Current reflections on sustainability …
It feels like a bad dream, like I was having a nightmare after watching a zombie apocalypse movie … Read more Current reflections on sustainability …
The behaviour of the digital traveller
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How is the tourism industry adapting to the consumption habits of the digital traveller? What role are new technologies playing in the evolution of tourism companies, adapting to the demands of self-sufficient travellers? Questions as varied as their answers. Just emulating them generates a mixture of ideas and variables, as well as answers in the … Read more The behaviour of the digital traveller
By Jamal Satli
Reflections on cultural heritage, children and the tourism of the future…
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I have been giving a lot of thought lately to a topic I hadn’t considered before: sharing local heritage with a younger audience. I’ve realised just how important it is for tourism, one of the main themes of this blog. But let’s start from the beginning, and go back to the questions I have been … Read more Reflections on cultural heritage, children and the tourism of the future…
By Jamal Satli
Tourism uncertainties in 2019
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We’ve just said farewell to 2018, analysed the last 365 days and made a list of wishes and goals for the new year. Although we could rate last year as “good” for tourism, the reality is that it didn’t live up to the exceptional and historic results obtained in 2017. And here we are now … Read more Tourism uncertainties in 2019
By Jamal Satli
Where tourism is going 2020
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The future of the travel industry sometimes seems like the script from a science fiction movie. Sensationalism, artificial intelligence and robots superimpose the voice of those who will really decide which trends survive and which ones fall by the wayside… Anticipating the evolution of tourism sector is one of the great challenges for the industry. … Read more Where tourism is going 2020
By Jamal Satli
New change in luxury tourism: from experiences to sensations
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What is the high-end tourist looking for? Why do people who are financially able to choose from an endless list of exotic destinations around the globe opt for small cities like Marbella? I ask this question every high season, every summer when the influx of this segment of tourism pours into this corner of the … Read more New change in luxury tourism: from experiences to sensations
By Jamal Satli
Load capacity and sustainability in today’s tourism industry – the path to smart tourism
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82 million international tourists visited Spain last year, making it the second-most popular tourist destination in the world. This figure is even more amazing if we consider that the population of Spain itself is about 46 million. With this data in mind, we could also wonder how different Spanish tourist destinations deal with this avalanche … Read more Load capacity and sustainability in today’s tourism industry – the path to smart tourism
By Jamal Satli
A few brief thoughts: a vision of social responsibility that we should all have
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Dear friends, I’d like to share a few words with you all today. A few brief thoughts that I think may be of interest to you. As humans we should accept that our primary goal is not to abandon life’s principal values at all levels of our existence, whether it’s personal, family or professional relationships. … Read more A few brief thoughts: a vision of social responsibility that we should all have
By Jamal Satli
Cryptocurrencies are gaining ground in the tourism sector
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Generally speaking, if we analyse the trends, we can see how cryptocurrency transactions entered the tourism industry in 2013 and travel agencies worldwide started to accept them, along with Fiat money, to pay for flights, hotel rooms and other services. New intermediaries are also getting in on the act, and websites that only manage cryptocurrency … Read more Cryptocurrencies are gaining ground in the tourism sector
By Jamal Satli
Do you see Bitcoin as a positive or negative element for the tourism industry?
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Most of you have already heard about Bitcoin, but for those who haven’t or don’t quite understand it, the first thing you really need to know that it’s the first currency that can be moved freely over the internet between users. This concept adapted to tourists has immense potential, and companies like Destinia have already … Read more Do you see Bitcoin as a positive or negative element for the tourism industry?
By Jamal Satli
The tourism of silence
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Rest is an essential part of life. Unfortunately, a large part of society neglects it undeservedly by leaving it to the whim of behaviours that are far from ideal and largely influenced by a rhythm of life that just keeps on accelerating. We live in a society where our lives are dictated by the economy. … Read more The tourism of silence