Dynamics of the Tourism Industry: Post-Pandemic and Post-Disaster Perspectives and Strategies.
Gül Erkol Bayram and Anukrati Sharma (Eds.)
© 2024 Apple Academic Press, Inc. Co-published with CRC Press (Taylor & Francis)
CHAPTER 15
Putting the Tourism Industry Back on Its
Feet Again: Argentina as a Main Case
Study
MAXIMILIANO E. KORSTANJE
Departments of Economic, University of Palermo, Mario Bravo 1073,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
ABSTRACT
The specialized literature in disaster studies emphasizes the problems of
applied research to forecast exactly the geographical zone or city where the
disaster will take a hit. The term disaster appeals precisely to the lack of
coherence in responses to outstanding, if not disturbing, events that impact
notably society. For this reason, disaster management adopted the figure of
resilience and adaptation to deal with post-disaster (pandemic) scenarios.
Over the recent years, some voices have alerted on the importance of
resilience in the tourism industry. The global pandemic that originated in
Wuhan (China) rapidly disseminated throughout the world, paralyzing not
only the tourism industry but also the global trade. The COVID-19 obliges
us to rethink tourism in a feudalized (atomized) world without tourists. The
current travel behavior, as well as the geographical borders, are being refor-
mulated according to a post-pandemic situation. Beyond the material losses
and lives, the COVID-19 seems to be a foundational event that redrawn the
global geographies. This book chapter deals with the opportunities and chal-
lenges of tourism in Argentina just after the COVID-19. We look to answer
the question: is post-disaster tourism literature an efficient instrument to put
the activity back on its feet again?