Yeoman 2050 - Tomorrow's Tourism

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84541-303-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 55, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Aspects of Tourism

This book constructs scenarios from Shanghai to Edinburgh, Seoul to California encompassing complex topics such as human trafficking, conferences, transport, food tourism or technological innovation. This is a blue skies thinking book about the future of tourism and a thought-provoking analytical commentary.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yeoman, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialprognosen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Futurologie (Interdisziplinär)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Authors Acknowledgements Forewords – F. de Klerk Wolters – G. Lipman – D. Glaesser Introduction 1 An Introduction to the Future Wealth 2 World Economic Order: The Tourism Economy in 2050 3 Where Have All the Tourists Gone? Pensions, Demography and the Germans 4 Tomorrow’s Tourist: Fluid and Simple Identities Technology 5 Edinburgh 2050: Technological Revolution 6 Singapore 2050: Medicine, Science and the Meetings Industry 7 Amsterdam 2050: Sex, Robots and the End of Human Trafficking 8 New Zealand 2050: The Future of Professional Rugby and Sporting Events Resources 9 California and Metropolis Los Angeles 2050: Changing Landscapes, Cities and Climate Change 10 Seoul 2050: The Future of Food Tourism 11 Shanghai 2050: The Future of Hotels 12 2050: The Future of Transport Afterwords – R. Talwar – A. Postma References Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yeoman Ian:
Ian Yeoman is a futurologist specializing in travel and tourism. Ian worked at VisitScotland where he established the process of futures thinking using a variety of techniques including economic modelling, trends analysis and scenario construction and now works at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and the European Tourism Futures Institute, the Netherlands. Dr Ian Yeoman is the world's only professional futurologist dedicated to specializing in travel and tourism. Ian learned his trade as the scenario planner for VisitScotland, where he established the process of futures thinking within the organisation using a variety of techniques including economic modelling, trends analysis and scenario construction. Today he is a leading academic researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and the European Tourism Futures Institute, Netherlands. Further details on scenario planning and other future insights are posted on the author's blog: www.tomorrowstourist.com.