Crisis Management and Resilient Destinations During Covid-19 in the Southern European Countries

Abstract

2020 was a year marked by unprecedented health, social and economic global challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and understandably travel and tourism were among the most affected sectors.

In a world where disease outbreaks and pandemics are expected to become increasingly common, negative consequences related to other epidemics may be mitigated in the future by knowing how tourist destinations have handled a crisis of a much greater magnitude than those faced before.

Based on the long tradition of southern European tourist destinations, secondary sources are used for data processing and analysis that will help piece together an accurate picture of the tourist government policies and the alternative measures taken by those countries during the first months of the pandemic that may be useful to build resilient tourist destinations.

The aim of this chapter is to analyze how these countries managed this pandemic crisis, in order to mitigate future negative impacts from other pandemic crises and further potential Covid-19 waves and to reflect on how they may become better resilient destinations.

Citation

Amaro, D. (2021), "Crisis Management and Resilient Destinations During Covid-19 in the Southern European Countries", Seabra, C., Paiva, O., Silva, C. and Abrantes, J.L. (Ed.) Pandemics and Travel (Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 243-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-070-220211015