Gary Bowerman – författare

China, Tourism and Technology examines how China’s home-grown digital ecosystems and AI models are reshaping global travel, charting its rise to the world’s largest travel economy and how Super Apps, AI start-ups and mega-brands, and government-backed tech strategies continue to shape tourism worldwide.Readers will discover how China’s closed-loop travel-tech networks built on powerful app platforms for booking, payments, social commerce, and livestreaming create unique consumer privileges and formidable entry barriers for global competitors. Through insider interviews, research, and case studies, the book explains how these innovations drive Chinese travel behaviors at home and abroad, and how international businesses seeking growth should respond. This book equips travel industry professionals, policymakers, academics, and global brands to anticipate trends and seize opportunities in a rapidly evolving market as well as offering tourism students practical insights into digital ecosystems, consumer trends, and global market dynamics.

China, Tourism and Technology examines how China’s home-grown digital ecosystems and AI models are reshaping global travel, charting its rise to the world’s largest travel economy and how Super Apps, AI start-ups and mega-brands, and government-backed tech strategies continue to shape tourism worldwide.Readers will discover how China’s closed-loop travel-tech networks built on powerful app platforms for booking, payments, social commerce, and livestreaming create unique consumer privileges and formidable entry barriers for global competitors. Through insider interviews, research, and case studies, the book explains how these innovations drive Chinese travel behaviors at home and abroad, and how international businesses seeking growth should respond. This book equips travel industry professionals, policymakers, academics, and global brands to anticipate trends and seize opportunities in a rapidly evolving market as well as offering tourism students practical insights into digital ecosystems, consumer trends, and global market dynamics.

As the region re-emerges from the pandemic, Asia’s tourism industry is set to be a major driver for a new decade of rapid growth and transformation across the continent. Tourism 2040 in Asia provides a comprehensive overview of the factors driving this growth, from evolving consumer trends to large-scale infrastructure projects and AI-powered technology. With country-specific insights covering the major markets of China and India as well as emerging economies such as Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines, the book addresses the unique challenges faced by each nation in the region as well as practical solutions to those challenges.Whether you are a tourism professional, policymaker, or investor, this book will equip you with the knowledge to navigate the dynamic landscape of Asian tourism over the next decade.