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The ETFI can support your organisation to be prepared for the future. The tourism and leisure industry is driven by fast moving developments. We help you keep track of these developments. The vulnerability of the sector is increasing; you are part of it.  Are you prepared?

The ETFI relies on a multidisciplinary and international team of scientific experts and professionals. We constantly monitor current trends and developments to visualize your multiple and plausible future scenarios together with you and your customers. We are the European top institute pursuing to expand our network across Europe to have international organisations benefit from our expertise. This will allow your organisation to make well-informed strategic decisions.

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Book announcement: 2050 - Tomorrow's Tourism
Gaby Seemann | 25 January 2012 08:25 | Comment

On June 15th 2012 the latest book of Dr. Ian Yeoman, visiting professor at the ETFI and academic researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand will be launched. The book '2050- Tomorrow's Tourism' addresses the three main factors influencing and shaping the future of tourism: wealth, technology and resources.

'2050- Tomorrow's Tourism' constructs scenarios from Shanghai to Edinburgh, Seoul to California encompassing complex topics such as human traffi cking, conferences, transport, food tourism or technological innovation. This is a blue skies thinking book about the future of tourism and a thought provoking analytical commentary.

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Dr. Ian Yeoman is the world’s only professional futurologist dedicated to specializing in travel and tourism. Ian learned his trade as the scenario planner for VisitScotland, where he established the process of futures thinking within the organisation using a variety of techniques including economic modelling, trends analysis and scenario construction. Today he is leading academic researcher at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and the European Tourism Futures Institute, Netherlands.

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The ETFI research team is constantly monitoring websites, blogs, social media, academic reports and journals to create a strong foundation for ETFI researches and projects. Students of the International Tourism Management and Leisure Management studies of Stenden university in Leeuwarden (NL), in supervison of teachers and researchers, are permanently monitoring top trends and developments influencing tomorrow's tourism.

All these trends and developments are summarized and highlighted in this webblog to keep you updated and help your organisation to be better prepared for the future.

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