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This webinar discusses the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on tourism, and on coastal and marine tourism in particular. The webinar presents information on coastal economic sectors and marine conservation, changes in tourists for coastal destinations and how the pandemic may benefit coastal and marine tourism in the long run.

This report provides information for businesses to weather the economic storm induced by the current COVID-19 pandemic, and outlines safeguards to put in place to stand resilient in the face of future crises.

This Concept Paper reviews how the COVID-19 crisis can potentially be alleviated in Southeast Asia and the Pacific via a destination-focused sustainable finance program that is developed to enable a sustainable recovery, address ailing destination infrastructure, and reequip tourism SMEs as value creators.

This PATA report recommends that destination managers and other tourism stakeholders across the Asia Pacific region begin creating close partnerships with public health officials, tourism supply chain businesses, and local communities to commence a coordinated renewal of traveller confidence in the health and safety of their destination.

This PATA compendium of tools and resources provides guidance to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic including case studies, communication strategy, a crisis communication planner, aviation kit, hospitality kit, tour operator kit, SME kit, and printable COVID-19 signage.

This paper shares experiences from around the world on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on protected area tourism; and considers how to build resilience within protected area tourism as a regenerative conservation tool.

This special editorial provides a snapshot of how protected and conserved areas around the world are being impacted by COVID-19. The editorial provides commentary on how effectively and equitably managed systems of protected and conserved areas can be part of a response to the pandemic that both lessens the chance of a recurrence of similar events and builds a more sustainable future for people and nature.

The Portugal Ministry of Tourism developed a Clean and Safe stamp to recognize tourism infrastructures or providers that comply with the guidelines of the health authority to avoid risk of COVID-19 contamination.

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of how the most economically disadvantaged are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to health, social, economic and environmental impacts.

This High Level Panel of a Sustainable Ocean Economy report examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ocean economy and the role of ocean-based solutions in supporting sustainable and equitable recovery to the crisis.