Tourism in Asia: The Troubled History, Demanding Present and Prospective Future

Sachin Gupta () and Manisha Solanky
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Sachin Gupta: Mohan Lal Sukhadia University
Manisha Solanky: Mohan Lal Sukhadia University

Chapter Chapter 1 in Future of Tourism in Asia, 2021, pp 3-19 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Tourism is one of the most competitive, dynamic, and responsive industries that can easily be influenced by changes caused by environmental factors, both internal and external. Social, economic, political, and technological changes have a large scale impact on the future of tourism. Changes in the environment and technology bring new and often unseen threats, opportunities, and challenges. The growth of Asian Tourism is expected to grow continuously at a sustained pace, and sustainability will remain mainstream in the future. Innovation, technology, and education will be the main driver that will help in tourism growth in Asia. Digital transformation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Reality (VR), etc. are changing the mode of interaction with the tourist. Thus what tourism is today may not be the same tomorrow. This chapter attempts for reviewing the major tendencies that will shape the development and growth and tourism in Asia An attempt is also made to analyze the effect of the pandemic hit on Asian Tourism and post COVID-19 travel trends.

Keywords: Future; Tourism; Asia; Technology; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1669-3_1

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