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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.
Sommario
Forewords Dr. Falco de Klerk Wolters, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands Prof. Geoffrey Lipman, Green Earth, Belgium Dr. Dirk Glaessar, UN World Tourism Organisation, Spain Introduction Ch 1: An Introduction to the Future Wealth Ch 2: A New World Order: The Tourism Economy in 2050 Ch 3: Where Have all the Tourists Gone? Pensions, Demography and the Germans Ch 4: Tomorrows' Tourist: A Simple or Fluid Identity Technology Ch 5: Edinburgh 2050: Technological Revolution Ch 6: Singapore 2050: Medicine, Science and the Meetings Industry Ch 7: Amsterdam 2050: Sex, Robots and the End of Human Trafficking Ch 8: New Zealand 2050: The Future of Professional Sport and Sporting Events Resources Ch 9: 2050 California and Metropolis Los Angeles: Changing Landscapes, Cities and Climate Change Ch 10: Seoul 2050: The Future of Food Tourism Ch 11: Shanghai 2050: The Future of Hotels Ch 12: 2050: The Future of Transport Endnotes Rohit Talwar, Fast Future, UK Albert Postma, European Tourism Futures Institute, Netherlands
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Dr Ian Yeoman is the world's only professional futurologist dedicated to specializing in travel and tourism. Ian learned his trade as the scenario planner for VisitScotland, where he established the process of futures thinking within the organisation using a variety of techniques including economic modelling, trends analysis and scenario construction. Today he is a leading academic researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and the European Tourism Futures Institute, Netherlands. Further details on scenario planning and other future insights are posted on the author's blog: www.tomorrowstourist.com.
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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.
