1. The Future Geography of Travel and Tourism

2. 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.

3. The Future Geography of Travel and Tourism: Introduction
“Shocks”
Markets
Destinations
The Tourism Sector
A New World Order
Cross-Cultural Variables
Technology
Sustainability
Consumers

4. Introduction Changing markets Changing destinations
Globalising tourism sector
New World Order
Technology
Sustainability
Consumer behaviour

5. 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

6. 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

7. Transport Energy issues Civil aviation trends VTOL
Personal freedom vs. mass transit
High speed sea vessels
Mega-cruise ships

8. 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

9. 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