Social distancing in the homes of queuing: Reopening theme parks

Lorna Thomas; Shola Osinaike; Tara Brown

doi:10.1108/9781802620733

Social distancing in the homes of queuing: Reopening theme parks

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Late spring, early summer 2020, theme parks across the World started to publish their plans for reopening. In this regard, this chapter ventures into critical questions like what did theme parks learn from the first ‘reopening’? What worked and what has changed? Have or will visitors return? Drafted as
an exploratory paper this chapter brings forth the strategies adopted by the theme parks in the quest to return to the normal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Emerald Handbook of Destination Recovery in Tourism and Hospitality
Publisher	Emerald
Pages	417-432
ISBN (Print)	9781802620740, 9781802620733
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/9781802620733
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 2022

Keywords

COVID-19
Destination management
Queuing
Social distancing
Theme parks
Tourism reopening

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