Response and recovery from Covid-19 in historic urban destinations (cases from Belgium and the Netherlands)
Covid-19 affected tourism in a particularly hard way, forcing stakeholders at all levels to work on recovery while a number of experts pointed out that the pandemic constituted a momentum to change the future face of tourism. This paper focusses on a potential implementation gap, researching the que...
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| description | Covid-19 affected tourism in a particularly hard way, forcing stakeholders at all levels to work on recovery while a number of experts pointed out that the pandemic constituted a momentum to change the future face of tourism. This paper focusses on a potential implementation gap, researching the question how local stakeholders handle the Covid-19 pandemic in practice, both in the short run and in longer term recovery strategies. Is a “business as usual” approach prevalent or can the pandemic be a catalyst for (major) transformations? The cases researched are historic cities in Belgium and the Netherlands. Although these countries lack a dominant tourism industry, especially their cities, as destinations, suffered considerably. Short-term crisis management as well as the vision, strategy and actions on how to recover in the long term, were the subject of a number of online workshops with tourism planning and management officials. These online workshops used an interesting software (MURAL) to fuel the interactive exchange of information and discussion. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f7aff046dc34440082862d651fc06b9d2025-01-30T14:05:17ZdeuAssociation Via@Via@2259-924X2022-08-012110.4000/viatourism.8393Response and recovery from Covid-19 in historic urban destinations (cases from Belgium and the Netherlands)Dominique VannesteVere Van MeeterenBart NeutsCovid-19 affected tourism in a particularly hard way, forcing stakeholders at all levels to work on recovery while a number of experts pointed out that the pandemic constituted a momentum to change the future face of tourism. This paper focusses on a potential implementation gap, researching the question how local stakeholders handle the Covid-19 pandemic in practice, both in the short run and in longer term recovery strategies. Is a “business as usual” approach prevalent or can the pandemic be a catalyst for (major) transformations? The cases researched are historic cities in Belgium and the Netherlands. Although these countries lack a dominant tourism industry, especially their cities, as destinations, suffered considerably. Short-term crisis management as well as the vision, strategy and actions on how to recover in the long term, were the subject of a number of online workshops with tourism planning and management officials. These online workshops used an interesting software (MURAL) to fuel the interactive exchange of information and discussion. https://journals.openedition.org/viatourism/8393tourism policyCovid-19crisis managementrecoveryhistoric citiesFlanders (Belgium) |
| spellingShingle | Dominique Vanneste Vere Van Meeteren Bart Neuts Response and recovery from Covid-19 in historic urban destinations (cases from Belgium and the Netherlands) Via@ tourism policy Covid-19 crisis management recovery historic cities Flanders (Belgium) |
| title | Response and recovery from Covid-19 in historic urban destinations (cases from Belgium and the Netherlands) |
| title_full | Response and recovery from Covid-19 in historic urban destinations (cases from Belgium and the Netherlands) |
| title_fullStr | Response and recovery from Covid-19 in historic urban destinations (cases from Belgium and the Netherlands) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Response and recovery from Covid-19 in historic urban destinations (cases from Belgium and the Netherlands) |
| title_short | Response and recovery from Covid-19 in historic urban destinations (cases from Belgium and the Netherlands) |
| title_sort | response and recovery from covid 19 in historic urban destinations cases from belgium and the netherlands |
| topic | tourism policy Covid-19 crisis management recovery historic cities Flanders (Belgium) |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/viatourism/8393 |
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