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He confesses "optimistic in excess".

Perhaps that is why Alberto Gutiérrez maintains that "2021 is going to be a year of transition towards a great 2022."

For this 38-year-old computer engineer from Valladolid, there are signs that tourism is leaving the worst of the crisis behind.

"Vaccination is progressing at a good pace and there are already many countries that are living with relative normality. A good example is the United States."

During the pandemic, the CEO of Civitatis has doubled the number of activities offered by his platform to 53,000.

"In one year we have done as much as in the previous eleven years."

When was the last time you were in an airport? My last trip was very recent, since I returned from the Riviera Maya in April. I take this opportunity to say that it is a magnificent place to escape restrictions and forget the covid for a few days. In fact, the good management of the pandemic on the coast of Mexico has made the country put itself in the

'top

3 'of most visited countries in 2020. How much do you want to have a health passport? Do you think it is a good idea? I think it is not a question of a good or bad idea, but it is something essential to be able to gradually return to normality. Without a standardized health passport we cannot move forward. What does the new normal look like in tourism? The new normal, which I hope will be temporary and brief, is still not well defined and there is no common policy. For example, in Iceland you can enter if you are vaccinated or if you have a certificate of having passed the disease, and once there there are no restrictions. Therefore, in the summer of 2021, as happened in 2020, we are going to do what they let us do, citizens are not the ones who are going to put restrictions.How does Civitatis fit into this context At Civitatis we are lucky to work in both national and international tourism. Although we were born with a more international vocation, we currently have more than 3000 activities in Spain, since that is where the vast majority of our clients are from. In Civitatis you can book both a guide in Spanish in Xián, as well as a boat trip through Menorca.

Gutiérrez during a trip to Kenya.

Have you seen any new places during the pandemic? In March 2020 I stopped with the world, but then I started to pick up my pace and I have seen many new places. Of course, the vast majority have been for Spain. Galicia, the coast of Andalusia, Murcia, the Valencian Community, Extremadura, and even many places in Castilla y León that I did not know. Of course, now I hope to start the era of international travel again. Before the pandemic, was I still traveling for pleasure or just for work? All my trips are for pleasure, even those for work. In fact, business trips have also been "an excuse" to start a leisure trip. It is always good to attend a fair in Lima and take the opportunity to take a tour of Cusco and Machu Picchu.What tourism trends born in the pandemic will last? During this time, trends have emerged that it does not make sense for them to disappear. Greater digitization of society, greater confidence in online commerce, massive use of QRs, better reservation systems, capacity controls ... These factors will help reduce the long lines of many monuments. revenge to make up for lost time? A revenge trip? It will be a year of revenge travel! And for the business, I hope I'm not the only one who thinks that way. There are undoubtedly people having a very bad time, but it is also true that we are in record numbers of family savings, with many vacations pending, a lot of desire and need to escape.I hope it's like when Emperor Titus inaugurated the Colosseum with a hundred consecutive days of fighting and shows. In which next countries is Civitatis going to land? At Civitatis we always talk about destinations, not countries. That is, you do not conquer France by reaching Perpignan. Our pace of opening of destinations and inclusion of new activities has never stopped. We have also signed countless new collaboration agreements with thousands of travel agencies, management groups, hotels and hotel chains, and the media. And all this not only in Spanish, but also in English, French, Italian and Portuguese. From this point on, each week is going to be better, and 2021 is going to be a year of transition towards a great 2022.no of countries. That is, you do not conquer France by reaching Perpignan. Our pace of opening of destinations and inclusion of new activities has never stopped. We have also signed countless new collaboration agreements with thousands of travel agencies, management groups, hotels and hotel chains, and the media. And all this not only in Spanish, but also in English, French, Italian and Portuguese. From this point on, each week is going to be better, and 2021 is going to be a year of transition towards a great 2022.no of countries. That is, you do not conquer France by reaching Perpignan. Our pace of opening of destinations and inclusion of new activities has never stopped. We have also signed countless new collaboration agreements with thousands of travel agencies, management groups, hotels and hotel chains, and the media. And all this not only in Spanish, but also in English, French, Italian and Portuguese. From this point on, each week is going to be better, and 2021 is going to be a year of transition towards a great 2022.and the media. And all this not only in Spanish, but also in English, French, Italian and Portuguese. From this point on, each week is going to be better, and 2021 is going to be a year of transition towards a great 2022.and the media. And all this not only in Spanish, but also in English, French, Italian and Portuguese. From this point on, each week is going to be better, and 2021 is going to be a year of transition towards a great 2022.

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