2050 - Tomorrow's Tourism

By (author) Ian Yeoman

Publication date:

13 June 2012

Publisher

Channel View Publications

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781845413026

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

Any attempt to predict the future is a journey into the unknown. On this adventure the reader will be continuously engaged, intrigued, exhilarated and occasionally irritated by the unexpected connections and extrapolations, but will never be jaded or bored on this breathtaking roller coaster ride into the future.