The travel and hospitality industry is facing the largest challenges in our lifetimes. I believe we will recover and possibly come back, with patience, stronger than ever. In my over 40 years experience in travel writing and in business in general I have observed that those who survive in the down times are the ones that most benefit when we emerge in recovery. I was personally traveling a week after 9/11 when airports had armed guards and people were afraid to travel.
The most important thing now for us is personal self care. As a senior yoga teacher since 2004 focusing on healing I've learned how moving forward with our lives with positive actions, physical and emotional, can have a huge long term benefit. I am fortunate to live in a suburban area with gardens to work in and safely walk. If you do not have that level of freedom of movement I encourage you to do what ever activities that bring you joy; ideally movement/exercise, intellectual stimulation, and healthy eating. Please also keep in touch with family and friends via phone, texts, and video chatting; especially the elderly.
Before you know it we will be ready to resume our regular day-to-day loves. I expect there will be
some alterations we will make including continuing to wear masks and honoring social distancing until effective vaccines and treatments are widely available. Apple and Goggle are developing an app
able to allow us to identify and track people with positive diagnoses, which should also be interesting. Supermarkets are now considering widespread temperature checks before entering, also something I can foresee at restaurants and airports too to build consumer confidence as our economies restart up.
One of the things we suggest to jump start the travel and cruise industry is doing quick testing, offering travel travel health insurance, supplemental life insurance, and trip interruption coverage covering hotel and return flights if any Caronavirus issue occurs.
Allen Barkus has been actively writing for the Travelore Report for over 40 years, originated by his Father Ted in 1971. He has been teaching Ashtanga Healing Therapy since 2004, https://www.ashtangabyallen.com/
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