This Community Contains Research Papers on Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6 2026-11-05T11:49:16Z 2026-11-05T11:49:16Z WTTC https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/244 2021-07-29T08:07:38Z 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z

WTTC:Global Summit Report WTTC While 2020 was not the year we expected it to be, it was a year during which people really came together. We saw our sector join forces to support our workforce and the local communities that host us. It is clear is that we are not going back to 2019; we are moving forward. Travel & Tourism will come out of this crisis stronger and better. But to do so, it is crucial we continue working together to achieve recovery both financially and socially. We need to be united. That is why we have chosen our theme for this year: Uniting the World for Recovery. By turning this crisis into an opportunity, we can make sure we become more inclusive and more sustainable. Our very presence here in Cancun, Mexico, with over 600 in-person participants and over 30,000 attendees joining us virtually from across the world, shows that we can resume international travelling once more, by observing the latest health and safety protocols, which WTTC has helped develop for businesses large and small throughout the sector. Indeed, this Global Summit is the world’s first major gathering of world Travel & Tourism leaders since the outbreak of the pandemic. As we accelerate our recovery, we need to redouble our efforts to remove barriers to mobility such as quarantines, focus on testing, and accelerate the vaccination rollout globally, while continuing to support health and safety protocols. Together and with a united front, both the private and public sectors in Travel & Tourism can drive change and get the world moving again so that we can continue travelling, exploring, and sharing experiences face-to-face. Together we can revive a sector which will generate the world’s economic recovery and bring people back together, maximising the amazing benefits that Travel & Tourism brings. Our sector is one that provides opportunities, reduces poverty, brings hope, and not only changes lives, but changes the world. This is the beginning of a new chapter, the beginning of the recovery. We have much work to do and only if we are united, we can change the lives of the millions that depend on us. The World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit 2021:Uniting the world for recovery...

2021-04-01T00:00:00Z WTTC OLIVER WYMAN https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/243 2021-07-29T07:42:02Z 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

To Recovery & Beyond: The Future of Travel & Tourism in the Wake of Covid-19 WTTC; OLIVER WYMAN In the span of a few months in the first part of 2020, the world has shifted. First and foremost, the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has caused incredible tragedy. The number of people suffering from illness, death of loved ones, unemployment, economic impact, health and poverty is overwhelming. Together, we share our heartfelt sympathy for those bearing these burdens and our sincere appreciation for those supporting on the frontlines. More broadly, COVID-19 has altered our way of life dramatically. Our social interactions, our professional dynamics, and our digital relationships are all transformed. The Travel & Tourism sector has certainly not been immune to that transition. Indeed, the Travel & Tourism sector has already been tremendously impacted. Seemingly overnight, hundreds of countries suspended flights or halted international travel. Even domestically, national and sub-national jurisdictions instituted shelter-in place orders. Many businesses were forced to close on a temporary basis, often escalating into permanent closures, unfortunately. While businesses that remained open, only saw limited activity. This all transpired such that at the peak of the crisis, a shocking one million Travel & Tourism jobs were lost daily. Yet, we have also witnessed inspiring commitment and strength among our fellow Travel & Tourism leaders. Businesses are donating food; supporting repatriation; and opening their doors to the homeless, victims of domestic abuse, frontline workers, and those sick or quarantined due to COVID-19. Travel & Tourism workers are undergoing training to provide medical care, sewing masks for the community, and taking pain-staking precautions to keep travellers safe. Accustomed to supporting guests in their day-to-day work, they have truly breathed new life into the term “hospitality.” Moreover, businesses and destinations are seizing the moment to come together and build on their experience to enhance their approach so as to ensure the sustainable and inclusive recovery of the sector. To recover faster, experience has shown the importance of a global coordinated approach with public-private cooperation, the need to enhance the current seamless travel experience, enacting global protocols for health & hygiene, such as WTTC’s Safe Travels Protocols, to rebuild the trust of travellers and embracing the acceleration of technological transformations. At the same time, it will be essential for governments to continue supporting the Travel & Tourism sector throughout the recovery, while removing travel restrictions. As we reflect on these events, we recognise that they could signify only a temporary shift, or they could alter the future landscape of Travel & Tourism. With that in mind, we engaged with top executives in the sector, representing diverse industries and geographies, to hear their perspectives on the impact of COVID-19. Over the course of these interviews, we identified the following trends, which we believe are here to stay for at least the next 24 months. An article published in the journal of the covid-19 pandemic...

2020-09-01T00:00:00Z IATA Medical Advisor IATA Medical Advisory Group https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/242 2021-07-29T07:08:35Z 2021-07-14T00:00:00Z

Air Travel, Public Health Measures and Risk in the context of COVID-19 IATA Medical Advisor; IATA Medical Advisory Group This summary is intended to provide the scientific foundation to assessing risk related to air travel during COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, and as vaccination programmes are under way in most countries, the considerations behind decisions regarding travel will continue to change. This document aims to provide an up to date evaluation of those considerations, based on available scientific evidence. It should be read with attention to the date of the latest revision, as the state of knowledge will continue to evolve rapidly. It is prepared in the context of vaccination progress being at different stages in different countries. Despite the best efforts by WHO to aim for vaccine equity, countries are achieving vaccination at wildly different rates and it appears likely that this will continue to be the case. Additionally, regulatory approval differs between states both between vaccine type and even within the same type, depending on place of manufacture. As a result, the risk assessment around travel between one pair of countries may be very different from the assessment for another pair of countries. A journal on the series of the covid-19 pandemic...

2021-07-14T00:00:00Z WHO https://tcmih.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/241 2021-07-29T06:39:05Z 2020-03-18T00:00:00Z

Operational Considerations for Managing COVID-19 Cases or Outbreak in Aviation WHO This document is based on the evidence currently available about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission (human-to-human transmission primarily via respiratory droplets from, or direct contact with, an infected individual). It should be used in conjunction with WHO’s Handbook for the Management of Public Health Events in Air Transport.1 The target audience is any authority involved in public health response to a public health event in aviation, including International Health Regulations (IHR) National Focal Points (NFP), health authorities at airports, local, provincial and national health surveillance and response systems, as well as civil aviation authorities, airport operators, aircraft operators, airports and airlines. A journal published in the series of the covid-19 pandemic...

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