Hong Kong, Jan. 12 -- With 2020 basically putting a halt to all but essential travel, and hotels, monuments, airlines, museums and restaurants trying to reinvent themselves, repurpose their spaces and their services, can the lessons of 2020 be used in 2021 to help build a concept of tourism that satisfies the traveller without being destructive to the planet and others? Here's everything 2020 taught us about being a 'better' tourist. Image: Courtesy Unsplash/Christine Roy

All of a sudden the skies were emptied of aeroplanes, trains were running nearly empty, and everyone found themselves confined to their homes. The tourism industry essentially ground to a halt, and our own identity as travellers or tourists was transformed, shaken. Unde...