2021 – Conde Nast Traveller
- Threatened species rely on ecotourism to survive. So what happens when the tourists stop coming? Huffington Post
- Adventure travel business impact monitor survey – COVID-19 (March snapshot) – ATTA
- Research reports for COVID-19 and tourism– Government of Kenya
- State of the wildlife economy in Africa report: Kenya country case study – African Leadership University, School of Wildlife Conservation
- Humpback whales seize chance to sing in Alaska’s cruise-free Covid summer – The Guardian
- Covid-19: Funding crisis threatens zoos’ vital conservation work – BBC
- These locked-down cities are being reclaimed by animals – World Economic Forum
- What the future of adventure travel looks like – Outside
- Nature-based destinations and the future of travel – Destination Analysts
- Monitoring World Heritage site closures – UNESCO
- Tourism collapse puts wildlife conservation in peril – CNN Travel
- Tourism collapse puts wildlife conservation in peril – CTV News
- Wildlife conservation feels the stress of coronavirus crisis – Arab News
- The COVID-19 pandemic impact on nature based tourism (video) – YouTube
- US-based Hipcamp acquires Australia’s Youcamp as travellers head call of the great outdoors – Skift
- Do safari companies really want African travellers? The New York Times
- African safaris are designed for social distancing, and experts say it could be a fight to book a spot for 2021 – Insider
- Spotlight on COVID-19 and Africa’s protected area tourism, English, French– European Commission, International Cooperation and Development
- COVID-19 and privately protected areas – a Survey (open until 27 July 2020) – IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
- Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications– Campaign for Nature
- COVID-19 and tourism in Africa’s protected areas: Impacts and recovery needs– Trade for Development News by EIF
- EU Wildlife economy: sustainable tourism in protected areas study: Study on COVID19, tourism in protected areas, local livelihoods, and conservation:
- Phase 1: Preliminary analysis of results for Africa
- Phase 2: Survey extensions:
- Survey extension Africa, especially for North, Central and West Africa (by 30 June) – in French and English
- Survey extension for Latin America (Spanish and English) (by 31 July)
- Survey extension for Asia (by 31 July)
- COVID-19 and impacts on protected area tourism: Great Limpopo and KAZA TFCAs – Slideshare
- Summer visitors to American parks choose safety over freedom to roam– The Conversation
- Visiting parks and recreational facilities: Protect yourself and others from COVID-19– Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Parks and outdoor spaces: How did the number of visitors change since the beginning of the pandemic? May 26 2020– Our World in Data
- Coronavirus closures could lead to a radical revolution in conservation– The Conversation
- COVID-19: Drop in ecotourism sparks fears of increased wildlife poaching– Mothership
- The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the safari industry (May update)– Safaribookings.com
- COVID-19: Sustainability and remodelling of the Wildlife Sector (webinar) – YouTube
- COVID-19: Impact assessment of COVID-19 on the South African Wildlife Ranching Industry– Wildlife Ranching South Africa
- Kuoni reports uplift in demand for 2021 bookings– TravelMole
- Coronavirus: Fears of spike in poaching as pandemic poverty strikes– BBC
- Poaching fears as the safari trade collapses– The Times
- Poaching threats loom as wildlife safaris put on hold due to COVID-19– National Geographic
- The worrying impact of coronavirus outbreak on the safari industry– Safaribookings.com
- COVID-19: protected great apes during human pandemics– Nature
- Amidst COVID-19 situation, community conservation must continue– Kenya Wildlife Conservancies Association
Resource libraries:
- Workplaces: How did the number of visitors change since the beginning of the pandemic – Our World in Data
- COVID-19 travel regulations map– IATA Travel Centre
- Policy responses to COVID-19– International Monetary Fund
- COVID-19 law lab – UNDP/UNAIDs/WHO/O’Neil Institute/Georgetown University
- UNWTO library (Free access until end April 2020) – UNWTO
- COVID-19: ETOA insight, action and resources – ETOA
COVID-19:
- Google mobility trends: How has the pandemic changed the movement of people around the world? Our World In Data
- Parks and outdoor spaces: How did the number of visitors change since the beginning of the pandemic? Our World in Data
- Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) – Our World in Data
- The GCI Dashboard – Pemandu Associates
- COVID-19 Activity risk levels – Ezekiel J Emanuel
- COVID-19 in proportion? In Proportion2
- COVID-19 around the world – Worldometer
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation reports – World Health Organisation
- COVID-19 outbreak world map – Wikipedia



Section 3: Impacts on tourism and destinations
Impacts during crisis recovery:
- COVID robbed Kyoto of foreign tourists – now its not sure it wants them back – The Guardian
- A rise in tourism comes with headaches for officials at Zion National Park – The Salt Lake Tribune
- Ha Long Bay bustles after months of frozen tourism – VN Express
- How the pandemic has changed holidaymaking in Britain – The Conversation
- Summer Travel Was Chaos. Tell Us What You Saw – The New York Times
- Understanding Domestic Tourists to Support COVID-19 Recovery Strategies – The Case of Aotearoa New Zealand – Journal of Responsible Tourism Management
- Good news: Peru welcomes back tourists, Intrepid and Chimu return – KARRYON
- After a Year Without Rowdy Tourists, Prague Wants to Keep it That Way – Prague Morning
- Maui mayor asks airlines for fewer tourists amid travel boom – AP News
- As tourists return to Europe, some top destinations want fewer of them – Washington Post
- As the Galapagos reopens, sustainable tourism is paramount – Travel Pulse
- Italian tourist city bans evening walks to halt overcrowding – CNN Travel
- Hell’s Gate park chokes under garbage after Safari Rally thrill – The Standard
- Peru’s Inca Trail permits go on sale for the first time since March 2020, with limited capacity – TPG
- Banff is packed, but lack of international tourists leaves many businesses struggling – Yahoo! Finance
- Tourism Roars Back in Hawaii But It Looks Very Different As New Challenges Surface – Skift
- Amsterdam is laying down a model for what tourism should look like after COVID – Tourism Geographic
- Covid cases at Everest base camp raise fears of serious outbreak – BBC
- Tourist sites across China packed with travelers, indicates trust in epidemic-control measures – Global Times
- Mount Everest: Coronavirus reaches world’s tallest peak – BBC
- Lake District braces for the return of overnight visitors – The Guardian
- Puerto Rico sees a surge in tourism – and a rise in aggressive tourist behavior – The Guardian
- The Newest Challenge for Europe’s Parks: A Surge of New Nature Lovers – The New York Times
- National lockdown in England ‘would devastate hospitality sector – The Guardian
- ‘We had to get out’: Despite the risks, business is booming at national parks – National Public Radio
- ‘The whole place was a toilet’: Dartmoor reels from camping boom – The Guardian
- Staying positive and productive at new resort as a global pandemic takes hold – Hotel Executive
- ‘The worst of human nature’: UK staycationers’ trail of destruction– The Guardian
- The islands that want tourists as well as fish– BBC
- ‘Not much difference’: few takers on first day of hospitality VAT cut – The Guardian
- First UK night out of lockdown – camping in Northern Ireland – The Guardian
- “It’s manic that way’: seeking a slice of normality on Southend beach – The Guardian
- Major incident declared as people flock to England’s south coast – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Spain welcomes tourists back as emergency ends – BBC
- TUI reveals summer re-start plans after operating packed flights to Majorca – TravelMole
- The “peoples show” goes on for Enga – Enga Cultural Show
- ‘It’s been a rollercoaster’: zoos in England relieved to be reopening – The Guardian
- Campsites face a summer of social distancing – The Guardian
- ‘It’s an exciting beginning’: Venice opens to tourists – The Guardian
- Covid-19: Greece quarantines all passengers from Qatar flight – The Guardian
- What will hotel visits be like? Here’s your room-by-room look at the future – CNBC – Global Traveller
- Coronavirus: Alarm as crowds flock to European beaches – BBC
- ‘Not a mask in sight’: thousands flock to Yellowstone as park reopens – The Guardian
- England beaches gridlock caused by cars ‘from all over the country’– BBC
- ‘Freedom’ for Greek beachgoers – under drone’s watchful eye – The Guardian
- Tourist hotspots busy despite coronavirus warnings– The Guardian
- Battered UK tourist industry anticipates easing of coronavirus lockdown – The Guardian
- China tourism bounces back as millions travel for May Day holiday – TravelMole
- US national park reopening raise fears of coronavirus outbreaks – The Guardian
- Socialising tourism for social and ecological justices after COVID-19 – Tourism Geographies
- Hundreds flock to Florida’s reopened beaches as state death toll hits 726 – The Guardian
- Chinese tourist sites packed as country comes out of lockdown, but experts say risk still high – CNN
- After China eased social-distancing rules, 20,000 visitors flooded this UNESCO World Heritage Site – Forcing it to shut down again – artnetnews
Impacts on the tourism economy and employment:
- A Fijian business surviving COVID without tourists or government help – just – DevPolicyBlog
- ‘No one comes here any more’: the human cost as Covid wipes out tourism – The Guardian
- Ras Al Khaimah posts record tourism figures for July as Covid recovery gathers pace – Arabian Business
- WTTC reveals huge Covid-19 toll in Caribbean – Breaking travel news
- Without international visitors, Banff’s ‘devastated’ economy is running out of time – Calgary Herald
- Covid claims 62m global travel jobs as 2020 losses hit $4.5 trillion – Travel Weekly
- WTTC research reveals global Travel & Tourism sector suffered a loss of almost US$4.5 trillion in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19 – WTTC
- How Bad Was 2020 for Tourism? Look at the Numbers – New York Times
- Revisiting tourism: Canada’s visitor economy one year into the global pandemic – Destination Canada
- The pandemic wiped out tourism on Pacific island nations. Can they stay afloat? The World
- River Kwai bridge vendors bemoan lack of tourists – Bangkok Post
- COVID-19 and the tourism sector – International Labour Organization
- The impact of COVID-19 on tourism – UNWTO
- Migrant workers in the tourism industry: The impact of COVID-19 – Centre for Global Development
- Disney to cut 28,000 jobs at US theme parks – BBC
- Report: Tourism to Latin America hammered by COVID – AP News
- Latin America’s tourism sector grounded amid pandemic – Latin Lawyer
- As Covid-19 clobbers tourism, millions lose a lifeline – The Wall Street Journal
- ‘We can’t wait to welcome you to Nepal again’ – WWF Nepal
- Over 1.6 m tourists visited in 2019 – Namibia Tourism Board
- Global tourism lost £245 bn in five months due to coronavirus, says UN Chief – Independent
- ABTA says Covid crisis could claim 18% of UK travel sector’s jobs – The Guardian
- COVID-19 impact and policy responses in the Hindu Kush Himalaya – ICIMOD
- Tourist hotspots hit hardest in UK by Covid-19 unemployment– The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Spain races to save tourism as cases surge – BBC
- Coronavirus: How South Africa and Rwanda are coping without tourists – BBC
- With tourists gone, Bali workers return to farms and fishing – New York Times
- Mass redundancies expected in UK tourism, with wide scale lay-offs beginning next month – TravelMole
- Egypt desperate to revive coronavirus-hit tourism industry– BBC
- Queenstown: a tourist town with no tourists fights despair among stranded workers – The Guardian
- Small island destinations in critical need of urgent support as tourism plunges, UNWTO warns – UNWTO
- ‘Job-killer of the century’: economies of Pacific islands face collapse over Covid-19 – The Guardian
- Coronavirus will cost global tourism at least $1.2 trillion – UNCTAD
- Avec le coronavirus, le tourisme en Afrique affiche un manque a ganger de quelque 500 milliards d’euros – Le Monde
- ‘On our knees’: Kenya’s tourism revenue collapses– Reuters
- COVID-19 and travel: impacts, responses and outcomes (book) – Goodfellow publishers
- Tourism industry faces collapse as insurance companies refuse to pay COVID-19 claims – IOL
- Holidays still banned: South African’s only allowed to take day trips – Business Insider South Africa
- Hospitality industry is taking on insurers for non-payment of Covid claims– The South African
- Rapid socio-economic impact assessment of COVID-19 on Bhutan’s tourism sector – UNDP
- COVID-19 hitting tourism hard: What does this mean for the world’s poorest countries? Trade For Development News by EIF
- Impact assessment of the COVID-19 outbreak on international tourism (updated May 2020)– UNWTO
- Coronavirus outbreak: Caribbean tourism struggles as visitors stay home– BBC
- Tui warns of 8,000 job losses as travel firm faces ‘greatest crisis’– The Guardian
- Package operators ‘could lose five billion pounds this year– TravelMole
- Workers mauled by pandemic shock to wildlife reserves, national parks– Thomson Reuters Foundation News
- A town in Costa Rica faces an eco-tourism crisis– National Geographic
- Pandemics, tourism and global change: a rapid assessment of COVID-19– Journal of Sustainable Tourism (open access)
- ‘London is so strange and sad’: the sacked hospitality workers sleeping rough– The Guardian
- Mozambique – over 5,000 jobs lost in tourism and culture– AIM report – Club of Mozambique
- UK tourism hotspots could face worst of post-lockdown job losses– The Guardian
- COVID-19 and tourism in Georgia – early impacts and government response– Resilient destinations
- Soaring cost of COVID for communities and conservation– Impakter
- UK tourist attraction discusses the true impact of the pandemic– TravelMole
- Lockdown devastates Namibian tourism sector– Informante
- ‘It’s catastrophic’: Fiji’s colossal tourism sector devastated by coronavirus– The Guardian
- Coronavirus poses existential threat, says hospitality industry– The Guardian
- Coronavirus ‘could cost millions of tourism jobs’– BBC
- Nepal tourism hit hard as global coronavirus fears close Everest– The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Tourism in Thailand hit by Covid-19– BBC
- How hard will the coronavirus hit the travel industry? National Geographic
- COVID-19: Fear of job losses could make tourism indifferent to wellbeing– African Arguments
Impacts on the environment and wildlife:
- An analysis of the effect of COVID-19 pandemic on wildlife protection in protected areas of Zimbabwe in 2020 – Scientific African
- COVID-19 and protected areas: Impacts, conflicts and possible management solutions – Conservation Letters
- The future of tourism in natural areas: Impact, governance, financing -OECD
- Innovative community ecotourism coping and recovery strategies to COVID-19 pandemic shocks: The case of Mahenye – Development Southern Africa
- COVID-19 takes a heavy toll on protected areas and nature conservation – Europarc Federation
- Complexity in balancing conservation and tourism in protected areas – Tourism and Hospitality Research
- What COVID-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa- The Conversation
- COVID-19 and protected area tourism: A spotlight on impacts in Latin America (English and Spanish) – European Commission
- COVID-19: Devastating impacts, inspiring recovery – African Geographic Galleries
- Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns – Mongabay
- As US national parks are overwhelmed, ‘selfie stations’ pop up to help – The Hill
- National parks are booming. That may ruin your next trip – CNBC
- Snowdon: Call to respect mountain amid spike in visitors – BBC
- Lake District in peril due to climate emergency and influx of pandemic walkers – The Guardian
- Africa’s park tourism crash is a wake-up call. Can we find new ways to finance conservation? – The Guardian
- Tigers in Indonesia zoo infected with Covid – TravelMole
- An Explosion In Visitors Is Threatening The Very Things National Parks Try To Protect – NPR
- When nature needs tourism – DW
- Seabirds nest in new spots on Farne Islands as Covid keeps people away – The Guardian
- Co-op stops selling disposable barbecues near national parks – BBC
- As tourism returns, we can’t allow cruise companies to destroy coral reefs for profit – The Revelator
- Evaluating the impacts of protected areas on human well-being across the developing world – Science Advances
- Long lines revive push for new system at Utah national park – AP News
- Post-pandemic overcrowding of national parks causing bigger problems than just long lines – LiveScience
- Protected area management effectiveness and COVID-19: The case of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia – Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
- The Pandemic Has Undone South Africa’s National Parks – The Atlantic
- Then and now: Pandemic clears the air – BBC
- Watch: Rare Andean bears spotted near the Machu Picchu citadel in Peru – Independent
- Kruger poaching numbers rise as lockdown eases – Defence Web
- Is coronavirus helping turtles? The answer’s complicated – CNN
- Cambodia’s indigenous ecotourism weighed down by virus fears – Al Jazeer
- COVID-19 brings tourism, science to a halt on Galapagos Islands – Bangkok Post
- Malaysian resort island Langkawi can avoid environmental disaster by making the most of flying lemur and other wildlife’s comeback during Covid-19 travel ban, scientist says – South China Morning Post
- Welcome back! UK’s national parks brace for staycation invasion – The Guardian
- Covid fallout ‘undermining nature conservation efforts’ – BBC
- Tourism in protected and conserved areas amid the COVID-19 pandemic – PARKS
- Wildlife protections, especially in Africa, cut sharply during pandemic -IUCN conservation group – Reuters
- ‘Ecological island’: as Maasai herding lands shrink, so does space for Kenya’s elephants – The Guardian
- COVID-19 and protected area tourism – A spotlight on impacts and options in Africa – European Union
- COVID-19 and conservation: Crisis response strategies that benefit people and nature – German Development Institute
- Coronavirus: Divers find Philippine reef covered with single-use face masks – BBC
- No cruises, few visitors. Canadian ban slams Denali – E&E News
- DR Congo’s Virunga National Park: The deadly job of protecting gorillas – BBC
- Covid-19 Kept Tourists Away. Why Did These Seabirds Miss Them? – New York Times
- Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on urban park visitation: a global analysis – Journal of Forestry Research
- From lockdowns to looting: how Covid-19 has taken a toll on world’s threatened heritage sites – The Art Newspaper
- South African game reserves forced to cull animals as Covid halts tourism – The Guardian
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Conservation Activities Worldwide – Species Conservation Fund
- European Environment Agency on COVID-19 and Europe’s environment: impacts of a global pandemic – European Environment Agency
- Il ruolo attivo delle aree protette per la ripartenza del paese (Italian) / The active role of protected areas for the restarting of the country (webinar recording) – Urbanpromo
- Record number of endangered turtles hatch in Mexico – BBC
- Africa’s year of zero: a special report on the future of wildlife tourism – Financial Times
- Opinion: Collapse of Africa’s tourism industry hits rural communities and wildlife hard – New Era
- ‘Filthy bloody business:’ Poachers kill more animals as coronavirus crushes tourism to Africa – CNBC
- Dolphin numbers up in Hong Kong after Covid crisis halts ferries – The Guardian
- The impacts of COVID-19 on coastal and marine tourism – Open Channels: sustainable ocean management and conservation
- Nature tourism Markets voices (WWF video) – Youtube
- For South America’s wilderness areas, COVID-19 brings risk and respite – Mongabay
- Rising pressure on Nepal’s tiger habitats amidst COVID-19 – WWF Nepal
- Rowley Shoals: The bleached Australian reef and a COVID challenge – BBC
- ‘I definitely missed the tourists’: A lonely Great Barrier Reef has suffered a double hit – Independent
- Impact of COVID-19 on heritage sites of the world’s National Trusts – International National Trusts Organisation
- New coronavirus found in Navy dolphins in San Diego Bay – CBS8
- A silent extinction: Elephants, rhinos and giraffes among endangered species facing fresh threat during global pandemic– Independent
- Simon says ‘reopen game lodges, Minister’– Tourism Update
- The COVID-19 pandemic, Part 2: Perspectives on the future of coastal and marine tourism and its implications for coastal and marine ecosystems– The Skimmer
- Covid-19: Kenya wildlife reserves threatened as tourists stay away– Hindustsan Times
- African states battling COVID-19 with low wildlife conservation budgets– eTurboNews
- Coronavirus is crushing tourism – and cutting off a lifeline for wildlife– The Washington Post
- Don’t despair: use the pandemic as a springboard to environmental action– The Guardian
- Pandemic-induced poaching surges in Uganda– National Geographic
- 70,000 endangered sea turtles lay eggs on empty beaches during quarantine– Return to now
- Covid-19 impacts on nature conservation in Georgia– Travindy
- Safari tourism on brink of extinction as insurers and government fiddle– Business Day
- FEATURE – As South Africa eases lockdown, eco-tourism community fears for future– Reuters
- COVID-19, Africa’s conservation and trophy hunting dilemma– The Conversation
- Tourism collapse in Kenya raises fears of poaching uptick– Corporate Knights
- The impact of COVID-19 on wildlife conservation in the East African community (webinar recording) – Earth Journalism Network
- Corona-hit tourism in Kenya leaves elephant conservation ‘ staring at an uncertain future’– DW Akademie
- Sainte-Marie : Chronique d’une île qui meurt en silence– Studio Sifaka
- The end of tourism?The Guardian
- Jobs gone, investments wasted: Africa’s deserted safaris leave mounting toll– Moneyweb
- The collapse of tourism and its impact on wildlife tourism destinations(Creative Commons license) Journal of Tourism Futures
- Effects of the pandemic on ecotourism destinations and protected area management(webinar recording & presentations) – LT&C
- Beloved silverback gorilla killed by poachers in Uganda– National Geographic
- Mara land owners weigh options as Covid-19 bites– PD Online
- Halt in ecotourism threatens conservation efforts worldwide– Washington Post
- What COVID-19 means for ecotourism– UNEP
- How does tourism actually benefit conservation and the communities in wilderness areas? (Webinar recording)– C4 Atelier
- Big cats and creepy crawlies await news of zoos reopening to visitors– The Guardian
- Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity conservation– Biological Conservation
- Editorial Essay: COVID-19 and protected and conserved areas– PARKS
- Coronavirus effect on the environment: Without tourism, we will lose Elephants– International Business Times
- Rhino poaching drops significantly during COVID-19 lockdown– Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
- National Trust sites become wildlife hangouts during lockdown– BBC
- As visitors vanish, Madagascar’s protected areas suffer a ‘devastating’ blow– Mongabay
- Ecotourism collapse threatens communities: How COVID-19 could push wildlife back to the brink– Taipei Times
- Ecotourism offered a lifeline to people and animals. Now it’s gone– Inside Hook
- Conservation in crisis: ecotourism collapse threatens communities and wildlife– The Guardian
- As wildlife tourism grounds to a halt, who will pay for the conservation of nature? Mongabay
- The urban wild: animals take to the streets amid lockdown – in pictures– The Guardian
- Lockdown enables wildlife claim their territory across India– The Hindu
- Coronavirus lockdown boosts number of Thailand’s rare sea turtles– The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Lions nap on road during South Africa lockdown– BBC
- With South Africa in lockdown, the lions are taking it very easy – CNN Travel
- Botswana is evacuating black rhinos amid poaching threat– National Geographic
- Sharp drop in rhino poaching amid lockdown– Lowvelder
- The coronavirus pandemic has halted tourism, and animals are benefiting from it– The Washington Post
- Coronavirus: Venice canals clear up as pandemic shuts tourism down– The Independent
- Coronavirus-fuelled tourism meltdown yields pros and cons for conservation– The Globe and Mail
- While India is on quarantine, thousands of undisturbed sea turtles estimate 60 million eggs– Fun Owl
- Fake animal news abounds on social media as coronavirus upends life– National Geographic
- No monkey business in Himachal amid lockdown! Bhaskar Live
- Mass monkey brawl highlights coronavirus effect on Thailand tourism– The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Thai elephants face starvation as tourism collapses– BBC
- As tourism plummets in Thailand, Elephants are out of work, too– New York Times
- SA wildlife tourism hit-hard by coronavirus– Farmers weekly
- Safari Talk – The impact of COVID-19 on Africa tourism and wildlife conservation(webinar recording) – African Bush Camps
- Coronavirus and tourism, the demise of the African safari– The Exchange
- Africa fears poaching surge as COVID-19 lockdown wipes out revenues from wildlife tourism– The Telegraph
- Covid-19 crisis puts South African rhinos & other wild animals in danger as tourism industry goes off a cliff– RT Question More
- Poachers kill more rhinos as coronavirus halts tourism in Africa– New York Times
- Coronavirus closures of Asian elephant camps offer respite to pursue reforms – Skift
Climate impacts:
- Climate Change, COVID-19, and Global Systemic Change – Journal of Responsible Tourism Management
- CO2 calculation – a part of future market planning? – My News Desk
- Oil heads for best week since April as US summer travel kicks off – Al Jazeera
- ‘There’s no ice’: warming seas chill Quebec’s seal tourism – The Guardian
- The case for responsible travel: Trends and statistics 2020: Lessons from COVID-19 for tourism in a changing climate – Centre for Responsible Travel
- Fry or freeze: COVID-19, climate change and tourism – Travel News Group
- Is the COVID-19 crisis the catalyst for greening the world’s airlines? The Guardian
- ‘Huge environmental waste’ as US airlines fly near-empty planes – The Guardian
- Coronavirus poses threat to climate action, says watchdog – BBC
- Coronavirus: Air pollution and C02 fall rapidly as virus spreads – BBC
- Airlines lobby to rewrite carbon deal in light of coronavirus – The Guardian
- ‘It’s positively alpine!’: Disbelief in big cities as air pollution falls – The Guardian
- Climate crisis: in coronavirus lockdown, nature bounces back – but for how long? – The Guardian
Impacts on crowded destinations and overtourism:
- Cambodia’s famed Angkor reports 98.4 pct drop in int’l visitors in 9 months of 2021 – Khmer Times
- Machu Picchu’s strict pandemic rules may be here to stay – CNBC
- After a Year Without Rowdy Tourists, European Cities Want to Keep It That Way – PWC
- ‘We were very blessed’: in the Cook Islands, pandemic proved a welcome respite from tourists – The Guardian
- How crowded are America’s National Parks? See for yourself – The New York Times
- Overtourism to zero tourism: Changing tourist’s perception of crowding – Journal of Spatial and Orbanizational Dynamics
- Overtourism to no tourism: How and why to build a more sustainable tourism industry – Island Press
- New Zealand to spend millions weaning holiday towns off international tourism – The Guardian
- The Caribbean Conundrum: United by Tourists, Divided by Covid – New York Times
- Observing COVID-19 related behaviors in a high visitor use area of Arches National Park – PLOS One
- Venice in times of coronavirus: Relaxed and unique – Deutsche Welle
- Locals rediscover streets and beaches in resorts absent of foreign tourists – The Guardian
- Overtourism and COVID-19: Lack of tourists actually harming environment in many cases – Traveller
- Can Venice turn the tide on mass tourism? BBC
- ‘Bali is not only about tourism’: Covid-19 prompts rethink for island’s residents– The Guardian
- English beaches packed despite COVID-19 social distancing plea – The Guardian
- Deserted beaches, empty bars: COVID-19 devastates Thailand’s tourist islands– The Guardian
- ‘It’s a ghost town’: tourism crisis hits British cities from Edinburgh to Bath – The Guardian
- All quiet in Ibiza as super-rich hide away and young Brits chill by the pool – The Guardian
- Before the virus, Asia’s ecosystems were buckling under overtourism. When the tourists return, it has to be different– CNN Travel
- Machu Picchu imposes strict limit on visitor numbers – TravelMole
- The end of tourism? The Guardian
- Austria’s tiny village with 10,000 day-trippers – BBC
- Barcelona without the tourists: ‘We’ve reclaimed our city but inherited a ghost town‘ – The Guardian
- How coronavirus will force destinations to stop overtourism – YouTube
- Then and now: How coronavirus turned the world’s busiest cities into ghost towns – The Telegraph
- Coronavirus before and after – amazing photos compare Asia’s favourite destinations – South China Morning Post
- Coronavirus impact in photos: Tourist attractions without tourists – Condé Nast Traveller
Closures and calls to ‘stay away‘:
- Ten countries kept out Covid. But did they win? BBC
- Temporary closure of country parks facilities – Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong
- Virunga National park temporarily closes mountain gorilla tourism due to COVID-19– Parc National des Virunga
- Seychelles imposes a two-year cruise ship ban– TravelMole
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) – Parks Canada
- COVID-19 is just as bad for parks as the 2019 shutdown – Outside
- Coronavirus: Great apes on lockdown over threat of disease – BBC
- COVID-19 prompts closure of Indonesian parks, and a chance to evaluate – Mongabay
- Bangkok to close parks as Thailand’s coronavirus cases rise – Reuters
- Mount Everest: Nepal’s government shuts off mountain amid virus outbreak – BBC
- Media release: SANParks close all tourism facilities in support of national lockdown– South African National Parks
- African national parks close to protect gorillas and chimpanzees from coronavirus – The Independent
- National parks in Africa shutter over COVID-19 threat to great apes – Mongabay
- ‘Please don’t come’: calls to close US national parks over virus fears– The Guardian
- Coronavirus: London parks closing as areas urge tourists to stay away – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: US tourist towns telling visitors to stay away – BBC
- French police turn back private jet of holidaymakers from UK – The Guardian
Booking platforms and sharing economy:
- Airbnb offering free stays for a year – TravelMole
- With vacation rentals empty, European cities see a chance to reclaim housing – The New York Times
- You may think that Airbnb is here to stay. Think again – You Lucky People
- Expedia and Airbnb bosses have conflicting visions about the future of travel – Skift
- Booking.com restructuring will pare its workforce by up to 25 percent – Skift
- Airbnb sees uptick in domestic bookings – TravelMole
- Airbnb fires 1900 employees due to COVID-19 crisis– Greek Travel Pages
- TripAdvisor to lay off 900 staff– TravelMole
- TripAdvisor launches initiative to help NHS – TravelMole
- Coronavirus: Airbnb restricts UK bookings to coronavirus keyworkers – BBC
- Coronavirus: Airbnb, Booking.com, Hotels.com update cancellation policies amid Covid-19 outbreak – Daily Post
- How the Covid-19 crisis locked Airbnb out of its own homes – BBC
- Airbnb hosts defy lockdown laws with ‘Covid-19 retreats’ – BBC
Accommodation, tours and restaurants:
- The impact of COVID-19 outbreak on hotels’ value compared to previous diseases: the role of ALFO strategy – Heliyon
- The effects of the UK’s red list on tourism– BizNews TV, YouTube
- UK hotel bookings hit highest level since before the pandemic – TravelMole
- Exhausted, anxious and broke: agents share COVID stories – Travel Gossip
- Phuket hotels shut down again – ETurboNews
- TUI, easyJet & Thomas Cook report bookings surge – TravelMole
- Hotels limited to local tourists close to collapse – The Sunday Times
- Restaurants and pubs call for help as 72% fear closing permanently – The Guardian
- Covid-19 causes collapse of up to 21 tour operators – TravelMole
- Covid-hit UK hotels unlikely to recover for four years, says PwC – The Guardian
- Ischgl: Austria sued over Tyrol ski resort’s Covid-19 outbreak – BBC
- UK hotels and restaurants hit by wave of cancellations – The Guardian
- Car hire firm collapses after ‘thousands of cancellations’ – TravelMole
- UK travel firms say France quarantine move is ‘devastating blow‘ – The Guardian
- Wine tourism reels from effects of COVID – Tourism Update
- TUI reports huge loss as bookings shift to 2021 – TravelMole
- TUI receives additional Euro1.05 bn loan from German bank – TravelMole
- Campsites and holiday cottage bookings for summer 2021 soar – The Guardian
- Accor’s pandemic shakeout includes shedding 1000 jobs, possible sale of iconic Paris HQ – Skift
- Hyatt CEO says China offers proof hotels don’t need a vaccine to recover from coronavirus– Skift
- Fingers crossed at France’s brasseries and cafes as tourist quarantines loom – The Guardian
- Why UK farmers are cashing in on the boom in rural staycations – The Guardian
- Holiday firm Tui extends suspension of trips to Spain – BBC
- Is the hotel industry about to self-destruct? Media exposes shocking hotel fails and growing guest distrust – Hospitalitynet
- Inbound operators face cash crisis as suppliers delay setting 2021 rates– TravelMole
- Caribbean hotels demand UK operators pay upfront after being left owed millions – TravelMole
- Sandals announces phased restart for all resorts – TravelMole
- Caribbean hotels demand TUI pays outstanding bills – TravelMole
- COVID-19 conversation: Southern African lodges, hotels and tourism – Vimeo
- Thai hotels seek government help as TUI Group defers payments – TravelMole
- Tsogo Sun to close 36 hotels as demand collapses– Eyewitness News (Reuters)
- G Adventures extends tour suspensions – TravelMole
- Luxury resorts face coronavirus crisis as the 1% flee cities for holiday hideaways – The Guardian
- Sandals hands over hotel to help recovering COVID19 patients – TravelMole
- ‘If the hotels go down, everything does’: the tourism hotspots hit by slowdown – The Guardian
Cruise ships:
- Large Cruise Ships Are Set to Return to Key West – Yahoo! Life
- Covid: Celebrity Millennium cruise guests test positive for virus – BBC
- Seacation confusion as Scotland cruise ship calls banned – TravelMole
- Coronavirus: First cruise shop arrives in Venice since pandemic began – BBC
- The cruise-ship industry seeks to refloat – The Economist
- Royal Caribbean: We expect all cruise guests to be vaccinated – BBC
- Demand high as cruise ships gear up for restart – BBC
- ‘Overwhelming’ demand for P&O Cruises domestic sailings – TravelMole
- Grand Princess passengers grapple with Covid nightmare one year after ill-fated cruise – The Guardian
- Covid-19: Singapore ‘cruise to nowhere’ ends after passenger tests positive – BBC
- SeaDream cancels all 2020 cruises after Covid outbreak onboard – TravelMole
- 100,000 people rush to take part in trial cruises with Royal Caribbean– TravelMole
- Cruise industry draws up new COVID-19 framework to help operators – TravelMole
- The Carnival cruise ship that spread coronavirus around the world – Bloomberg Businessweek
- Stranded Mauritian cruise workers finally begin journey home – The Guardian
- Cruise ships are back. This is what they look like now – CNN
- MSC Grandiosa: First Mediterranean cruise launches after five-month pause – BBC
- Coronavirus: ‘Serious mistakes’ made over Ruby Princess outbreak – BBC
- CDC seeks public feedback before cruises can resume– TravelMole
- Royal Caribbean loses $1.6bn in second quarter due to Covid– The Guardian
- Cruise cancellations: ocean and yacht voyages through December 2020 – Crystal Cruises
- Coronavirus: Dozens test positive for Covid-19 on Norwegian cruise ship – BBC
- Two cruise ships hit by coronavirus weeks after industry restarts – The Guardian
- CDC seeks public feedback before cruises can resume– TravelMole
- Foreign Office urges holidaymakers to avoid cruise ships – The Guardian
- Cruise line cancels all departures up to March 2021 – TravelMole
- More than 100 cruise ships in US had Covid-19 infections– TravelMole
- Brittany Ferries confirms re-launch of services next week– TravelMole
- All US cruises suspended until mid-September – TravelMole
- Coronavirus: Anger grows for stranded crew on forgotten cruises – BBC
- Brittany Ferries cancels sailings until mid-June – TravelMole
- P&O Ferries to make 1,100 redundancies – TravelMole
- Revealed: 100,000 crew never made it off cruise ships amid coronavirus crisis – The Guardian
- Coronavirus journey: The ‘last cruise ship on Earth’ finally comes home – BBC
- Saga cancels all cruises after coronavirus travel advice change – BBC
- Coronavirus: Artania cruise ship stand-off continues in Australia – BBC
- Criminal investigation launched into Ruby Princess cruise ship coronavirus disaster – BBC
- Cruise ship stranded of Uruguay says 60% onboard have Covid-19 – The Guardian
- Will we ever take cruise holidays again? BBC
- Cruise firms face ‘off-the-scale’ challenge in wake of coronavirus – The Guardian
Airlines:
- Singapore Covid: Airline websites crash as borders set to open – BBC
- IATA: 2020 officially worst year ever for airlines – TravelMole
- BA adds discounted Covid test options – TravelMole
- Yes but no but yes: flight bookings soar despite baffling travel rules – The Guardian
- No alternative to vaccine passports, says Dubai airport boss – BBC
- Airlines warn the cost of Covid tests will stop people going abroad – The Guardian
- Cathay Pacific posts record $2.8bn loss for 2020 – BBC
- Covid: Airline industry travel pass ready ‘within weeks’ – BBC
- Air New Zealand to trial Covid vaccine passport on Sydney flights – The Guardian
- New international Covid Travel Pass unveiled by Qatar Airways – TravelMole
- Emirates to trial IATA digital Covid Travel Pass – TravelMole
- All UK travel corridors now closed – TravelMole
- Big crowds at Heathrow airport ‘incredibly worrying’, says Labour – The Guardian
- Qantas will make Covid vaccine mandatory for international flights – TravelMole
- Coronavirus: Qantas adds to job cuts by outsourcing 2,000 roles – BBC
- Emirates launches free multi-risk travel insurance – TravelMole
- Gatwick opens Covid test site – TravelMole
- American Airlines launching new Covid app – TravelMole
- Delta has now banned 550 passengers for refusing to wear masks – TravelMole
- Private jet bookings soar as wealthy flee second England lockdown – The Guardian
- Boeing to slash thousands more jobs through 2021 – TravelMole
- Nearly 200 airports in UK and Europe could go bust due to collapse in air travel – The Guardian
- EasyJet to make first annual loss in airline’s history – BBC
- Quantas ‘flight to nowhere’ sells out in 10 minutes – Independent
- Singapore Airlines takes ‘agonising’ call to slash 4,300 roles – TravelMole
- BA cuts more flights as demand flatlines again – TravelMole
- British Airways owner IAG to cut more flights – BBC
- WestJet cancels flight because of mask dispute with child – BBC
- Singapore orders airlines to set up isolation areas on planes – TravelMole
- EasyJet apologises for pilot’s threat to remove passenger for mask violation – TravelMole
- Nearly 1,000 Canada flights have carried positive COVID-19 passengers since February – CTV news
- Coronavirus: Qantas axes most overseas flights until October – BBC
- Challenging times ahead for the airline industry – Euromonitor International
- Coronavirus: Cases on Tui flight from Zante to Cardiff – BBC
- Flights between China and Europe continue to rise amid pandemic – Global Times
- Ryanair increases capacity amid rising demand– TravelMole
- Social distancing in the skies becomes a perk in post-COVID travel– The Guardian
- Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy as Covid continues to hurt airlines – The Guardian
- New Zealand travel bubble ‘on the back burner’, may not open until 2021 – Executive Traveller
- Emirates, Etihad passengers must take a COVID-19 test before flying – Executive Traveller
- IATA says air travel won’t recover until 2024 – TravelMole
- Virgin restarts passenger flights – TravelMole
- How Covid-19 will change air travel as we know it– BBC
- Virgin Atlantic agrees £1.2 bn rescue deal amid coronavirus slump – The Guardian
- Hawaiian Airlines Covid-19 cluster grows – TravelMole
- Quantas pulls almost all international flights to March 2021 – Executive Traveller
- Coronavirus: Air France set to cut more than 7,500 jobs – BBC
- Sydney airport limits inbound passengers to 50 per flight, 450 per day – Executive Traveller
- Airlines under fire for jumping the gun as easyJet and Ryanair re-launch international flights– TravelMole
- Quantas to cut at least 6,000 jobs as part of coronavirus recovery plans, Alan Joyce reveals – ABC News
- Quantas cancels overseas flights until late October, highlighting airlines’ struggle for survival– ABC News
- Lots of distancing, no long-distance: Airlines cautiously return to the sky – The Guardian
- BA, Ryanair and easy jet launch legal action against quarantine– TravelMole
- German airline Lufthansa plans to cut 22,000 jobs – BBC
- Coronavirus: UK sets guidelines for air travel– BBC
- Changes in air passenger demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis: using Big Data to inform tourism policy – Journal of Sustainable Tourism
- US to suspend passenger flights from China– BBC
- Ryanair plans to restore majority of its routes from July 1– TravelMole
- Thailand extends international flight ban – TravelMole
- Transport secretary promised EasyJet not to levy green taxes– The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Argentina bans commercial flight sales until 1 September – BBC
- Global air traffic could fall by 1.2 billion passengers – TravelMole
- Physical distancing will end era of cheap air travel, industry warns – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Airports ‘at risk’ of closure as flights drop 90% – BBC
- Coronavirus: Quantas has plans for a year-long travel shutdown – Executive Traveller
- Virgin Australia slumps into voluntary administration – BBC
- Coronavirus: BA expected to suspend 36,000 staff – BBC
- Lufthansa makes ‘permanent’ cuts as travel plunges – BBC
- Airbus reduces jet production to cope with coronavirus crisis – The Guardian
- Coronavirus outbreak could cost world’s airlines up to $314bn – The Guardian
Travellers:
- Vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers are going to different sets of Caribbean islands – CNBC
- Stranded expatriates opting for ‘quarantine holiday’ amid UAE travel curbs – The Express Tribune
- As Vaccinated Tourists Plan Trips Again, Adventure Travel Is Booming – Conde Nast Traveller
- More than one million already have EU Digital Covid certificate – TravelMole
- Britons should not be holidaying in Spain yet, says UK minister – The Guardian
- ‘Have a little empathy’: Bali tires of badly behaved foreign influencers – The Guardian
- People in England could get Covid passports for foreign travel by 17 May – The Guardian
- Vaccinated US citizens get green light for travel – Southern and East African Tourism Update
- Most Britons have given up hope of holiday abroad in 2021 -The Guardian
- Covid-19: Dutch sign up for test holiday on Greek island – BBC
- ‘Like getting out of prison’: Welsh grasp new travel freedoms – The Guardian
- Should you book a holiday for 2021 yet? And what about refunds? – The Guardian
- Britons ignore ministers and rush to book UK summer holidays – The Guardian
- 10-year jail sentences announced for Covid travel rule breakers – TravelMole
- Fully vaccinated people can skip Covid quarantines, CDC says – CNN
- Thailand allows visitors to play golf in quarantine – BBC
- Derbyshire police pan ‘stupid’ hikers for defying Covid rules to get stuck in snow – The Guardian
- Travellers needed: Places where you’ll make a difference – Wanderlust
- Peru opens Machu Picchu for single tourist stranded by Covid – BBC
- Boots’ 12 minute Covid test warning – TravelMole
- Coronavirus travel insurance: who will cover me? Which?
- American accused of ignoring Covid-19 quarantine to go on Bavaria bar crawl – The Guardian
- Passengers furious at airlines’ voucher policies in Covid crisis – The Guardian
- ‘Everyone was drenched in the virus’: was this Austrian ski resort a Covid-19 ground zero? The Guardian
- Race to track 200 people on flight after officials fail to tell airline of Covid cases – The Guardian
- Coronavirus: ‘Covidiots’ criticised on Tui quarantine flight – BBC
- Coronavirus: How to fly during a global pandemic – BBC
- Italy contacting visitors to Sardinian nightclub after COVID-19 cluster – The Guardian
- Staff in hazmat suits take passenger with COVID-19 off Ryanair flight – The Guardian
- Future of consumer rights protection in tourism post COVID-19: The road to international standards (webinar recording)- UNWTO
- French naturist camp hit by ‘very worrying’ Covid-19 outbreak – The Guardian
- ABTA orders members to refund Spanish holidays after Loveholidays and On the Beach refuse– TravelMole
- Coronavirus: Johnson urged to help out travellers stuck in quarantine – The Guardian
- ‘Unprecedented’ Hajj begins — with 1,000 pilgrims, rather than the usual 2 million – CNN Travel
- Berlin couple test positive for coronavirus after Manchester visit – The Guardian
- People returning to UK from Spain decry ‘unfair’ coronavirus quarantine– the Guardian
- Passengers told not to turn up too early for flights amid social distancing ‘chaos’– TravelMole
- Travel Republic launches Covid=19 insurance with hotel closure cover – TravelMole
- Travellers confused by inconsistent COVID-19 travel rules and advice across Europe– Hospitalitynet
- The virus will make everything you hate about flying worse – Bloomberg Opinion
- Travellers increasingly wary of flying, survey warns – TravelMole
- ABTA launches new travel insurance product – TravelMole
- ‘Refund us. Reform Travel’ campaign launches – TravelMole
- ROCK Insurance Group launches new COVID-19 travel insurance and cancellation products to travel trade – TravelMole
- Coronavirus: ‘Refunds unlikely’ if travellers have to self-isolate – BBC
- Agents refuse to book holidays for July and August– TravelMole
- UK travellers unable to fly to Greece as country reopens – The Guardian
- Long journey home: The stranded sailboats in a race to beat the hurricanes – The Guardian
- Passenger rights dogfight breaks out over Europe’s skies – Euractiv
- Travel firms face legal action over consumer refunds – TravelMole
- How can Cottages.com refuse a refund when travel is banned? The Guardian
- India coronavirus lockdown: Broke tourists rescued from cave– BBC
- All big UK airlines and travel firms denying refunds, Which? finds – The Guardian
- Backpackers allowed to extend stays in Australia during coronavirus pandemic, temporary visa holders to get access to super(annuation) – ABC News
- Former Thomas Cook CEO backs ‘It’s Right to Refund’ campaign– TravelMole
- Tourists sued after visiting holiday island with coronavirus – TravelMole
- 31 major insurers pull travel policies during coronavirus crisis – TravelMole
- FCO ‘indefinite’ travel ban prompts fear of mass cancellations – TravelMole



Section 4. Virtual tours and ideas to keep us inspired
Virtual tours:
- A virtual tour of the Great Wall of China – Virtual Tour Live
- Virtual guided tour of Lisbon Portugal – Virtual Tour Live
- Exploring the stunning caves of the National Park Service in real-time 3D – unreal engine
- Aurora Borealis – Northern Lights – Explore
- Virtual Yosemite Tour – Virtual Yosemite
- Great Wall of China – The China Guide
- Virtual tour ‘ Sistine chapel – Mvsei Vaticani
- Online Tours – Louvre
- Webcams – Houston Zoo
- Exploring World Heritage from home with UNESCO – UNESCO
- Top 100 virtual tours around the world (2020) – Travel Trend
- KZN is yours to discover! KwaZulu-Natal Tourism Authority
- Evento virtual ‘Aves de San Martin – Ikam Expeditions
- The hidden worlds of the National Parks– Google Arts & culture
- A magical eco journey, right from your seat . . .Loola eco adventure
- Video series: #TourismStrong – GLP films
- Namibia – Conservation First – COVID Chronicles– Ultimate Safaris
- Dive in virtually to protect our oceans– UNEP
- Experiences TV: Hiking the Villarrica National Park, Chile – andBeyond
- Becoming a ranger – WILDchild TV
- Virtual field trips – Fuze Ecoteer
- Virtual shuttle tour at Zion National Park – YouTube
- Forget drones, let a remote control person guide you round the Faroe Islands – The Guardian
- Five-thousand-year-old Egyptian tomb opens for virtual tour – The Guardian
- 10 virtual tours of the world’s most famous landmarks– The Guardian
- 10 virtual tours of the world’s natural wonders– The Guardian
- 30 minutes of happiness from one happy island – Aruba (on YouTube)
- Coronavirus: How to see the world without leaving your home– BBC
- Can’t leave home? These 10 VR adventures take you around the world– Boston Globe
- safariLIVE – WildEarth
- Kids – WildEarth– WildEarth
- Wildlife and nature– Lonely Planet
- Listen to nature for eight of the US National Parks to stay calm and productive – Quartz at work
- Let the Amazon flood your living room: Sounds of Mamirauá – Ukari Lodge
- Visit, from home – Greecefromhome
- Best Sustainable Tourism Films of 2020 – GLP Films
- Online experiences – Airbnb
Articles:
- Using gamification in nature conservation – Luc Hoffmann Institute
- Agri-tourism thrives as virtual farm tours go global and New Zealanders take to the hills for rural breaks – Stuff
- Exodus partners up with the African Wildlife Foundation – Travel Courier
- ChimpanZoom? Primates at Czech zoo go wild for video calls – The Guardian
- 10 virtual tours of spectacular buildings around the world – The Guardian
- Heritage sites copy tricks from video games to woo visitors – Skift
- Beneath the blue: dive into a dazzling ocean under threat – interactive – The Guardian
- How to design, launch and sell online experiences – Be a Better Guide
- China’s tourists sites draw virtual crowds, real cash – Sixth Tone
- South Africa ‘virtual safaris’ liven up lockdown with jackals and leopard cubs – Reuters
- Paul Gauguin virtual ship tours offered to UK agents – TravelMole
- Aquariums report wave of webcam visits amid COVID shutdown – The Guardian
- Since travel is off the cards (for now) I’m exploring the vast terrain of video game worlds– The Guardian
- COVID-19 Safari – Africa Geographic
- Virtual tourism in Africa takes off amid the coronavirus pandemic – DW.com
- Wildverse– UNEP & UNESCO Great Apes Survival Partnership
- Safaris go virtual as coronavirus hits tourism – BBC
- Acceptance of virtual tours during the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Survey) – GoogleForms
- Lockdown learning: 10 great ways to be ready for your next holiday – The Guardian
- 10 steps to help you take your kids on a virtual holiday – Traveltalk
- Virtual worlds: Can we travel without travelling? The Guardian
- Safari guides become unlikely stars as conservation turns to Instagram – Bloomberg
- 10 of the best places to revisit after lockdown – The Guardian
- We’re all paddling a first descent with the coronavirus – Rios Tropicales
- Birding is the perfect activity while practicing social distancing– Audubon
- Travalyst Coalition Announces Development of New Sustainability Frameworks to Help Travelers Find Sustainable Travel and Tourism Options – Booking.com
- COVID-19 (aka coronavirus) vs tourism – The Fairbnb.coop recipe for the world to come – Fairbnb.coop
- Enjoy the magic of Airbnb experiences from the comfort of your home – Airbnb



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What a fantastic overview Anna! Thank you so very much for keeping us up to date!
I’m glad you like it, Annemiek
This is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing.
I am a PhD student at Auckland University of Technology studying the social-ecological impacts of COVID19 on marine research tourism and remote coastal communities. This website is an excellent source of information. If anyone has any suggestions for a progressive social-ecological exploratory framework to test resilience, please let me know!
Thank you so much Anna!
Thanks so much Roxane
thanks so much Anna – this is a really useful collection
Thanks Penny!
great work to join together all the useful articles and papers on tourism post -covid19. and for the updating, there is material for read!!!
Best regards
Paolo Motta
ICTC/ CIVVIH member
Thanks Paolo!
Hi there,
Thank you for compiling on these articles very helpful.
You can add this article from Nature Seychelles to your section on conservation and wildlife
http://www.natureseychelles.org/knowledge-centre/news-and-stories/779-conservation-in-the-time-of-covid
Thank you! Wonderful resource compilation please add this to the section on opinion and think pieces:
https://www.adventuretravelnews.com/what-we-are-losing-what-we-are-learning-early-reflections-from-bolivia-on-the-covid-19-pandemic?fbclid=IwAR2mNP-F1nr1DP22zzEPlAoF4FgZIRUVmiLYdQMMlkzSnsoJ1mz829zoL8I#.XrwpTNTLKHY.facebook
Thanks Clea!
Insightful!!!
Thanks Simon
Very useful. Thanks for sharing this. Best regards from India 🙂
Kuldip Gadhvi
Thanks Kuldip
Reblogged this on Agung Yoga's Space.
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Great work.. you are doing immense help of academia
Thanks so much for the feedback
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Excellent work, thank you! We have referred to this on our coronavirus blog https://wp.me/p2byOw-4Te and social media. You may want to consider listing our coronavirus appeal https://www.biosphere-expeditions.org/appeal (to help our local conservation partners get through the crisis) in your “funding and support” section.
Thanks so much, I’ve added the appeal on the site.
¡Wow!
Thank you so much for putting this toguether and keeping it updated. I can only imagine the amount of effort you have to put into this.
You’re welcome, Manuel
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Good to read..
Thank you, Pawan
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Gosh Anna, how this has grown. It’s immense! Thank you for your commitment.
Nice post. Well what can I say is that these is an interesting and very informative topic on covid-19 and food packaging survival kit
Thanks Leroy! It looks like a great resource
…such great work!