It is no mystery that the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has put the global economy to the test of numerous new challenges: the economic, health and sociological crisis has brought above all a huge stop to the tourism and transport sector, representing the 10 % of world GDP, thus leading governments around the world to run for cover.
However, the pandemic has also brought with it an opportunity, the renewal of a sector that has been stationary for several years. From the statement of 1 December 2022 by UNWTO Secretary General, Zurab Pololikashvili and European Union Commissioner for Transport, Adina Vălean, “The restart of tourism, therefore, presents us with a unique moment to seize opportunity from crisis […]now is the time to capitalise on such shifts in behaviour and direct our sector on a different path, one that leads to a more sustainable and resilient future”.
It is not possible then to talk about tourism without talking about transport: this is what emerges through the documentation drawn up by various European bodies and institutions.
The event intends to analyse tourism and transport from the voices of the highest representatives of the sector, to then focus on EUSAIR state of art and particular means of transport, currently among the most polluting: the cruise sector.
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