Travel and Tourism Course

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Future of Tourism
Innovative Trends, Places Locations

• Travel and Tourism Course
• CGG 3O1

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Future of Tourism- New Places to Explore
What and where will tourists be traveling on or
to within the next several years?
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Future Hotels and Related Places
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Capsule/Pod Hotels

• Capsule Hotel
• Concept started in Japan in 1979,
• Room is 2m by 1m by 1.25 m and has a television
  and internet accessshare a bathroom

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Capsule/Pod Hotels
YOTEL Heathrow Airport

• Capsule/Pod Hotels
• Micro room hotels are found in many locations
  New York, London Amsterdam
• Pod Hotel, easyHotel , YOTEL hotel chains
• These hotels are connected to airports or dense
  urban locations http//www.youtube.com/watch
  ?vhlMVWNSSJ1Y

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Mobile Motels

• - Traveling motels have been around for a little
  while
• Used in Europe, Brazil and Canada (Mrs. Howell
  saw one once traveling to Algonquin)
• - Hotel Movil is the latest design from Spain
  pulled by 18 wheeler truck, 11 rooms with private
  bathrooms, 8000 to rent the whole hotel for the
  weekend.

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Underwater Restaurant

• Ithaa Restaurant
• Worlds first all glass, undersea restaurant
• On the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean
• Restaurant connected to Hilton Resort
• Serves Maldivian-Western fusion cuisine

• Open for lunch and dinner

http//youtube.com/watch?vIKQC0ALii7ofeaturerel
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Underwater Hotels

• Poseidon Resort
• - Worlds first seafloor resort, 40 ft underwater
• Located on a Fiji island in the South Pacific
• 20 suites
• Has resort on island too

• To Open late 2012 (maybe)
• 15,000 USD for 7 days and six nights

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vsUbkQyZrpl4
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Underwater Hotels
Jules Underwater Lodge Florida, USA
Utter Inn, Vasteras, Sweeden
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Hotels in Space
SpaceX Dragon connected with International Space
Station May 28, 2012
http//www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2012/may/2
6/spacex-dragon-attach-space-station-video
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Future Transportation
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Future Transportation Cruse Ships

• Allure Oasis of the Seas
• - Worlds largest ships
• Cost 1.24 billion to build (each)
• 43 larger than the current largest ship
• Carries 6,300 passengers and
• 2,100 crew members.

• Oasis First cruise Dec 09
• Allure first cruise Dec 10

http//www.youtube.com/watch?vPjj8WLtfOGQ
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Future Transportation Cruse Ships

• Future Trend eco-cruise ships
• Example Concept ship EOSeas. It proposes to use
  
• sails to use wind energy
• Water waste recycling processes
• Uses solar panels methods of natural air
  conditioning

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v4sV8v8fvtFE
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Future Transportation Airships

• Manned Cloud
• Ecologically friendly way to travel
• Has 20 bedrooms, spa and restaurant/bar
• Airship cruises at a height of 18,000ft
• 40 passengers and 15 staff
• Designed in France

• To arrive in 2020

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Inaccessible Locations
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Inaccesible Locations
North Korea

• - Only 1600 foreign tourists each year
• Must have government guide/minder with you at all
  times
• Photography is restricted and can visit only
  designated areas
• Must have a special visa to enter into the
  country

This is how most tourists can see North
Koreausing telescopes in South Korea
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Inaccesible Locations

• Bhutan
• Tourism is very new, only starting in 1974
• Remote country that is hard to travel too
• Number of visitors to country is restricted so
  that there is a lowered environmental and social
  impact on the country
• Government charges 200 per person just to stay
  in the country
• Visa is required to enter

Mountainous country with many Buddhist Monasteries
http//www.youtube.com/watch?voRRRZvTWyfMfeature
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New Travel Trends
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Peer-to-Peer Travel / Collaborative Travel
Due to poor economic times, people are finding
news alternative ways of traveling to and staying
at destinations, by turning to peer-to-peer
travel on-line service sites.
Peer-to-peer accommodation Homeowners and
landlords free-up their spare room for visitors
to enjoy. Alternative accommodation options
instead of hotels. Websites CouchSurfing.org,
Airbnb.com
Peer-to-peer transportation Travelers
commuters find someone that is traveling to their
destination and link up with them. Saves travel
costs for driver and traveler Websites
Roadsharing.com
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Apps for Travelers

• Smart phone apps allow travelers to
• Get around easier using GPS and internet maps
• Use e-book travel guides (much lighter than
  traditional guides)
• Use language translation apps
• Find reviews for accommodations, restaurants and
  sights