ABSTRACT
This study was conducted with the aim of empirically analyzing the impacts of the pandemic of the Covid-19 on the Quebec tourism industry, with a particular focus on the outdoor sector, given that the latter seems to have been a form of escape in several countries and for many citizens. Based on a quantitative approach and a self-administered survey in the summer of 2020 (n = 1210), this study made it possible to analyze the organizational situation of this industry, the tourism performance of the organizations surveyed, their human resources concerns, their short- and medium-term development prospects, as well as the structural and organizational elements where the organizations are the most vulnerable. Overall, it can be seen that the outdoor sector, thanks to its 40 intrinsic characteristics, stands out very positively in this industry, in particular in contrast to organizations located in large urban centers that depend on clients from outside Quebec.
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted withthe aim of empirically analyzing the impacts of the pandemic of theCovid-19 on the Quebec tourism industry, with a particular focuson the outdoor sector, given that the latter seems to have been aform of escape in several countries and for many citizens. Basedon a quantitative approach and a self-administered survey in thesummer of 2020 (n = 1210), this study made it possible to analyzethe organizational situation of this industry, the tourism performanceof the organizations surveyed, their human resources concerns,their short- and medium-term development prospects, as well asthe structural and organizational elements where the organizationsare the most vulnerable. Overall, it can be seen that the outdoorsector, thanks to its 40 intrinsic characteristics, stands out verypositively in this industry, in particular in contrast to organizationslocated in large urban centers that depend on clients from outsideQuebec. © 2023 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
ABSTRACT
This special issue offers a diversity of perspectives with regard to tourism development before and after COVID-19. Some of these perspectives include: defining a new project of civilization while questioning the place of tourism in post-COVID society;postulating that the COVID-19 disaster may ultimately be the long-awaited "miracle" for a societal paradigm shift;questioning the precarious working conditions that characterize the tourism industry;transforming of the coastal tourism paradigm to take the path of ecological and sustainable tourism;and explaining the measures deployed by the Airbnb platform to adjust to the health crisis. Furthermore, this special issue aims to investigate an extraordinary global health crisis by its magnitude and the speed with which it has literally "disoriented" almost all countries, especially in the tourism sector.