Adaptive Strategies Employed by the Mice Sector in Response to Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21216353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Refiloe Julia LEKGAU (0000-0002-0303-7592), Tembi M Tichaawa (0000-0002-1913-3730, University of Johannesburg) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1203-1210 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | GeoJournal of Tourism and Geosites (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2065-0817 • E-ISSN: 2065-1198 |
| Publisher | Asociatia de Geografie, Turism si Sport (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30892/gtg.38427-761 |
| OpenAlex | W3217709781 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 25 |
COVID-19 has brought to the fore drastic and transformative changes to MICE tourism. The current study therefore sought to examine the adaptive responses employed by the MICE sector of South Africa to survive and maintain business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adopting a qualitative research design, 19 representatives of various subsectors of the MICE industry (including organisers, suppliers, and associations) were interviewed. The data reveals that the immediate strategies implemented by many MICE organisations involved the reevaluation of their operational costs. Moreover, the study found that the sector has readjusted its business models to include virtual events in order to ensure recovery and resilience in light of the pandemic. The study argues the importance of understanding adaptive strategies as broadening theory on tourism and crises (specifically to the MICE sector) as well as understanding the process of sector resilience post-COVID-19
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Biology · Business · Pandemic · Political science · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Tourism · Transformative learning · Computer Science · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development · Virology
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Les dynamiques d’une résilience sociale, environnementale et organisationnelle face à la Covid-19
Building pandemics resilience through adaptation and recovery strategies
Resilience
Resilience and sustainability
The impact and recovering strategies of the Covid-19 pandemic
Resilience adaptive capacity wheel
Tourism organizations’ responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
Is tourism development a catalyst of economic recovery following natural disaster? An analysis of economic resilience and spatial variability
Tourism and Hospitality industry resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic
Enhancing resilience in the Covid-19 crisis
Systems thinking to facilitate “double loop” learning in tourism industry
Tourism Is Too Dangerous! Perceived Risk and the Subjective Safety of Tourism Activity in the Era of Covid-19
Governance and Tourism Resilience During the Covid19 Crisis. Case Study Bukovina, Romania
Tourism Business Responses to South Africa’s Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency
Covid-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Tourism in Poland in March 2020
Nature-Based Tourism Enterprise Adaptive Responses to Covid-19 in South Africa
From Adaptation to Transformation
The resilience of formal and informal tourism enterprises to disasters
Covid-19 cripples global restaurant and hospitality industry
Perceived impacts of Covid-19 on risk perceptions, emotions, and travel intentions
Covid-19 and African tourism research agendas
Scale, change and resilience in community tourism planning
Reconnecting tourism after Covid-19
A post Covid-19 future - tourism re-imagined and re-enabled
Planning Qualitative Research
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |