Mostly positive

Equal positive and negative impact

Mostly negative

Not sure

city life

farm life

good idea (independent)

bad idea (high risk)

AI personal travel agents — systems that automatically build, book and continuously adjust your entire trip.

Biometric travel — passports, boarding passes and hotel keys largely replaced by facial or fingerprint recognition.

Virtual and augmented reality tourism — experiencing destinations digitally before or instead of physically travelling

Autonomous transport — self-driving taxis, buses and potentially autonomous aircraft transforming mobility.

Smart sustainable destinations — cities controlling visitor flows, energy use and overcrowding through real-time data.

Space and near-space tourism — high-altitude or orbital travel becoming accessible beyond the super-rich.

Hyper-personalised hotels — rooms automatically adapting lighting, temperature, food and entertainment to each guest.

AI-powered personal travel assistant

Passport-free biometric airports

Fully autonomous taxis and airport transfers

Smart systems preventing overcrowding at tourist attractions

Real-time universal translation through earbuds/glasses

Hotels that automatically personalise rooms to individual guests

Affordable virtual-reality tourism experiences