By 2030, China will be the world’s largest tourism destination, holidays in Outer Space will be the ultimate luxury experience, extreme Swedish ironing will be an Olympic Sport, embedded technologies will be the norm in future tourists and skiing in the Alps will be no more. These are some of the changes that will occur between now and 2030 that will change world tourism. Tomorrows Tourist: Scenarios & Trends enables readers to imagine what a future tourist might be, where they will go and what they will do. This is the most comprehensive analysis of how world tourism is changing and what it means for destinations.
Each chapter consists of a scenario about a future tourist, which is then is backed up with evidence and trends plus a number of assumptions about the future.
1. Introduction: World Tourism and Tourist in 2030
2. History of Wolrd Tourism
3. What Will the World Look Like in 2030?
4. What will the World Look Like in 2030?
5. World Tourism in 2030
6. The Health Tourist- Searching for the Fountain of Youth in Incredible India
7. The US Grand-Traveller: The Changing Roles of Families and Travel
8. My Life in Pogradeci- The Phenomena of Second-Home Living
9. The Sex Tourist-What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas
10. Ostentatiously Expensive Dubai: The Phenomenon of the Retail Tourist in the Middle East
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