After the covid period the development of the global economy as well as non-economic factors connected with the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine are becoming a brake on the full growth of tourism and air transport sectors. The aim of the article is to identify and analyze the critical success factors (CSFs) of international tourism and air transport with regard to the efforts of both sectors to move towards a resiliency and sustainability. The expert studies of relevant international organizations were used and the MIT 90’s model was subsequently applied to categorize the group of identified CSFs. The path to the resilience and sustainability of sectors (tourism destinations) leads through the introduction of technologies, changes in the structure of stakeholders, re-thinking the strategy and re-evaluation of management processes.