International Tourism Futures: The Drivers And Impacts Of Change. This item is unavailable.International Tourism Futures: The Drivers And Impacts Of Change

Fully updated and revised, it includes new cases studies on issues such as virtual influencers, solo female tourists, tourists and airline’s carbon offsets, the use of robots in the hotel industry and space tourism and explores how these impact upon future international tourism development. This new edition covers a range of contemporary topics affecting the future development of the tourism industry and uses future development scenarios in a wide range of international tourism segments (health and wellness tourism, astro tourism, events and attractions, sustainable development and responsible tourism). International Tourism Futures: The Drivers and Impacts of Change examines influential factors such as the demographic, political, economic and technological changes, which will affect the nature, trends and participation in tourism, hospitality and events. It discusses contemporary concepts associated with the tourism, hospitality and event sector, generating plausible ideas and identifying future trends. A multi-disciplinary text, International Tourism Futures: The Drivers and Impacts of Change 2nd edition covers a range of inter-related trends which include: • Drivers for Change • Tourist Needs and Motivations: Past, Present, and Future • Tourists of the Future • Hospitality of the Future • The Future of Visitor Attractions • Events of the Future • From AI to GenAI: opportunities and implications in tourism and hospitality • Astro Tourism: A New Frontier • Health and Wellness Tourism • Sustainable Development and Responsible Tourism • Future Proofing a Crisis • The Demise of Tourism? • Building Future Scenarios Using a considered pedagogic structure, each chapter uses international case studies to contextualise the theory and discussion points and reflective exercises to consolidate learning. This research textbook is perfect for tourism, hospitality and event education and courses that focus on the future direction of the T,H and E sectors and industry in general.