THE FUTURE OF TRAVEL: HOW WILL WE TRAVEL IN 20 YEARS

An eDreams survey of 10,000 travelers across Europe concluded that travelers believe new technologies can change the way we travel.

Domestic tourists fly high as they dream of traveling in the coming years: 51% believe it will be possible to travel into space, 15% think they can travel in a hyperloop, teleport or fly to their destination. will be able to choose the season of, and the remaining 10% of the time it seems possible to travel. Here are people’s thoughts on the future of travel.

For the modes of transportation we currently use, such as airplanes, passengers are clear about the new services and benefits they will ask for devices in the future, so 58% Wi-Fi and free The streaming services will choose your favorite series and movies without any limitations. The wish list is completed by supersonic aircraft (53%), access to electric aircraft or beds for comfortable travel in all classes (39%), and various restaurants onboard or open spaces such as movie theaters and game rooms. is done 35%).

Other technological developments that travelers foresee in the future are, for example, the use of the latest electronic devices to store travel memories (76%), ahead of classic photos (12%).

If they had the opportunity to enjoy a new service in the future, 57% of travelers would vote for universal facial recognition to speed up check-in procedures at airports, such as avoiding the need for a passport. 33% would like to have personal guides to their holiday destinations, supported by augmented reality and ad hoc recommendations. Another service that has piqued the interest of those polled is the use of 3D printers to print clothes and other items (30%) and robots as travel companions for planning and other travel-related details. Democratization as in charge (28%) .

Almost 60% of tourists believe that the future of travel will not mean lower prices – holiday prices will remain the same or slightly lower than they are now. Within the group of travelers who believe that travel will be cheaper, 62% agree that new technologies should have the power to further democratize travel plans, while 75% believe that lower-cost fares will benefit and it will become more popular everywhere. World.

As for the most important technological advancement of the next two decades, men think hyperloop is more likely (21%), while women lean toward teleportation (17%). On the other hand, in terms of the evolution of airplanes as we know them, 58% of women would opt for Wi-Fi and free onboard streaming, while men would like to try supersonic devices (61%). Finally, both genders agree that the technological development they are most interested in is the implementation of facial recognition to save time in queues at airports (58% of men vs. 56% of women).

By age, millennials are more likely to expect travel to be cheaper over the next two decades than baby boomers (32% vs. 27%). In this sense, young travelers are the ones who are more confident in this change thanks to technological progress (73% vs. 57%). However, both generations are equally confident that space travel will be possible in the near future (53%). In turn, facial recognition is also the most anticipated breakthrough to avoid long queues (56% vs 67%).

The Future of Travel: How We Will Travel in 20 Years

Compared to the rest of European travelers, the Portuguese are the most likely to expect travel to become cheaper in the next 20 years (48%), followed by Italians (29%) and Spaniards (25%). On the other hand, Swedes (60%) are the most pessimistic, along with Germans (59%) and Americans (55%). As for future technological advances, all nationalities agree that the most feasible event will be space travel, although Americans (46%) and Swedes (10%) expect that time in the next decades. will travel, Portuguese (14%) able to teleport, English (15%), German (24%) and Italian (17%) in season selection, and French (14%) and Spanish (15%) On the Hyperloop journey.