The Future of Travel
The Future of Travel
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Author(s): Maurer, Daniel
ISBN No.: 9781911545798
Pages: 128
Year: 202511
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 18.86
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

In the future, tourists will strap on a VR headset that serves up information about the storefronts and cathedrals they pass, letting them 'see Paris' without actually laying eyes on it. Instant-translation earbuds will mean we'll never have to learn the words Donde esta la biblioteca? - and who needs a library or bookstore when Spanish-English dictionaries and guidebooks are obsolete? Meanwhile, thanks to AI, travelers will have an unprecedented fount of information at their disposal - but how much of it can be trusted? And is it really 'saving time' if AI bots are sending everyone to stand in line at already-overrun tourist spots? In the coming years, more cities and countries will take drastic measures to combat not only a flood of tourists but of a growing worldwide workforce of 'location-independent professionals,' enacting congestion pricing and car-free zones, and grounding budget airlines such as Ryanair (or 'Ruinair,' as climate activists have dubbed it) in favour of zero-emission, hydrogen-fuelled train networks. In The Future of Travel, award-winning food and travel writer Daniel Maurer - himself a veteran globetrotter - will predict epic tugs-of-war between the travellers and the locals and what happens when technology allows entire new classes of travellers to move - as far as they can, as much as they can.


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