Tourism and Hospitality Trends in 2030

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Tourism and hospitality trends in 2030
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
1. Healthier food option................................................................................................................3
2. Destruction of well-known natural tourist destination due to global warming...........................4
3. Rapid growth of eco-tourism.......................................................................................................5
4. Humans substituted by robots......................................................................................................6
5. Technology boom........................................................................................................................6
6. Strict laws and regulation from government to protect local economy.......................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The face and format of tourism and hospitality is going through an evolution everyday
with the changing trends in the industry around the globe on a daily basis. The change is not
momentary and constant. Experts suggest that the pace at which the change is taking place, the
entire face of the tourism industry is going to change by the year 2030 (Kester 2014). The trends
in the hospitality and tourism industry is a result of the ongoing global megatrend. A megatrend
is defined as an eminent shift in economic, environmental and social conditions that will occur
over the upcoming decades.
The purpose of this paper is to identify, evaluate and analyze the factors responsible for
the shift and what areas will be affected due to the trend and in what ways. It is to be noted that
not every aspect of the change will bring in positive results but the implementation of some
elements will have a devastating effect on the industry and the environment as a whole.
Therefore, some recommendations to avoid the negative effects will also be discussed in this
paper.
Discussion
There will be a lot of change taking place around the globe by the year 2030. There are
six basic factors termed as ‘global megatrends’ which will be responsible for the results of the
change (Marien 2013). The first megatrend being called more from less has identified that the
natural resources of the planet are depleting at an alarming rate. It identifies the discovery of new
ways by the governments, companies and communities to ensure qualities of life for present and
future generations by the appropriate utilization of the limited resources. Several natural habitats
of the planet and plant and animal species are on the brink of extinction which will only worsen,

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according to the prediction of the megatrend. There will be an imbalance in the biodiversity of
the planet by the year 2030. The map of economy will change with a shift of power from the
west to the east. Nations such as India and China will be the powerhouse of world economy by
the year 2030 (Retief et al. 2016). It is predicted that Australia will be benefitted from this new
economic shift. Significant improvement of healthcare will take place which will result in the
increase in life expectancy of people. The world population will be dependent on the virtual
world and most of them will have an online presence. Lastly, the preference of people will shift
towards experiences more from products and their expectation for personalized services will
increase. This clearly suggests a boom in the tourism and hospitality industry which falls under
the service sector of the economy.
1. Healthier food option
It is difficult to predict the future of food trends since there are multiple ideas revolving
around about the future of food habits. In the past and the present, the increase in the total wealth
of the global population has led to a change in the consumption patter of food. People have
consumed more amount of meat and other foods with intense resource such as egg and cheese. It
is predicted that this scenario will change in the coming years for two reasons primarily (Van
Boeckel et al. 2015). Firstly, people all over the world have unhealthy food habits as a result of
which diseases such obesity and heart diseases have started to become a common trait amongst
the population. Secondly, the Paris climate agreement promises to keep change in climate to
below 2 degree Celsius. The entire food production and transportation process accounts to a
large amount of emission of greenhouse gases. These reasons will be responsible for the shift of
the population towards a healthy diet option. A diet that is less intensive and wasteful of
resources. The increasing emergence of organic and whole food will result to the population