A vision of tourism and the hotel industry in the 21st century

Abstract The aim of this paper is to discuss the future of the tourism and hotel industry in view of the forecasted social and economic changes during the 21st century. Tourism and the hotel industry will become one of the largest world industries. The globalization (unification) and localization (diversification) processes will affect both world and regional tourism. The paper pursues the answers to the questions as to who will be the tourists of the future and what kind of needs and desires they will have?