The Ultimate Wellness Travel Guide to Tulum, Mexico
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Daily Archives: March 5, 2020
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Virus Fear Empties Overcrowded Venice of Tourists
Venice’s usually overcrowded streets are now void of tourists as the coronavirus spreads to Europe, with Italy being one of the worst-hit countries. Francisco Seco / Associated Press
Skift Take: While the virus threat will eventually subside and tourists will throng its streets again, Venice still has to grapple with a long-term, existential challenge that is climate change.
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Airline Industry Braces for $113 Billion Coronavirus Hit
A Flybe aircraft in the sky. The airline has collapsed. Catherine Singleton / Flickr
Skift Take: Flybe might be the first, but it probably won’t be the last. Plenty of airlines across the world operate on pretty tight margins, which come under increasing pressure during times like this.
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UK Staycations May Be a Rare Beneficiary of Coronavirus
Sidmouth, Devon, a popular holiday spot in the UK. Philip Goddard / Flickr
Skift Take: The coronavirus has many victims in the travel and tourism industry. However, one upside may be in the UK, where holiday-hungry Britons will change their international travel plans for domestic ones.
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Promoting Tourism in the Time of Coronavirus Is a No-Win
The Louvre museum has now reopened. Christophe Ena / AP Photo
Skift Take: Tourism marketers are facing somewhat of a conundrum: The optics of tourism campaigns during widespread panic can fall flat, but failing to market low-risk destinations may make a bad problem even worse.
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Flybe Becomes the First Airline to Die Because of Coronavirus
Flybe, a UK regional airline, is going out of business, according to reports. Transport Pixels / Flickr
Skift Take: If this coronavirus panic drags on, we may see otherwise healthy airlines go bust. But that is not the case here. Flybe was in trouble well before coronavirus.
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Relaxed Rules on Medicinal Marijuana Could Create a Buzz for Thailand Tourism
Thailand’s legalization of cannabis for medicine purposes could launch marijuana tourism in Southeast Asia.
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Skift Take: Southeast Asia’s biggest changes toward cannabis liberalization continue to unfold in Thailand. Some speculate boom times are ahead for Thailand tourism with medical cannabis now legal. But don’t expect ailing patients to flock there for cannabis treatments anytime soon.
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Battered Asia Travel Sector Exits High Season to Regroup for Eventual Recovery
Asia tourism is bracing for more challenging times ahead as the virus spreads outside of Asia. Meanwhile, operators in countries like Laos have been less affected, in part due to scant media coverage of the country. Sasha Popovic / Flickr
Skift Take: It’s likely to get worse before it gets better for the Asian tourism industry. But forward-thinking players will know to take advantage of the current downtime to meet the pent-up demand for travel once recovery comes — which may not be far off.
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Why Asia Is Still the Future of Travel in a Post-Coronavirus World
The rain vortex at Singapore’s Changi Airport. Changi Airport
Skift Take: Understanding the geopolitics of Asia and how it intersects with the world will make you understand why travel is resilient — and why its center will continue to be in Asia — in a post-coronavirus world.
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How to Become a More Water-Conscious Traveler
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