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NEW REPORT RECOMMENDS CARIBBEAN ISLANDS TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO PLAN FOR POST-COVID ECONOMIC RECOVERY
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted tourism more than any other industry. While people everywhere have been instructed to stay home, lock down and even quarantine to stem the spread of the virus, in the places most dependent on visitors, people have watched their...
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT RELY ON TOURISM ARE FINDING WAYS TO COPE WITH COVID
Across the world, COVID has been taking a devastating toll on both the tourism industry and Indigenous communities. First Nations groups like the Heiltsuk of British Colombia—along with many Indigenous tribes—are enforcing strict lockdown measures in an attempt to...
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TOURISM STUDIES PARTNERS ON TWO REPORTS CRITICAL TO HELPING DESTINATIONS REASSESS AND REBUILD POST-PANDEMIC
Of all the industries impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism has been most devastated. Because one in ten jobs globally is tourism-dependent, the industry’s collapse is profoundly impacting communities and economies everywhere. In fact, the World Travel and...
MTA Student Nuo Li Shares Her Reflections on the Coronavirus
Nuo Li, an international student from Beijing, China, is earning her Masters degree in Sustainable Tourism Management at GW. While a number of international students have returned home since the coronavirus pandemic closed the university, Nuo opted to stay in the...
MANAGING CRUISE TOURISM IN BELIZE CITY: GW Helps Lead The Way Toward A More Sustainable Future
Post by Taylor Ruoff The International Institute of Tourism Studies provides Master of Tourism Administration students with unique opportunities to participate in ongoing research and consulting projects that support sustainable tourism development all over the world....
