The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented “super-shock” for the tourism industry. How tourism academia relates to this unpredictable context is anyhow not yet evident. This study uses a qualitative scenario method to propose four possible futures for tourism academia considering the pandemic and to draw attention to key factors of these future developments. Nine interviews were held with tourism (full/ordinary) professors across Europe, America, Asia, and the Pacific Region to gain expert insights. As a result, four scenarios are proposed for tourism education, industry collaboration, research, and discipline identity. Recovery (“new sustainability” or “revenge-tourism”) for tourism academia if the pandemic impact is short-term, and Adaptancy (“bridging the gap” or “decline”) for tourism academia if the COVID-19 impact is long-lasting. Key factors for the way forward are finally discussed and contributions of our findings are highlighted.

持续的 COVID-19 大流行对旅游业来说是前所未有的“超级冲击”。无论如何，旅游学术界如何与这种不可预测的环境相关联尚不清楚。本研究使用定性情景方法，为旅游学术界考虑大流行提出四种可能的未来，并提请注意这些未来发展的关键因素。与欧洲、美洲、亚洲和太平洋地区的旅游（正式/普通）教授进行了九次访谈，以获得专家见解。因此，提出了旅游教育、行业合作、研究和学科识别四个场景。如果大流行的影响是短期的，则旅游学术界的复苏（“新的可持续性”或“报复性旅游”）和适应性（“弥合差距”或“下降”）对于旅游学术界来说，如果 COVID-19 的影响是持久的。最后讨论了前进道路的关键因素，并强调了我们发现的贡献。