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 identifyi