Titlepage -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Contents -- Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Forewords -- - F. de Klerk Wolters -- - G. Lipman -- - D. Glaesser -- Introduction -- 1 An Introduction to the Future -- Introduction: My Predicament -- What Future? Scarcity of Resources or a Society of Plenty -- Futures Studies: A Quantum Leap of Science Fiction -- Scenario Planning -- Chapter Outlines -- Conclusion: Utility Value -- Wealth -- 2 World Economic Order: The Tourism Economy in 2050 -- Introduction -- Drivers of World Economic Growth -- Risk: Global Economic Disorder -- A New World Order -- The New Consumer -- How Does Economics Shape World Tourism? -- A New World Order: China and India -- What are the Prospects for World Tourism in 2050? -- Concluding Remarks -- 3 Where Have All the Tourists Gone? Pensions, Demography and the Germans -- Introduction -- World Demography Trends -- Demographic Projections of the Next 50 Years -- The Future of Pensions -- So, What Does This Mean for Tourism? -- Concluding Remarks -- 4 Tomorrow's Tourist: Fluid and Simple Identities -- Introduction: Which Identity? -- Fluid Identity -- Simple Identity -- Concluding Remarks -- Technology -- 5 Edinburgh 2050: Technological Revolution -- Introduction: The Role of Technology -- How Technology has Changed Everything -- So, Imagine This … -- Drivers of Technological Innovation -- Concluding Remarks -- 6 Singapore 2050: Medicine, Science and the Meetings Industry -- Introduction -- The Meetings Industry -- How the Meetings Industry is Changing -- The Medical Meetings Industry in Singapore -- Scenario: Conveying Complexity -- Key Issues -- Concluding Remarks -- 7 Amsterdam 2050: Sex, Robots and the End of Human Trafficking -- Introduction -- Sex Tourism -- Amsterdam's Sex Industry -- Amsterdam's Red Light District -- Scenario: Perfect Sex.

Is Making Love to a Robot a Feasible Future? -- Concluding Remarks -- 8 New Zealand 2050: The Future of Professional Rugby and Sporting Events -- Introduction -- New Zealand and Rugby Union -- How will New Zealand Dominate the World of Rugby in 2050? -- Drivers of Change -- How Will These Drivers Change the Sporting Landscape? -- The Future of Professional Sport -- Concluding Remarks -- Resources -- 9 California and Metropolis Los Angeles 2050: Changing Landscapes, Cities and Climate Change -- Introduction -- California's Demography and Urbanisation -- Tourism in California -- Future Cities -- Urban Metropolis: Los Angeles in -- Key Drivers of Change -- The Implications of Change on the Present -- Concluding Remarks -- 10 Seoul 2050: The Future of Food Tourism -- Introduction -- Food Tourism -- But … -- Key Drivers -- A Reversal of Fortunes -- Concluding Remarks -- 11 Shanghai 2050: The Future of Hotels -- Introduction: Shanghai Today -- So, This is a Story about Sean … -- Futurism, Architecture and Design -- Evolving Trends in the Hospitality Industry: Hotels 2020 -- Main Drivers Shaping the Future of Hotels -- Concluding Remarks -- 12 2050: The Future of Transport -- Introduction: Why Transport and Tourism Go Together -- Our Transport System -- Critical Issues: Peak Oil and Climate Change -- The Short-Term Future of Transport -- A Further Longer-Term and Futuristic Perspective on Transport -- Concluding Thoughts -- Afterwords -- - R. Talwar -- - A. Postma -- References -- Index.