First training workshop on community tourism and its effects post Coronavirus (COVID-19)

ABSTRACT

With the accelerated spread of COVID-19 and the growing impact of the economic crisis in the tourism sector, the Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and Caribbean has developed the first training workshop on Community Tourism and its effects post Coronavirus (COVID - 19). The workshop had the objective of developing training processes and training with organizations of women and young leaders on economic enterprises related to tourism and its effects post Coronavirus (COVID-19), based on traditional knowledge in order to strengthen management capacities in public policies. The main approaches focused on analyzing conventional tourism, the organizational crisis, historical resilience of the tourist activity, potentialities of the Bolivian community tourism and the current legislation among others. This context analysis, information, as well as the dialogue and reflection brought an initial conclusion that domestic tourism will be the option that guarantees the reactivation of the sector in the short term. Likewise, it was observed that for this, public and private institutions linked to the Bolivian tourism sector must invest, from now on, time and resources in order to guarantee compliance with the distancing and biosafety regulations, as well as redefining their tourism offer for the national market.