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Resilience issues are explored in the context of different forms of tourism in a marine national park in eastern Indonesia. This paper uses an agency-based livelihood resilience framework to examine the social structures, agency, and livelihood capital of the surrounding socio-ecological systems as driven by these operations. The findings suggest that the dominant development discourse in Indonesia and among tourism planners focusing on the growth of ‘high-end’ exclusive forms of tourism has neglected livelihood capital and made communities more vulnerable to ruptures like COVID-19. Emerging from this crisis, this research urges academics, practitioners, and business owners to ‘reimagine’ the potential of tourism to first and foremost empower more resilient socio-ecological systems in the face of an increasingly uncertain future.

Directrices sobre cómo Perú continuará su desarrollo del turismo comunitario, así como un detalle del proceso por el que pasó el Ministerio para garantizar que hubiera aportes colectivos y representativos en la versión final.

This report recognises the devastating impact of COVID-19 – the travel industry’s biggest ever disruptor. The immediate focus is naturally on business survival and recovery, but also covers the urgent challenges that the industry faced before the pandemic and will continue to face.

The purpose of this report is to inform the operationalization of the strategy for the sustainable development of Vietnam’s marine economy by 2030, with a vision to 2045 by providing relevant insights from international experiences with blue economy development. The World Bank definition for blue economy - to promote economic growth, social inclusion, and preservation or improvement of livelihoods while at the same time ensuring environmental sustainability – is used as a guiding framework for this work.

This review describes the main challenges preventing the tourism sector from achieving its development potential. We propose a framework to steer tourism in protected areas as a green recovery initiative, so that it may rebound sustainably and continue to support biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development.

Intrepid Travel, the platinum sponsor of the inaugural Indigenous Tourism Forum of the Americas, has introduced the company’s first Reconciliation Action Plan, formalizing its commitment to using its business to close the gap between First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians, where the company is headquartered. The plan is an example of how tourism businesses can increase their support for First Nations businesses, enhance indigenous leadership through innovative partnerships and employment opportunities, and continue building cultural awareness and understanding among staff and travelers.

This guide presents recommendations developed in partnership with industry leaders for customer facing businesses—particularly in the Travel & Tourism sector to operate safely in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. It is intended to complement and not replace guidance from public health organisations and relevant authorities.

This report looks at the impacts of Covid-19 on youth with a focus on Asia and Italy. There is a look at youth travel, education, consumer behavior, health, and mental health.

In order to support the efforts taken by Member States in the recovery of the tourism sector from the Covid-19 pandemic, the “International Code for the Protection of Tourists” (ICPT) aims at restoring consumers’ confidence by developing and harmonizing minimum international standards for the protection of tourists in emergency situations, including but not limited to pandemics, and consumer rights of tourists in the post COVID-19 world.

This report explores how different tourism market segments may have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and more importantly what this means for policy makers seeking to move tourism onto a more sustainable development pathway.