COVID-19: from temporary de-globalisation to a re-discovery of tourism?

By P. Niewiadomski. Tourism Geographies, 2020

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Abstract The processes of globalisation and time-space compression, driven mainly by the neoliberal agenda and the advancement of various space-shrinking technologies, have markedly re-shaped the world over the last 75 years in an almost unchallenged manner. Amongst the most significant outcomes of these processes have been the popularisation of international travel and the accompanying global expansion of the tourism industry. As the first major force ever to effectively stop (or even reverse) globalisation and time-space compression, the COVID-19 outbreak has also put on hold the whole travel and tourism industry. In this respect, the tourism as we knew it just a few months ago has ceased to exist. Although the price the world is paying for this is enormous, the temporary processes of de-globalisation offer the tourism industry an unprecedented opportunity for a re-boot – an unrepeatable chance to re-develop in line with the tenets of sustainability and to do away with various ‘dark sides’ of tourism’s growth such as environmental degradation, economic exploitation or overcrowding. However, the path of re-development and transformation which the global tourism production system will follow once the COVID-19 crisis has been resolved is yet to be determined.

Subfields: Demography, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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The structural changes of a local tourism network: comparison of before and after COVID-19 (2021, background): “Most countries have implemented strict restrictions on international travel to curb the spread of COVID-19, but as the duration of these restrictions lengthens (Gössling et al., 2020), the world is experiencing deglobalization (Niewiadomski, 2020).”
Reviving tourism industry post-COVID-19: A resilience-based framework (2020, unknown): “Following most downloaded review articles (Dhaliwal et al., 2020; Paul & Benito, 2018), we provide directions for future research in G.D. Sharma et al. Tourism Management Perspectives 37 (2021) 100786 this section to set up an interesting future research agenda for the research in the tourism…”
Tourism and Hospitality industry resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from England (2021, background): “However, despite emergent literature regarding tourism and Covid-19 (e.g. Foo et al., 2020; Gössling et al., 2020; Niewiadomski, 2020), there has been limited academic research exploring resilience to the pandemic in an urban English context.”
Reset redux: possible evolutionary pathways towards the transformation of tourism in a COVID-19 world (2020, background): “However, the current confluence of destinations grappling with starting from scratch, the growing global desire for sustainable development, and the cathartic chrysalis in which most potential tourists now find themselves means the elements needed for a transformation of tourism are in alignment (Ni”
Light at the end of the tunnel: Visitors' virtual reality (versus in-person) attraction site tour-related behavioral intentions during and post-COVID-19 (2021, unknown): “Travel restrictions are considered imperative to control the spread of COVID-19 (Niewiadomski, 2020), with many cases being linked to tourist/tour groups (Yang, Zhang, & Chen, 2020).”
Perceived social impacts of tourism and quality-of-life: a new conceptual model (2020, background): “This will also help prepare for the international tourism market re-opening when travel becomes more accessible (Majeed & Ramkissoon, 2020; Niewiadomski, 2020; Sigala, 2020).”