How a Global Pandemic Changed the Way We Travel

Introduction

Figure I.1 The world is closed to visitors

It is difficult to define the tourism industry—in its broadest sense, [it] is defined as when people travel and stay in places outside of their usual environment for less than one consecutive year for leisure, business, health, or other reasons.

—Definition of tourism (Statista February 2022)

How we define “tourism” is never going to be a simple exercise as it includes so many different elements of product or service. The statement above is a good summary as we can recognize the basic principles behind it. So, with this definition in mind, we can look at the major changes taking place since ...