Articles tagged “natural disasters”

Hotels

The U.S. Travel Industry Adds New Jobs, Has More Open

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the need for more staff at U.S. hotels, short-term rentals' impact on housing, and Hurricane Ian's impact on one tourism market.

Rashaad Jorden | 2 years ago

Tourism

South Africa’s Beaches See Tourism Halted Over Massive Floods

The damage caused by the floods represents an enormous setback for South African beach resorts that still haven't fully rebounded from Covid. And as scientists predict storms will worsen along the Indian Ocean in coming decades, those destinations will continue to face weather-related hurdles in their recovery.

Siyabonga Sishi, Reuters | 2 years ago

Tourism

Nashville Tourism Fights Back From Tornadoes and Coronavirus Fears

Nashville is trying to solve a problem with no real blueprint: How do you encourage visitation after a natural disaster when people are afraid to travel due to coronavirus?

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 4 years ago

Tourism

Months of Unprecedented Fires Ravage Australia’s Tourism Industry

The tragic state of the wildfires raging across Australia bodes well for nothing — including the country's tourism industry.

Rosie Spinks, Skift | 4 years ago

SkiftX

Global Coastal Cities Risk $1 Trillion in Flood Damages a Year by 2050

As urban populations grow and housing is pushed to the sea, global coastal cities can literally not afford to not invest in anti-flood infrastructure. A tourism industry would take even longer to repair than buildings or the economy.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

The Serious Calculus Behind How Disasters Affect Worldwide Air Travel

The suggestions are surely well-founded, but airlines and airports in this market are unlikely to adopt policies demanding short-term investments - even if they do offer long-term returns.

Eliza Ronalds-Hannon, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Budapest battles back the Danube while German dikes burst

Zoltan Simon and Nicholas Brautlecht, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Tourism

Atlantic Coast tourism leaders worry about the coming hurricane season

Relying solely on prayer and good luck to protect a destination from natural disasters is a poor way to prepare for a storm, but this scene is playing itself out up and down the Atlantic Coast right now.

Hank Rowland, The Brunswick News | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

New Jersey transit execs cite “security” to avoid explaining Hurricane Sandy failure

NJ Transit's leadership lack of foresight, planning, and humility were not a good formula for battling a superstorm, and their insistence that the MTA's success was due to "luck" is a clear indication they learned nothing from their failures.

Karen Rouse, The Record | 11 years ago

Tourism

Jersey Shore gets ready for the summer after Hurricane Sandy’s devastation

The Jersey Shore has always drawn a dedicated group of vacationers who return year after year because of social and familial ties to the region. This, along with a little bit of marketing, is what will bring people back again in 2013.

Reuters | 11 years ago