TOMORROW TOURISM INTERVIEW

How would technology affect tourism in the future?

S. It is difficult to measure the growth of the Internet for example, it is difficult to say for sure how
fast the flights will be in the future, but what is certain is that the possibilities for tourism will be
endless, the technology in The future like today will allow us to build gigantic hotels, save time and
money on reservations, change the way we pay for reservations, we will travel on airships that will
land vertically and everything will be beautiful.

K. Well, I believe that technology will separate us more and more, it will prevent us from having
direct contact with people, cities, tourist sites, beaches, forests. Moreover, I do not think that with
technological developments and the massification of tourism, such places continue to exist as we
know them today, people will travel quickly from one place to another but will not value the
tourism experience, technology will help destroy each time plus the fragile ecosystems that are
still on our planet.

St. Technology is a great tool to improve the tourist experience, the truth is that it must be
regulated to avoid the dangers that Kelly speaks to us, the speed when traveling does not
necessarily have to downplay the importance of tourist experiences And beaches, forests and
tourist sites can be preserved instead of destroyed by technology, for example, technological
advances can help us clean the oceans to avoid deforestation, eliminate carbon footprint and so
on.

What kind of tourism would be affected by technology in the future?

S. All areas of tourism to a good way, for example traditional tourism, since people will not simply
go sunbathing to the beach, but may have virtual vacations through virtual reality, gastronomic
tourism will be not believing that the technological tools will allow us to taste flavors of Vietnam
while watching a sunset in London and the speed of travel will allow us to go on vacation at night
and return to work in the morning.

K. All areas of tourism in a bad way, for example in traditional tourism, people will not be able to
sunbathe or go to the beach simply because air pollution will force us to wear suits to protect the
body and glasses to protect our eyes , virtual reality will make us believe that we are in a place on
a dream beach, while we are living in desolate and sad cities and you will not be able to know the
different cultures and traditions because you will travel through prerecorded tours that will not
allow you to have a real experience with people.

St. I believe that to the extent that technology can reduce the technological impact on the
environment, people can continue to enjoy the natural attractions that each place offers, in the
way we do today, I also think that virtual reality will only be a way of sightseeing, but if people
want to continue traveling directly to places in physical form to have a close experience with each
place, they can continue doing so. Similarly, if technology has an increasingly humanistic purpose,
we can continue to connect people around the world through tourism.

Who will have access to this kind of tourism?

S. Definitely everyone, we will live in a world where money is not going to be a limitation to access
technological advances and everyone in the world can access electronic devices that allow them to
travel through technology, children, women, Elders who cannot travel today can do so in a more
technological world.

K. Definitely only a few, since the gap between rich and poor will be increasing, corporations will
be responsible for making an increasingly unequal world in which only the rich will have access to
technology and the rest the world will be mired in misery, the poor will have to see the airships fly
while they are slaves of a system that will not give them opportunities.

St. Well, I think to say that we can all enjoy the tourism of the future or on the contrary that only a
minority can do it, it is exaggerating, since although the economies of our regions influence the
way in which tourism is done, what It is true that technology will help improve the tourism
experience, because of the speed, the types of transport such as the airship or the hot-air ballon,
but I also believe that in a world of classes not everyone will be able to travel in these types of
vehicles, nor enjoy the same possibilities that tomorrow's tourism will offer.