Tomorrow's tourist : scenarios & trends / by Ian Yeoman.

ISBN:

9780080453392

Title:

Author:

Yeoman, Ian.

Personal Author:

Yeoman, Ian.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier Science, 2008.

Physical Description:

x, 357 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Advances in tourism research

Advances in tourism research series.

Subject Term:

Tourism -- Planning.

Tourism -- Forecasting.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2008

Publication Information:

Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier Science, 2008.

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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. The book is accompanied by its own website at http://www.tomorrowstourist.com which is owned and regularly updated by the author.

Author Notes

Ian Yeoman is the world's only futurologist and crystal ball gazer to specialise in travel and tourism, resident at Victoria University, New Zealand and Edinburgh, Scotland

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Section I
1 Introduction: World Tourism and the Tourist in 2030	p. 3
2 History of World Tourism	p. 11
3 What Will the World Look Like in 2030?	p. 21
4 What Will the Tourist Be Doing in 2030?	p. 33
5 World Tourism in 2030	p. 41
Section II
6 The Health Tourist - Searching for the Fountain of Youth in Incredible India	p. 63
7 The US Grand-Traveller: The Changing Roles of Families and Travel	p. 93
8 My Life in Pogradeci - The Phenomena of Second-Home Living	p. 103
9 The Sex Tourist - What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas	p. 119
10 Ostentatiously Expensive Dubai: The Phenomenon of the Retail Tourist in the Middle East	p. 129
11 Bridget Jones Goes on Holiday	p. 149
12 The Authentic Tourist: A Journey through Africa in 2030	p. 165
13 From Birmingham to Mecca - The Ritual of Pilgrimage and the Desire for a Spiritual Existence	p. 179
14 Scotland's Food Tourist in 2015	p. 195
15 The Sports Tourist: The Urban Rat Race	p. 211
16 The Space Tourist: A Metaphor for Understanding the Changing Meaning of Luxury and the Desire for New Experiences	p. 233
17 The Gambler in Macao: Las Vegas of the Orient	p. 243
18 The New Cultural 'Capitalist' - The Rio Carnival	p. 253
19 Life on Mars - How Different Generations Perceive the Future of Holidays in Scotland	p. 261
20 The Asian Tigress: The Feminisation of the Business and Travel in China	p. 273
Section III
21 What If, the World No Longer Wanted to Holiday in the US by 2030?	p. 285
22 What If Global Warming and Climate Change Were to Change Our Holiday Plans	p. 307
23 What If Governments Banned Tourism in 2030 Because It Was Deemed Immoral, Dangerous and Bad for the Environment?	p. 317
Section IV
24 How to? Futureproofing the Future	p. 331
References	p. 337
Subject Index	p. 351

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