Predicting Alternative Futures In Tourism: An Essay On The Future Of Tourism.

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1.Analyse the global environment to predict alternative futures based on different combinations of assumptions, facts and trends

2.Appreciate and explain future opportunities afforded by advances in technology, particularly as they relate to global and continental transportation

3.Develop advanced persuasive arguments which stimulate group discussion on pressing issues

4.Conduct effective research to validate predicted directions of the tourism/hospitality industry

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What is tourism?

What is tourism?

According to UNWTO, the activities of people staying and travelling in places  apart from their usual environment for less than one consecutive year for business, leisure and other purpose is called tourism.

A collection of services, activities and industries

Responsible for travel experience  away from the usual home

Consists of accommodation, entertainment business, eating and drinking establishment, retail shops and other hospitality services.

It can provide the experience for a single person or a group of people.

What is tourism?

According to UNWTO, the activities of people staying and travelling in places  apart from their usual environment for less than one consecutive year for business, leisure and other purpose is called tourism.

A collection of services, activities and industries

Responsible for travel experience  away from the usual home

Consists of accommodation, entertainment business, eating and drinking establishment, retail shops and other hospitality services.

It can provide the experience for a single person or a group of people.

Demographic variable

Culture attraction

Holiday entitlement

Social environment

Cultural background

The currency of the destination

Value for money

The economic status of the destination

Three basic elements of tourism

Man : The creator of tourism

Space: the physical element necessary

Time: the temporal element consists termed as “trip

Weather

Scenic beauty

Historical monuments

Cultural factors

Accessibility

Amenities

Eco-tourism

Eco-tourism- travelling to beautiful natural places in such a way that it does not damage the environment is eco-tourism.

Eco-tourism is growing very rapidly.

Eco-tourism provides positive experiences to both visitors and hosts.

People are choosing eco-tourism over mass tourism.

People are becoming highly aware about the negative impact of mass tourism.

It provides direct financial benefits for conservation of nature.

People are developing a sense of responsibility as a tourist.

People are increasingly becoming health conscious.

People are shifting to health beneficial foods only and are expected to change food habits completely in the future.

In the future, people will consume more and more organic food.

The foods produced by locals will only be preferred.

There are few ways government can intervene and make contribution to the sustainable tourism.

Sustainable tourism will not rely on voluntary agreement or self-regulation as these terms are not strict enough for business, therefore the government can bring in new laws that would emphasize on environmental benefit.

Effective tourism also needs government intervenes and government attention.

In coming years government will pay more attention to the harmful gasses released in the environment

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There will be increase regulatory burden

The restaurants will attract attention from government so it reduce, recycle or stop emitting grease oil.

Exhaust from the cruises will be monitored by the government.

More of renewable energy will be used.

A major change will be, government will intervene in the house sharing as it is an illegal method of providing tourist  a stay .

Technology will bring advance changes in communication.

The reservation and booking will be done through technology in rapid growth

Technology will serve guest services, house keeping and many more.

In the future both guest and the host will be able to take the benefits of technological growth.

Instant service, instant information, virtual hotel view, digital signature, virtual visits and many more services will be operating in advance form.

Advantages of robots in the hospitality and why robots are seen as future of hospitality

Robots make work easier, reduce employment and increase efficiency.

Robots are good at giving equal quality of work and in several times it gives better finished work.

Robots reduces conflicts and disputes in the work place.

Since the robots are efficient it helps in producing more profit

Robots works flawlessly

Robots can work full hours without getting tired.

Destruction of natural destination due to global warming

Man-made island will be constructed

Well-know destinations will be destroyed in the natural disasters

Increase in global warming

Increase in emission of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases.

Increase in man made tourist sites due to destruction of natural sites.

Disadvantages of  Robots are -

Robots can cause damage easily

They are prone to make minor mistake that requires critical thinking.

Robots are incapable of solving problem instantly

People will have less jobs

Reduce the traditional services of each country

Robots will lack traditional services and cultures.

Travelling is a part of normal lifestyle

Engaging in recreational activities

Seeking sports or entertaining  leisure activity

Exploring local culture of different location

Exploring new destination

Developing  exotic culture interest

Future Trends in hospitality

Technology explosion

Influx of International visitors

Emphasis on health and well-being

A smooth and seamless technology

Sustainability rules

Specialized role of the staff

Destination promotion

Social media

Perks

Smart and individualized room

Emotional and meaningful experience: people are drived by emotion and with the growing Workaholism people long to travel to have a worthwhile recreational experience.

Technology explosion: technology is everywhere, itmakes working fast, errorless and time saving. Technology cannot be avoided when future is concerned. The technological growth is evident and people are adapting to the change rapidly. Demand of Smart and individualized room is defiantly on the list.

Demographic variable

Influx of International visitors: people are constantly Looking for exotics places to explore and there is short-term migration to international destinations for the travelling purpose. Also, with growth in global business there is an rapid increase in the travelling sector.

Emphasis on health and well-being: Health is a major concern of future. People have grown conscious about health and fitness. Therefore, growing the travel industry in a direction combining health and fitness aspects is future.

A smooth and seamless technology: People are more and more becoming adapted to technology and therefore demands  services  that would be in seamless technology. People are looking forward to systems that would save time and energy respectively.  Hospitality industry  has already initiated with such facilities such as auto delivery, web check in and many more.

Sustainability rules: there is an increase in environmental awareness. The industries are required to adopt the methods that are sustainable. This program has began and is in the process of improvement.

Specialized role of the staff: with the growing technology, humans are getting replaced by technology and therefore, it leaves an extra place for the humans to work on the personalized services.

Destination promotion: New destinations are the main attraction. The new places are being discovered and turned into commercialized tourist place.

Social media: the social media has been playing a major role in promoting and creating image of the companies and industry. In the future social media is expected to be one of the vital source of information and interaction.

Perks: The initiative method of perks has been beneficial always. Therefore, many hotels do workshops that attract more customers such as free wine tasting, free boat rides and more.

Globalization is the process of connecting with the world in  fraction of seconds. In the coming years, the globalization is ought to bring changes. More and more companies will emerge and merge to enhance the business worlds.

Safety and security

With all the aspects keeping in mind, the industries will focus on the one basic but vital part of the industry. The sector of safety and security. To protect and prevent from any accidents to occur is the main concern.

There is an high demand in the diversity, people have been keen about knowing exotic places and experiences. Therefore, the industries will stess on finding and brining diversity together in close circle.

It is evident to go to place where the service is best. People often chose services over products. The future trend of hospitality and tourism is the high end services.

Conclusion

The tourism is an act of spending time in a place away from home

Eco-tourism is the new tourism trend

Healthy food consumption is in demand

Trend in the market growth of tourism

Globalization, safety and security, diversity, service are the influencing factors of tourism