According to tourism academic Fabio Carbone, post-COVID tourism is also expected to focus more on people than destinations. Those eager to get away from measures like social distancing will likely use travel to embrace existing relationships with loved ones living abroad or seek new encounters. Carbone suggests that because of this, post-Covid tourism will pivot towards prioritising human development, dialogue, and peace.
AuthorKaterina Antoniou
Katerina Antoniou is a lecturer in Social Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire Cyprus and a course leader for the BA (Hons) in Hospitality and Tourism Management. She specialises in tourism, peacebuilding and conflict resolution research. Research interests include peace and tourism, intergroup contact, dark tourism, and (de)securitisation. Katerina has received training on higher education, cross-cultural facilitation, and conflict mediation. She has also been involved in a variety of non-formal education initiatives, including youth empowerment workshops and intercommunal activities. She holds a BA in Political Science and Economics from Clark University, Massachusetts, an MSc in International Relations Theory from the London School of Economics, and a PhD in International Peacebuilding from the University of Central Lancashire. She is a resident expert to the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods (ICLAIM), and a Fulbright Alumna.