Articles tagged “emerging economies”

Tourism

How Will Emerging Economies Reliant on Tourism Survive the Crisis?

Many emerging economies have built their growth strategies on tourism. Not every one will survive a long-term upset — followed by a likely long-term recession — and be able to pick up where they left off on the other side.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

How Will Emerging Economies Reliant on Tourism Survive the Crisis?

Coronavirus

Tourism in Emerging Countries Faces Slow Recovery From Virus Wipeout

New data from the Institute of International Finance shows what we suspected. The pandemic has devastated the travel sector in emerging markets whose economies are dependent on that spending.

Karin Strohecker, Reuters | 4 years ago

Tourism in Emerging Countries Faces Slow Recovery From Virus Wipeout

Tourism

Travel Shutdown Devastates Emerging Economies Dependent on Tourism

Nowhere in the world is immune from the current tourism shutdown right now, but the lasting economic impacts of a prolonged shutdown are bound to hurt some economies more than others.

Tom Arnold, Reuters | 4 years ago

Travel Shutdown Devastates Emerging Economies Dependent on Tourism

Tourism

Medellin’s Tourism Challenge: Telling the Right Story of Its Violent Past

Medellin has gone through an incredible transformation over the past 30 years, but large issues still remain prevalent. As the city figures out the right story it wants to tell, its "fake it ‘til you make it" strategy somehow works — speaking to the resilience of many developing economies that are navigating histories of crime, corruption, and violence and still figuring out how to position themselves as destinations.

Rebecca Stone, Skift | 5 years ago

Medellin’s Tourism Challenge: Telling the Right Story of Its Violent Past