The Future of Tourism?

Objective: explore factors that could influence future tourism.

Outcomes:

Starter: is this the future of tourism?

1. David Scowsill, President & CEO, of the World Travel & Tourism Council was recently asked the following three questions;

Will Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality replace the need to travel?

Will robots replace tourism workers?

Will online communications wipe out business travel?

Write your own responses to these three questions on the paper in class before looking at what he said.

2. Now write three of your own questions about the future of tourism based around the following:

• greater use of social media
• international security
• diaspora growth

Swap your questions with a classmate and answer the three you are given.

3. Precis this article in 300 words.

Plenary: what other factors do you think could influence future tourism? What could influence your ability to be a future tourist?