Anabela Marques Santos and Karel Haegeman from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre will give the third lecture as part of the SEA-EU Blue Talks cycle, on Monday, December 14, starting at 2 p.m. The topic of the lecture is "COVID-19, tourist behavior and policy options, that is the possibility of passing new laws during a pandemic."

The webinar will discuss the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on tourism, as well as how COVID-19 affects tourists/consumers’ preferences and the recovery of tourism. Possible long-term effects on tourist demand will also be discussed, as well as which jobs related to tourism activities are at risk.

You can register for the lecture at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9516051910293/WN_z4jeEleFTKq9UPzz4yzpTw

Blue Talks is a series of short online lectures on the topic of blue economy. Talks are held once a month in the form of a one-hour webinar where experts on a given topic present the situation in a particular area, and participants can ask questions and comment.

Anyone interested in getting more information about the following Blue Talks as well as other information related to blue economy can apply at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJ1frbgg-ys0ArQpu1tDyOxOMaNHQ0y9rhAgFbDeQm1_

In case you missed the opportunity to participate in the first two webinars, just click here:

https://youtu.be/n7Ldj-bwsY0

https://youtu.be/mozvg5aHOAA

The lecture takes place as part of the SEA-EU alliance. The European University of the Seas’s vision (SEA-EU) is the establishment of international, multinational, multilingual and interdisciplinary European university. SEA-EU will encourage excellence in research for the acquisition of knowledge, better understanding and management of the marine environment. European universities are transnational alliances that will become universities of the future, promoting European values ​​and identity, improving quality and competitiveness of European higher education.