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Tourism is one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic. The sector, which shrank by half in 2020, is getting ready to be reborn from its ashes by using its creativity. Tourism is expected to reach its level in 2019 by 2025.
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İSTANBUL (TR) - Tourism is one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic. According to the report of the World Tourism and Travel Council, the contribution of the travel industry to global income in 2020 decreased by 49.1% compared to the previous year and decreased to 4.6 trillion dollars. While 62 million people working in the sector were unemployed, there were significant contractions in air transport, which is the backbone of tourism. In 2020, 14,400 of the 22,000 passenger planes in the world landed on the ground, while the number of passengers decreased by half to 4.6 billion. Fest Travel General Manager Zekeriya Şen stated that he predicts that the tourism sector will reach its level in 2019 by 2025. Şen, who participated in the chat program started by VitrA to create clean ideas for different places after the pandemic, said that new solutions that will meet the rising expectation of personalized experience-oriented tourism are rapidly coming into play, and that small houses designed in line with personal demands and produced with 3D printers in Finland have started to be used in tourism.
The future of travels was the subject of last week's broadcast of the talk program ‘VitrA ile Temiz Fikirler’, which started last year. In addition to Fest Travel General Manager Zekeriya Şen, Aviation Writer Tolga Özbek, Pin Architecture Co-founder Salih Küçüktuna and VitrA Innovation Director Boğaç Şimşir attended the program presented by Yekta Kopan. While it was pointed out that the demand for personalized travels increased after the pandemic, it was stated that the changes in the aviation sector and architecture would bring new expansions to the sector.
Saying that mass tourism has given its place to individual trips, that is to say, private trips, Zekeriya Şen said, “People now want to make more qualified trips rather than group-based trips, but rather less or less. For example, I want to go here, I want to go under these conditions, I want this, I do not want this, personal trips have started to be planned. Just like a jigsaw puzzle, you want the tailor to sew a custom outfit for you instead of buying a ready-made outfit by bringing together different requests.”
Journalist Tolga Özbek, who participated in the broadcast, which can be watched on VitrA Turkey YouTube account, said, “The aviation industry suffered a great break in the attacks on September 11, 2001, and new rules entered our lives. After 20 years, the industry has to introduce new rules again, otherwise it will not survive. There are measures determined by aviation authorities from around the world. Airline companies and terminal companies are introducing new rules. Some of them will be permanent.”
“Interesting developments are happening in the aviation industry,” Özbek continued, saying: “Recently, there is a great demand for private business jets and helicopters in our country, and the sharing economy is also becoming widespread in this sector. Completing its 50-seat regional aircraft, it is transformed into a 16-seat business jet. Business jets long enough to take you from Istanbul to an extreme corner of Australia began to be designed. On the one hand, a luxury flight experience beyond the 'first class' is being designed, while a model in economy class, perhaps much lower than that offered by cheap airlines, may be in question in the coming period.”
Pin Architects Co-Founder Salih Küçüktuna talked about the “tiny house” trend, which gave its first signals in the 17th century and became widespread in America with the 1999 economic crisis, with the search for a more permanent and immersive life in a smaller, less costly and sustainable house. The architect said: “There is another solution called tiny house between 11-46 square meters, small houses between 50-100 square meters, container houses, caravans and mobile homes. There are also examples such as the small cabin that Bill Gates escaped to on weekends, and the small cottage where the famous architect Le Corbusier spent his last years. With the pandemic, the trend towards this trend has started and it is increasing tremendously.”
Talking about VitrA's products for narrow spaces, Boğaç Şimşir, Innovation Director, said, “Our houses have been getting smaller for a very long time. During this downsizing, it is critical to plan toilets and bathrooms correctly. This place is transforming from a use-out space to a place where other functions are also performed. That's why we are constantly developing new products to find out how to spend a comfortable, ergonomic and enjoyable time in small spaces.” Saying that hygiene is a difficult issue in tourism, Şimşir continued: “If you use a toilet used by others, there are some critical contamination points. When we solve them, we will eliminate the risk of contamination. For this reason, we have developed solutions that we call 'contactless technologies'. In order to eliminate contamination, we develop products and spaces that include technologies that prevent the proliferation of bacteria or pathogens, which you can use easily without touching anything from the bidet to the toilet seat, from the siphon to the armature, in order to provide the users with maximum health benefits with minimum effort, that cleans itself as much as possible after you leave, and that prevents the proliferation of bacteria or pathogens.”
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