Envisioning Tourism in the Future

This book brings together experienced and well-respected researchers to understand, interpret and envision the future for tourism. It explores the limitations of predicting the future of tourism and areas such as climate change, technology, sustainability, hypermobility, regeneration and destination management.

Richard Butler is Emeritus Professor at the University of Strathclyde, UK and the University of Western Ontario, Canada. His most recent publications include the Routledge Handbook of Tourism and Indigenous Peoples (with Anna Carr, 2025) and The Tourism Area Life Cycle: Review, Relevance and Revision (Channel View Publications, 2024).