Preparing the tourism workforce for the digital future
Embracing digitalisation throughout the tourism ecosystem will help to drive the ability
of business to build resilience in a post-COVID-19 era. This will include exploiting
the opportunities digitalisation opens up for marketing, product and destination development,
as well as investing in human capital and skills to retain and develop a skilled workforce.
To support the digital transformation of the sector, this report examines: i) the
role of digital technology in tourism and its impact on work organisation; ii) how
digitalisation affects the demand for skills in the sector; and iii) the role of government
in creating the conditions to support the digital transformation of tourism business
models, and preparing the tourism workforce for change. Acknowledging that national
policies will need to be responsive to needs across a diverse sector, with varying
levels of digital maturity amongst enterprises (and people), the report presents a
selection of policy considerations to prepare the tourism workforce for the digital
future.