Series Review: What have we learned?

Travel and tourism can be forces for good: opening minds, building understanding, creating jobs, supporting social development and motivating authorities to invest in conservation. However, tourism’s negative effects - environmental, economic, social, political, cultural - are also undeniable and long before the outbreak of Covid-19 have been driving industry reflection on the ethos and practices of tourism. Climate crisis, pandemic risk, legacies of colonialism and damage caused by over-tourism cannot be ignored. For a growing number of providers, “business as usual” is no longer an option.

In this final summary session, we will review the key issues and ideas that have emerged in Weeks 1-4 and where possible take them further. A selection of previous speakers will return and join with the Urgent Situation team to articulate specific and concrete models for positive, inclusive, sustainable and resilient forms of future tourism. 

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An Urgent Situation: Rethinking Tourism through Architecture, Arts and Community is developed together with Don Lawrence Architect, Rebel Architecture Lab, artist Tanja Thorjussen and Samong Haven. For more information about the project please click here.

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