The Future of Travel
A leading food and travel journalist depicts and predicts the good, the bad, and the ugly about the future of travel — and how we can transcend the complications of climate change, AI, and touristification . . .
In the future, tourists will strap on a VR headset that serves up information about the storefronts and cathedrals they pass, letting them “see Paris” without actually laying eyes on it. Instant-translation earbuds will mean we’ll never have to learn the words Dónde está la biblioteca? – and who needs a library or bookstore when Spanish-English dictionaries and guidebooks are obsolete?
Meanwhile, thanks to AI, travelers will have an unprecedented fount of information at their disposal – but how much of it can be…