The future of tourism with the example of Ennstal

Diploma thesis from Touristic Management Liezen The preparation of future forecasts and their analysis is a real challenge for tourism experts. The longer the forecast period is, the more difficult the task becomes. The frame controls can change dramatically quickly. When tourism experts made forecasts for the turn of the millennium a few decades ago, no one could imagine that such profound events as the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center would or could happen. Such events have a serious impact on tourism. In order to be able to produce future forecasts, the experts try to develop different future scenarios and models using statistics from recent years and market research results. I used the books of the famous futurists Egon Smeral and Horst W. Opaschowski as a basis for information. After the development of tourism development, the forecasts for the coming years and the creation of some important future trends follow in the practical part interviews with people from the Ennstal. These people are all very closely connected with tourism. I asked you some questions to find out how they look forward to the future and whether or how they are preparing for the predicted trends. The last part of my work consists of a summary of the results from the interviews and my personal theories of the future.