9 Things You Can Do to Support the Travel Industry When the World is Closed

Here’s a pretty staggering fact you might not know: the tourism industry accounts for roughly 1 in 10 jobs around the world.

That’s hundreds of millions of jobs in a wide variety of sectors of the travel industry; everything from airline employees to hotel staff to tour guides to cruise ship workers to travel agents. And let’s not forget the people who work in restaurants and cafes in tourist hot spots, the owners of souvenir shops, and even travel writers like me!

The World Travel and Tourism Council is already predicting that up to 50 million jobs will be lost in the tourism industry worldwide due to the effects and after-effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. In the US alone, it’s predicted that this pandemic will have a negative impact on the…