The Future Geography of Traveland Tourism

Learning Objectives

1.    Understand the geographical impact of crises and shocks to the tourism system.

2.   Appreciate the role of technology in shaping the future geography of travel and tourism.

3.     Understand the changing behaviour of tourists. 4.   Recognise the importance of the environmental movement in

tourism. 5.      Understand the changing nature of tourism destinations. 6.     Appreciate the effect of changes in the global economic and political

situation in shaping the future geography of travel and tourism.7. Recognise the trend towards the globalisation of the tourism

sector.

The Future Geography of Traveland Tourism: Introduction

• “Shocks”• Markets• Destinations• The Tourism Sector• A New World Order• Cross-Cultural Variables

– Technology– Sustainability– Consumers

Introduction

• Changing markets

• Changing destinations

• Globalising tourism sector

• New World Order

• Technology

• Sustainability

• Consumer behaviour

Markets

• Changing patterns of generating and destination countries

• Ceiling of time, and supply side issues – war, air traffic control bottlenecks etc

• Changing market demands – demographics, lifestyle, the ‘new’ tourist

Destinations

• Drive for Sustainability (2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development)

• Resource-based destination strategies

• Market-oriented destination strategies

• Climate change

• Virtual reality (VR)?

• Space tourism

Transport

• Energy issues

• Civil aviation trends

• VTOL

• Personal freedom vs. mass transit

• High speed sea vessels

• Mega-cruise ships

Globalisation and A New World Order

• General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

• Economic blocs – EU, NAFTA, ASEAN

• City states and politics of regions

• Consequences of globalisation for tourism

The New Tourism

The new tourism will be characterised by:• The diffusion of a system of new information technologies in the

tourism industry

• Deregulation of the airline industry and financial services

• The negative impact of mass tourism on host countries

• The movement away from sunlust to sun-plus tourism

• Environmental pressures

• Technology

• Competition

• Changing consumer tastes