Are tourism strategies responsive to critical events?
Are tourism strategies responsive to critical events?
Blog Article
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought tourism Style to an abrupt halt.Supply-side stakeholders suddenly found themselves in a lockdown with unusable assets, unprofitable investments and jobs in jeopardy.Using qualitative research, we take a closer look at how they dealt with this unprecedented crisis in the Slovenian urban destinations of Ljubljana and Maribor.Our results show that existing policy and strategy mechanisms did not equip the GF ICE CREAM CONES supply-side stakeholders to tackle the pandemic challenges.
However, both institutional ad hoc responses were quick and to some extent adequate.