The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context: The Case of Canyoning in the Azores
The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on the tourism sector. Economies with a large weight of external tourism were especially affected, as was the case with the Azores region. This paper aims to analyse the level of this crisis and the resilience of tourism recreation companies specializing...
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on the tourism sector. Economies with a large weight of external tourism were especially affected, as was the case with the Azores region. This paper aims to analyse the level of this crisis and the resilience of tourism recreation companies specializing in canyoning in the Azores region, and whether these reactions led to more sustainable business models. The adopted methodology considered the analysis of recent statistical data on tourism and the available information on COVID-19 pandemic-related impacts. In parallel, questionnaires were applied to all tourism recreation companies in Portugal, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with all the canyoning providers in the Azores region. Results show that all companies survived the crisis, and some have made significant changes to their business models. Furthermore, some degree of success was observed in how services adapted to new demand characteristics, given the small size of most of these businesses and the specialization of their products. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0dfdf6cc34b14468afca6ab02177ccf72023-11-24T18:02:34ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602022-11-01111255810.3390/socsci11120558The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context: The Case of Canyoning in the AzoresFrancisco Silva0Tiago Lopes1Mário Silva2Centre of Geographical Studies, Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (IGOT), University of Lisbon, 1600-276 Lisbon, PortugalCentre of Geographical Studies, Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território (IGOT), University of Lisbon, 1600-276 Lisbon, PortugalCentre for Tourism Research Development and Innovation (CiTUR), Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, 2769-510 Estoril, PortugalThe COVID-19 pandemic had an enormous impact on the tourism sector. Economies with a large weight of external tourism were especially affected, as was the case with the Azores region. This paper aims to analyse the level of this crisis and the resilience of tourism recreation companies specializing in canyoning in the Azores region, and whether these reactions led to more sustainable business models. The adopted methodology considered the analysis of recent statistical data on tourism and the available information on COVID-19 pandemic-related impacts. In parallel, questionnaires were applied to all tourism recreation companies in Portugal, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with all the canyoning providers in the Azores region. Results show that all companies survived the crisis, and some have made significant changes to their business models. Furthermore, some degree of success was observed in how services adapted to new demand characteristics, given the small size of most of these businesses and the specialization of their products.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/12/558AzoresCOVID-19canyoningentrepreneurshipresiliencetourism |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Silva Tiago Lopes Mário Silva The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context: The Case of Canyoning in the Azores Social Sciences Azores COVID-19 canyoning entrepreneurship resilience tourism |
| title | The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context: The Case of Canyoning in the Azores |
| title_full | The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context: The Case of Canyoning in the Azores |
| title_fullStr | The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context: The Case of Canyoning in the Azores |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context: The Case of Canyoning in the Azores |
| title_short | The Resilience of Tourism Recreation Companies in a Pandemic Context: The Case of Canyoning in the Azores |
| title_sort | resilience of tourism recreation companies in a pandemic context the case of canyoning in the azores |
| topic | Azores COVID-19 canyoning entrepreneurship resilience tourism |
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