TTC Special. Coronavirus: Certainly slow but tourism is again on the move
The movement is slow, very careful and even full of fear. But world tourism has begun to move away from its most unique and historical powerful tyrant: the new coronavirus.
The movement is slow, very careful and even full of fear. But world tourism has begun to move away from its most unique and historical powerful tyrant: the new coronavirus.
Photo: kzenon/123rf By Frank Martin TTC Service.- Tourist destinations around the world increasingly aspire for visitors to bring income and jobs, but they are decidedly against the abuses that often lead to uncivilized behavior of some of their guests. In the great tourism fairs the subject is more and more frequent. Experts at the FITUR Tourism Fair in Madrid have heard examples. Cases were studied from tourists who find as their main individual fun to consume alcoholic beverages. Others reach more sinister behaviors such as the search for sex at all costs, drug abuse and even dangerous experiences such as throwing into a pool from a high floor of a hotel. In Europe there are increasingly accusations of revolting visitors. But that practice does not solve the problem. They better replacing it with rigorous rules of conduct. In the Balearic Islands, in Spain, some regulations are already in force. [...]
The growth of world tourism was not as expected in 2019 and the obstacles were uncertainty due to the deceleration of the planetary economy and a bankruptcy that seems unforgettable by the gigantic British operator Thomas Cook.