Surviving the lockdown and planning for the future
While the lockdown imposed on half the world’s
population, caused by Covd-19 is devastating on our businesses, our economy and
the tourism industry as a whole, we have the advantage of technology. We
can still communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world instantaneously; we
can easily find multiple articles (written in past few days) on how to
deal with the crisis and predictions on what our future may look like; we can
share wonderful images of places we visited and things we experienced with the
whole world, knowing that one day soon, we will be able to go there and see
them all again.
READ – travel gurus and experts from around are
publishing advice and predictions, with new pieces being shared online
daily. We will share links of anything we feel worthwhile, if you find
anything you feel may be of benefit to our members, please send us a link.
Chris Harvie from Hazyview shared this piece out of Conde Nast Traveller this
morning, it is from a UK perspective, but definitely worth a read: Click HERE
WEBINARS – these are being held almost daily with
expert panellists from the tourism industry discussing issues such as funding,
the tourism recovery plan, etc.
South African Tourism will be holding their second webinar on the tourism
recovery plan at 12:00 today. Click in link to register https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v19ihA8nRfawE3967jJdIA.
SATSA has also been holding several webinars, for updates on upcoming webinars
as well as a whole host of excellent resources click on this link: https://www.satsa.com/coronavirus-update/
SURVEYS – in these days of Corona, everyone is
sending out surveys, we suggest that in the interest of tourism and
conservation into the future, you consider completing one or both of these
should you feel that they are applicable:
SATSA Industrywide Covin-19 Impact Survey (10 – 15 minutes to complete) : https://sptifrms.typeform.com/to/E1jbuf
EU Protected area tourism : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/COVID19_Tourism
SOCIAL MEDIA – while many people have time on their
hands, social media is being used more than ever. Now is not the time to
use it to promote specials (at a date yet to be determined) but rather to
showcase what beautiful attraction and exciting activities are on offer in the
region. Plant a seed by sharing amazing images and possibly a short story
about the places near you. Once things get back to normal, people from
around the world may remember that image and plan to visit it.
Kruger Lowveld Tourism is sharing daily images on Instagram and Facebook
(usually some other person’s photo, for which they are credited) encouraging
people to come and visit us by using the #seeyousoon.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KrugerLowveld/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/krugerlowveld/
