After the Coronavirus pandemic, almost no industry declined like tourism. Reasons for the decline in tourism include government control of people’s travel, and there are tourists who cancel travel because they avoided the Coronavirus. With the international travel ban affecting more than 90% of the world’s population, tourism essentially ceased in March 2020. There are evidences show that air travel, cruises, and accommodations have been devastating. After this situation happens, what changes should the tourism industry make?
For the travel companies, it’s best not to allow too many people on the same tour project. To maintain social distance, reduce contact with other people. This requires increasing the distance between people from space and reducing the number and frequency of contacts. For example, the amusement park and the global cruise. In order to prevent infectious diseases from spreading to too many tourists, the amusement park can limit the number of tourists entering each time.
In addition, fewer tourists can bring a better tour experience. Tourists do not have to line up for long while playing, and they will not accidentally photograph people passing by. For the global cruise, it is important to limit the number of tourists and check the health status of tourists before boarding. During this outbreak, many cruise ships were unable to dock and many healthy people become infected. When the Coronavirus just start the outbreak, there are no countries that let them dock. The travel companies should not make profits to keep the number of people on the tour large, which would be disastrous if there were an accident. After the coronavirus, the government should regulate the number of people in tourist attractions.
After experiencing the coronavirus, people tend to prefer personal tips and short distance travel. People’s preferences for travel will be very different because of the Coronavirus, and things that people wouldn’t care about before will be taken care of now. People in the future should consider noticing social distance when they travel, so more personal travel becomes important. The reason people prefer more personal travel is that the risk of contracting the disease while traveling by airplane or ship is too high. Short distance tourism will be developed. The environment for short distance travel is not much different from the place of residence of tourists, whether it is cultural or spatial. This means that the two places are basically at an infection risk level, which means that the attractions and your home are basically within the same range of the virus.