Millennials, Generation Z and the Future of Tourism

Fabio Corbisiero is Associate Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. His research interests include urban sociology, tourism studies, gender and LGBT+ studies.Salvatore Monaco is Researcher in Sociology at the Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. His research interests concern social exclusion, tourism, urban contexts, technologies and new media.Elisabetta Ruspini is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Her research and teaching interests include social change, the sociology of generations, feminist and gender perspectives in tourism and future studies.

This volume places the youngest travellers at the core of scientific reflection. Applying a generational approach to the study of tourism and elaborating on technologies, the sharing economy and gender issues in tourism, it is a timely and useful resource capturing some significant peculiarities that will shape the future of tourism.

• Fabio Corbisiero, Salvatore Monaco and Elisabetta Ruspini: Introduction: Tourism at the Crossroads: Between Past, Present and FuturePart 1: On the Go with the New GenerationsChapter 1. Elisabetta Ruspini: Generations, Events, Experiences, TourismChapter 2. Salvatore Monaco: Capturing the Future TravellerPart 2: Technologies and the Sharing Economy in TourismChapter 3. Fabio Corbisiero: NetGen and Tourism              Chapter 4. Salvatore Monaco: Towards a Sharing Generation             Part 3: Generations, Gender and LGBT Issues in Tourism Chapter 5. Elisabetta Ruspini: Gender, Generations, TourismChapter 6. Fabio Corbisiero: LGBTQ+ and Next-Gen TourismFabio Corbisiero, Salvatore Monaco and Elisabetta Ruspini: Conclusion: Understanding the Present to Prepare for the Future (of Tourism)References