{"product_id":"maurer-daniel-the-future-of-travel","title":"Maurer, Daniel - The Future of Travel","description":"In the future, tourists will strap on a VR headset that serves up information about the storefronts and cathedrals they pass, letting them “see\nParis” without actually laying eyes on it. Instant-translation earbuds will mean we’ll never have to learn the words Dónde está la biblioteca? – and\nwho needs a library or bookstore when Spanish-English dictionaries and guidebooks are obsolete?\nMeanwhile, thanks to AI, travelers will have an unprecedented fount of information at their disposal – but how much of it can be trusted? And is it\nreally “saving time” if AI bots are sending everyone to stand in line at already-overrun tourist spots?\nIn the coming years, more cities and countries will take drastic measures to combat not only a flood of tourists but of a growing worldwide\nworkforce of “location-independent professionals,” enacting congestion pricing and car-free zones, and grounding budget airlines such as Ryanair\n(or “Ruinair,” as climate activists have dubbed it) in favour of zero-emission, hydrogen-fueled train networks.\nIn The Future of Travel, award-winning food and travel writer Daniel Maurer — himself a veteran globetrotter — will predict epic tugs-of-war\nbetween the travelers and the locals and what happens when technology allows entire new classes of travelers to move — as far as they can, as\nmuch as they can.","brand":"Melville House UK","offers":[{"title":"Paperback Book","offer_id":50328256184598,"sku":"RMX-51042","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/e99597bba4e743f7d100d278c16de733_b451223b-f439-4af6-ae0d-ac8c100d2c18.jpg?v=1753954302","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/maurer-daniel-the-future-of-travel","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}