To say that tourism is one of the sectors worst hit by the COVID-19 epidemic since early 2020 is rather stating the obvious, as the advent of the virus disrupted, in a fundamental way, the tradition modes of human convergence, whether around economic, social or other forms of activity. Tourism as a largely contact-based preoccupation hinged on the need to witness the spectacular, and wonders of the human experience, suffered a massive recoil and setback, which have however been resolving in more recent times. These have been inspired by the determined...