The Phocuswright Conference 2021 - five questions for tourism policy executives

The Phocuswright Conference is coming up November 15 to 17, with its usual wide array of speakers, events and networking.

Ahead of some of the key sessions on Center Stage, PhocusWire is outlining some of the main areas for discussion for the program's executives and panels.

A panel this year, focusing on tourism policy and government planning, features the following guests:

• Isabel Hill, acting deputy assistant secretary for national travel, travel and tourism at the the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Stacy Ritter, president and CEO at Greater Fort Lauderdale CVB
• Margo Yates Martinez, communications and marketing at Bloomberg Associates

Five questions for the tourism policy executives:

1. How should policy-makers and tourism managers exploit the use of technology to combat overtourism?
2. What lessons have organizations - commercial and governmental/state-run - learned from the last two years?
3. Should governments have intervened more or less during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis?
4. To what extent and how should travel brands collaborate with destination management organizations and governments to address wider issues around sustainability?
5. What role - if any - should governments and states play in restricting the use of properties for tourism rental accommodation?

*Correction: The name of Isabel Hill has been updated.