Covid-19 and the end of Tourism Research? New Forms of Tourism in the State of Emergency

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Abstract

The recent virus outbreak of COVID-19 (SARS-COV2), a new virus of the Coronavirous family has brought indescribable consequences for global commerce, mobilities and even for the industry of tourism. To some extent, some voices alerted on the idea probably tourism would be radically shifted, or scholars would witness the end of tourism as known before COVID-19. Most certainly, several studies will be published in the next years on the effects of this virus in the tourism and hospitality industry. This paper explores the changes and challenges of tourism research and epistemology in the years to come. Today´s tourism research is based on the needs of asking (interviewing tourists) to test operational hypotheses. From this viewpoint, the tourist seems to be the main source of information towards the consolidation of tourism research. Of course, the lack of activity and the cancellations of flights and bookings, following this reasoning, entail the end of tourism research. This conceptual work focuses on the complex nature of tourism – as a resilient activity – as well as the rise of new forms of tourism which will surely interrogate the discipline. 

 Key words: COVID-19; Mobilities; Crises; Tourism; End of tourism research.

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Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Department of Economics, University of Palermo, Argentina

Ph D. in Sociology, University of Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Leading global cultural theorist specializing in terrorism, mobilities and tourism. Senior Researcher at the Department of Economics, University of Palermo, Argentina. Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Hospitality. In 2015 he was Visiting Professor at the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (CERS) at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom; TIDES at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain in 2017, and the University of La Habana, Cuba in 2018. In 2016, he was included as Scientific Editor for Studies and Perspective in Tourism (CIET) and as an Honorary Member of the Scientific Council of Research and Investigation hosted by UDET (University of Tourist Specialities, Quito Ecuador). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-1669 . [ mkorst@palermo.edu ]

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2021-01-31

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Korstanje, M. E. (2021). Covid-19 and the end of Tourism Research? New Forms of Tourism in the State of Emergency. Anais Brasileiros De Estudos Turísticos - ABET, 11. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/abet/article/view/33304

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ABET, Vol. 11, Single Issue (2021): Current Topics in Tourism and Thematic Section: “Tourism in times of COVID-19”

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Thematic Section “Tourism in times of COVID-19”

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