ABSTRACT

This book offers empirical insights on key challenges faced by the travel and tourism industries in the post-COVID-19 era. The desire to make tourism safe is gaining ground, but what does this mean? This book explores the guarantees travelers want in the postpandemic era and how individual territories are predicting and responding to these needs. It explores the role of innovation and digital solutions, assures tourists different ways of using services, both physical and digital. It considers how the commitment of smart tourist cities to technology, sustainability and accessibility is able not only to improve the quality of travelers’ tourist experience, but also the quality of life of local inhabitants. This book considers the main solutions that many destinations are already experimenting, around the world to respond to the new safety demands of travelers.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

Tourism and COVID-19, among desire to travel, new fears and opportunities

chapter 1|21 pages

Tourism, security and crisis management

chapter 2|29 pages

Innovation in post-COVID tourism

From big data to artificial intelligence and tourism rebound

chapter 3|20 pages

How to choose safe destinations

From “communitycation” to new digital analysis tools

chapter 4|23 pages

A system in crisis

Means of transport in search of solutions and new functions to withstand the pandemic

chapter 5|30 pages

Being a tourist without moving

Stationary tourism as an alternative strategy for traveling

chapter |17 pages

Conclusion

A look to the future