Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

6. Tourism Satellite Accounting will be adopted by several developing countries but ignored by the
US, China, Japan, Russia and most Western European countries.
7. Antarctica will become an eco-tourism destination, complete with hotels, restaurants and fullservice
tours.
8. Shopping, from mega shows to folk craft centers will increasingly become a critical feature for
tourism destinations.
9. Rides on private spacecraft will become a recreational outing for the wealthy.
10. Cruise ships will sell condominiums, becoming ocean-going resorts.
11. In spite of organized international efforts to fight them, sex and drug-focused tourism will flourish.
12. Airlines, travel agents and tour operators will associate themselves with financial institutions to
offer consumer travel loans.
13. National economies in Cuba, Egypt, Spain and Thailand will become dangerously dependent on
tourism.
14. Enormous infrastructure projects will significantly expand automobile-accessible tourism options
(Channel Tunnel car lane, Bahrain-Qatar causeway, etc.).
15. China will be the first country to receive 100 million international arrivals in a 12-month period,
sometime around 2018 - France will follow within 2-3 years.
Product & Service Trends
16. Hotel rooms increasingly equipped as offices with full-size desks, computers, and advanced
communications technologies, will minimize the need for business centers.
17. Small super-luxury boutique inns will take market share from Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton and
Fairmont.
18. Hub airports will install capsule-cocoon hotels in terminal facilities.
19. Hotel and restaurant facilities will be designed for an aging population with lower rise steps,
more handrails and wider doors.
20. Travel guidebooks will become highly specialized and more frequently consulted - primarily on
the web.
21. The distinction between business and leisure hotels will erode as business clients seek fitness
and entertainment activities and vacation guests demand advanced telecommunications.
22. “100% Satisfaction Guaranteed” will replace “Let the Buyer Beware.”
23. Growth in demand for home food delivery will outpace all other food service segments.
24. An aging population and growing infatuation with healthy living will bring a wave of European
holistic spas and ‘health-tells’ to North America and Asia.
25. A new wave of budget conference & exhibition hotels will be built to meet the convention needs
of cost conscious companies.
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