Resilience in tourism 

Sustainable tourism
26.07.2022
The COVID-19 pandemic brought tourism worldwide to a standstill. What are the factors that help to increase resilience in this sector? Sustainability in tourism means not only implementing an environmental project or drawing up a green business plan. Sustainability in tourism is much more about linking tourism development with approaches to renovate the sector from the ground up. This in turn makes regional economies and tourist destinations more resistant to economic adversity.

Within our project design, there are trends crystallising that could be understood as important prerequisites for higher resilience in the tourism sector:

  • diversification in income sources within and beyond the tourism value chain
  • a market-friendly orientation coupled with strengthening or reviving local cultures and ecosystems
  • the promotion of responsible travel behaviour both in domestic and regional tourism

Through the strengthening of available training courses, new trainings are designed that enhance the skills required to meet a specific need in the private sector. Thus, we are helping to promote long-term perspectives that are crucial to a more competitive and sustainable sector as well as to the local labour market.

Morocco
Sustainable tourism
26.07.2022
Morocco: Swiss expertise for sustainable tourism development
The Switzerland-Morocco Sustainable Tourism Programme intends to foster the development of sustainable tourism in the provinces of Azilal and Beni Mellal, addressing competitiveness and value addition.
Indonesia
Sustainable tourism
26.07.2022
SUSTOUR & STED: strengthened competitiveness and resilience in tourism
Tourism is a key factor for the Indonesian economy and the creation of jobs, but it has been strongly undermined by the COVID-19 pandemic. With Sustainable Tourism Destination Development (SUSTOUR) and Sustainable Tourism Education Development Project (STED), Swisscontact is strengthening the resilience and competitiveness of select tourism destinations in Indonesia.