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CHAPTER
20
E
Tourism's Future
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Examine forecasts concerning the growth of
international tourism.
Understand the impacts, both positive and
negative, that these forces are likely to have on
tourism markets and on the ability of
destinations to respond to the demands of
these markets.
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Identify the major global forces that are
shaping tourism and the tourists of tomorrow.
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New technology keeps providing tourism with a bright, innovative future. The tourist of tomorrow can
expect to have access to modes of travel that are unimaginable today. They will be provided by
remarkable new concepts in transportation and accommodation such as the Aeroscraft, which provide a
level of luxury and reliability never before seen. Although the Aeroscraft is nearly two football
fields long,
it will have an estimated top speed of 174 miles per hour and a range of several thousand miles. It is
expected to be completed by 2018.
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