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Transformational Tourism Insights Post-COVID

The webinar discusses the ongoing challenges of Covid-19 on travel, emphasizing the importance of health and safety measures for fully vaccinated travelers. It highlights the rise of transformational tourism, which focuses on personal growth and socio-economic development through travel, while also noting the significant economic impact of the pandemic on the tourism sector. Major barriers to travel recovery include restrictions, low traveler confidence, and a poor economic environment.

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Transformational Tourism Insights Post-COVID

The webinar discusses the ongoing challenges of Covid-19 on travel, emphasizing the importance of health and safety measures for fully vaccinated travelers. It highlights the rise of transformational tourism, which focuses on personal growth and socio-economic development through travel, while also noting the significant economic impact of the pandemic on the tourism sector. Major barriers to travel recovery include restrictions, low traveler confidence, and a poor economic environment.

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Webinar notes

(Gerard Pangga)

I: The pandemic continues

A. Covid-19 travel challenges will remain in the short or medium term.


1. Global forecast of IATA: air tea

II: International Community vs Covid-19

B.

III: Global travel trends in the new normal

A. Health & Safety are Paramount


- Fully vaccinated passengers will no longer be in a quarantine facility.
- Our vaccination certification will also acknowledge on the platform.
- Travel Agencies now offer revocable travel arrangements with no cancellation.
B. Technology-driven industry/ technology-reliant travelers
C. Demand Evolution
D. Transformational/Transformative /Tourism
- Promotes self-actualization and personal transformation and growth
- It focuses on the self-reflection and self-discovery aspects of travel and how you can
incorporate the growth you experienced on your trip in your day-to-day land back at home.
- Ex: Volunteering, being a positive support of our environment conservation program, local
people empowerment, and cultural conservation.
- In the Philippines, Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm in Bulacan is part of building homes for
the marginalized people in the society.

IV. Conclusion

- Travel demand cannot be stopped.


- Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photos, kill nothing but time.

Alvin Adriano

“The rise of transformational Tourism (Global Expectations & Opportunities in the New Era)

Importance of Tourism

1. Socio-Economic Development
- Based on UNWTO, Tourism is one of the world’s major economic sector.
2. Job Creation
- In 2019, the travel tourism industry was one of the world growing sectors accounting for
10% of Global GDP and was responsible for creating one in four of all new jobs across the
world. In addition, tourism supports 1 out of 10 jobs worldwide and provides livelihood for
many millions more involves developing and developed economies.
3. Driving Prosperity
- Due to the pandemic, 88M-115M people would be push into the extreme poverty because
of the global contraction of travel.
4. Maintaining economic stability
- As a result of Covd-19, the travel and tourism sectors suffered losses of almost 4.5 trillion
USD with its global contribution to GDP declining by 49% which is relative to 3.7% GDP
decline of the global economy.

Major Barriers

1. Travel Restrictions
- One of the key barriers.
2. Low traveler confidence
3. Containment of Virus
4. Poor Economic Environment

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