In 2050, it is predicted that 4.7bn or nearly 50% of the world's population will take an international holiday. But can humankind meet that forecast given the issues of ageing populations, peak oil, the global financial crisis and climate change? This book constructs scenarios from Shanghai to Edinburgh, Seoul to California encompassing complex topics such as human trafficking, conferences, transport, food tourism or technological innovation. This is a blue skies thinking book about the future of tourism and a thought-provoking analytical commentary.
Authors
Acknowledgements
Forewords
- F. de Klerk Wolters
- G. Lipman
- D. Glaesser
Introduction
1 An Introduction to the Future
Wealth
2 World Economic Order: The Tourism Economy in 2050
3 Where Have All the Tourists Gone? Pensions, Demography and the Germans
4 Tomorrow's Tourist: Fluid and Simple Identities
Technology
5 Edinburgh 2050: Technological Revolution
6 Singapore 2050: Medicine, Science and the Meetings Industry
7 Amsterdam 2050: Sex, Robots and the End of Human Trafficking
8 New Zealand 2050: The Future of Professional Rugby and Sporting Events
Resources
9 California and Metropolis Los Angeles 2050: Changing Landscapes, Cities and Climate Change
10 Seoul 2050: The Future of Food Tourism
11 Shanghai 2050: The Future of Hotels
12 2050: The Future of Transport
Afterwords
- R. Talwar
- A. Postma
References
Index
