A collection of quotes on the themes of tourism, Covid-19, and capitalism.
“Health care is a right. Life is a right. Travel is not a right.”
– Colin Furness, epidemiologist.[1]
“Covid cannot swim, walk or fly on its own. So how did it get to every corner of the earth?” – Colin Furness, epidemiologist.[2]
“I want travel during a pandemic to feel, socially, a little bit like drinking and driving… Incredibly irresponsible, incredibly reckless, selfish, dangerous, stupid, something that you would never let anyone see you do, because it’s so unacceptable.”
– Marty Firestone, president of a travel insurance company.[3]
“Eat, Love, Prey.” [4]
“I did not follow the lockdown, I am very sorry.”
– Lines given to delinquent tourists in Uttar Pradesh[5]
“Tourism as we knew it just a few months ago has ceased to exist.”
– Piotr Niewiadomski[6]
I want travel during a pandemic to feel, socially, a little bit like drinking and driving… Incredibly irresponsible, incredibly reckless, selfish, dangerous, stupid, something that you would never let anyone see you do, because it’s so unacceptable.”
– Rosa Saba[7]
“In the shadow of the pandemic, the scramble to recalibrate, regenerate, remake and rethink tourism has taken on intense urgency.”
– Joseph M. Cheer[8]
“I started wondering who gets to count as a human being? Who gets to take cover in a crisis? Who gets to be in quarantine, and who has to be a human shield?”
– Hannah Olson, producer of The Last Cruise[9]
[1] Rosa Saba, “‘Airlines clearly just don’t care about public health.’ Critics say companies shouldn’t advertise deals on international flights amid COVID,” Toronto Star, 9 January 2021; Link to source.
[2] Rosa Saba, “‘Airlines clearly just don’t care about public health.’ Critics say companies shouldn’t advertise deals on international flights amid COVID,” Toronto Star, 9 January 2021; Link to source.
[3] Rosa Saba, “‘Airlines clearly just don’t care about public health.’ Critics say companies shouldn’t advertise deals on international flights amid COVID,” Toronto Star, 9 January 2021; Link to source.
[4] Patrick Brouder, Simon Teoh, Noel B. Salazar, Mary Mostafanezhad, Jessica Mei Pung, and Dominc Lapointe, “Reflections and discussions: tourism maters in the new normal post Covid-19,” Tourism Geographies 22, 3 (2020); Link to source.
[5] Minakshi Raj, “India’s Response to Covid-19,” in Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J. King, Eliza Massard da Fonesca, and André Peralta-Santos, eds., Coronavirus Politics; The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021), 180.
[6] Piotr Niewiadomski, “Covid-19: from temporary de-globalisation to a rediscovery of tourism?” Tourism Geographies 22, 3 (2020); Link to source.
[7] Rosa Saba, “‘Airlines clearly just don’t care about public health.’ Critics say companies shouldn’t advertise deals on international flights amid COVID,” Toronto Star, 9 January 2021; Link to source.
[8] Joseph M. Cheer, “Human flourishing, tourism transformation and COVID-19: a conceptual touchstone,” Tourism Geographies 22, 3 (2020); Link to source.
[9] Adrian Horton, “It was like a horror film’: inside the terror of the Covid cruise ship,” Guardian, 30 March 2021; Link to source; The Last Cruise (2021) can be watched on Hulu..