AIEST Consensus on tourism and travel in the SARS-CoV-2 era and beyond

On the occasion of the AIEST Anniversary Conference 2021 in Lucerne, Switzerland, and
based on a simplified consensus discourse methodology, we - that is the conference delegates - collaboratively assessed possible future developments of tourism against the backdrop of the Covid-19 Pandemic. The focus was on four questions: (Q1) “How will future
demand develop, regionally and internationally?”, (Q2) “Which developments from outside
the tourism system will (a) provide opportunities or (b) pose challenges for tourism respectively?”, (Q3) “Which developments from within the tourism system will (a) provide opportunities or (b) pose challenges for tourism respectively?”, and (Q4) “Which would be meaningful future research avenues?”. This paper reports on the results and outcomes of that
discussion and provides answers to the questions posed.