Right now
we are in the midst of an international health and upcoming economical crisis.
Not only is this situation hitting hard on the health of millions of people and
their anxieties and lives, but it also puts tourism in front of a very troubling
development.
Being a
guide means not having a fixed workplace, which now results in being weeks, months
maybe even a year without payment. It makes it necessary to think further, to
look for other employments and makes the risk of working like this evident to
us.
Being focused on one industry only makes it harder in times like these, when there is no tourism and there will be no tourism for quite some time. The good thing is, since we are always on the move and travelling most have saved up money, which now comes in handy. But we all know, the absence of tourism is good and necessary.
Being focused on one industry only makes it harder in times like these, when there is no tourism and there will be no tourism for quite some time. The good thing is, since we are always on the move and travelling most have saved up money, which now comes in handy. But we all know, the absence of tourism is good and necessary.
Putting
tourism on a hold was and is the most important measure to ensure people do not
travel. We have seen that some of humanity is not the most intelligent. That there
are people still going on trips because it is cheap, unaware or not caring about
the risk they are putting people under.
Here the guides, and small companies, the ones who cater for the tourist have to take responsibility, like they did. It is their turn to put themselves and their health before earning money, and so keeping ignorant tourists out of their communities.
Those measures have also been taken here in Jalcomulco, a village entirely living from tourism, as well.
Especially here in Mexico this became a necessity, since borders were still not closed, and even international tourists are still arriving, mainly from the United States.
Here, where no one has security apart from their family and their daily earning, the closure of companies hits hard. But even more important it becomes to stay inside, because most cannot pay medical bills, not even a Covid-19 test. Prevention is what has to be done, and what is done.
Even though it hurts in the moment, later it will hurt less. So just stay home, sit tight and think about the better times.
- Andrea
Here the guides, and small companies, the ones who cater for the tourist have to take responsibility, like they did. It is their turn to put themselves and their health before earning money, and so keeping ignorant tourists out of their communities.
Those measures have also been taken here in Jalcomulco, a village entirely living from tourism, as well.
Especially here in Mexico this became a necessity, since borders were still not closed, and even international tourists are still arriving, mainly from the United States.
Here, where no one has security apart from their family and their daily earning, the closure of companies hits hard. But even more important it becomes to stay inside, because most cannot pay medical bills, not even a Covid-19 test. Prevention is what has to be done, and what is done.
Even though it hurts in the moment, later it will hurt less. So just stay home, sit tight and think about the better times.
- Andrea
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