In the future, we will be able to hear and feel the destination from the comfort of our sofa, and a digital travelling companion in our wristband will help us book the trip. This is revealed in Skyscanner's new report. And perhaps the future is not so far away...
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ShareDigital travel buddies and semantic search sites
The Future of Travel 2024 states that we will all have digital travelling companionson our phones or jewellery, suggesting trips based on individual preferences. We will also be able to "try out" different destinations with virtual tools. For example, we will be able to go up the Eiffel Tower even before we get there. Travel planning will be done with the help of semantic search siteswhich knows what the customer wants by interpreting their online behaviour.
Sweden's first digital travel agency
Jaja, det där kommer väl i framtiden, tänkte jag. Sedan såg jag att sajten Resfeber lanserar ”Sveriges första digitala resebyrå”. De skriver att sajten är unik och skiljer sig från övriga resesajter genom taking into account the customer's online behaviour. Ok, it has already started, I think... What do you think? Are you looking forward to the new technology or are you sighing tiredly and thinking "it was better before"?
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BP says:
Maybe I'm a bit 'behind', but I find that Google Street maps tell me exactly what to expect in my chosen holiday destination.
And if it gets even sharper, that's just great - for all the old people who can't/won't travel anymore. Then they can sit in front of the screen and dream away...
16 April 2014 - 22:34
Ditte says:
An exciting idea! But I don't know if I would use it. And surely things weren't better in the past? Well, maybe in some respects. People travelled more on profit and loss, and the destinations I visited long before tourism had arrived, I or rather my island relatives booked mostly with the feeling. That's cool too. But one never excludes the other.
I am still fascinated by having been to destinations in the 1960s and 1980s that have become popular today. How about the Maldives in 1979, Thailand in 1975... Also parts of Europe of course. Wonderful memories. And they are still there.
16 April 2014 - 22:41
admin says:
BP, I thought the same thing... now maybe you don't even need to travel, now you can sit at home and have the experience!
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Ditte, exciting to have been to those destinations at that time! Maybe there are other destinations that are worth seeing today, before they are exploited....
17 April 2014 - 6:38
Steve says:
That sounds exciting. Then I can start "travelling" again. Of course it was good in the past, when I could travel. But better in the past? No, I don't think so.
17 April 2014 - 6:52
Marie says:
I think this development has been going on for many years and feels very natural. I studied IT and communication sciences in 2004 and we talked about and developed virtual worlds. Logging behaviour on the internet is something that happens every day, so it feels like a natural development. The physical travel agencies have had tough years in the competition with the internet and they probably won't get any less tough. Exciting!
17 April 2014 - 7:29
Katarina Wohlfart says:
I sigh and think that things were better in the past. I prefer that you have to go to some trouble to get to your destination. That's half the fun of succeeding yourself!
18 April 2014 - 18:28
admin says:
Steve, well maybe it's handy to be able to sit at home and still "visit" and experience different destinations.
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Marie, you're probably right! I haven't thought about it too much, but I realise it's coming...!
Katarina, I understand what you mean, I can recognise that feeling! But maybe in the future you will have to hassle too... just in new ways?
😉
19 April 2014 - 9:16