Tourist as vector: Viral mobilities of COVID-19

Tourist mobilities helped COVID-19 become a global pandemic. This commentary argues that mobilities perspectives are vital to understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on global tourism. It assists scholars and policy-makers in two ways: by demonstrating how tourism is implicated in political issues hei...

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Veröffentlicht in:Dialogues in human geography 2020-07, Vol.10 (2), p.174-177
1. Verfasser: Iaquinto, Benjamin Lucca
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Tourist mobilities helped COVID-19 become a global pandemic. This commentary argues that mobilities perspectives are vital to understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on global tourism. It assists scholars and policy-makers in two ways: by demonstrating how tourism is implicated in political issues heightened by the pandemic, and by advancing research on low carbon tourist mobilities.
ISSN:2043-8206
2043-8214
DOI:10.1177/2043820620934250