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Future of Tourism<\/h1>

The tourism industry is changing rapidly, driven by macro drivers that are reshaping travellers and the desired travel experience. Understanding these trends and impacts will help industry professionals identify and target new visitors and help define the best sustainable product development strategies that bring local economic benefit and protect local ecosystems from overtourism. <\/h2>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″ offset=”vc_col-xs-1″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”80″ bottom_padding=”80″][vc_column width=”1\/4″]
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THE FUTURE OF TOURISM \u2013 THE MAINE WOODS (Parts 1 & 2)<\/h2>[vc_column_text]The Future of Tourism – The Maine Woods foresight reports were commissioned by the Maine Woods Consortium, a network of non-profits organisations, businesses and state agencies dedicated to advancing a \u2018triple bottom line\u2019 approach to enhancing human and environmental well-being in the Maine Woods region.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1593640175997{padding-bottom: 5% !important;}”][vc_column_text]The Future of Tourism: The Maine Woods – Part 1 (Emerging Trends) and Part 2 (Potential Scenarios), are valuable resources for industry and community leaders as they consider future tourism development. Part 1 takes an in-depth look at global and local macro trends that are impacting the tourism industry both in the Maine Woods and elsewhere. Part 2 identifies nine High Potential Rural Destination Areas (HPRDA) areas in the Maine Woods as potential for destination focused development and explores the various scenarios that may play out depending on local decision making for the region. These two reports are intended to help stimulate discussion about how best to build a sustainable tourism industry using destination development to help drive local economic benefit and protect the overall region from overtourism.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]
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Future iQ predicts that once the impacts of Covid-19 have subsided, the global tourism industry will once again become the economic driver of many communities and regions that it once was. This pause in travel and visitation provides a unique opportunity for industry leaders to explore and plan for innovative sustainable destination management policies that build communities and protect the very resources that visitors and locals value so much.<\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”80″ bottom_padding=”80″][vc_column width=”2\/3″]

EMERGING RECREATION TRENDS<\/h2>
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Future iQ Predictions<\/h3>[vc_column_text]Demographic and societal shifts will require the tourism industry to develop infrastructure, products, programming and services to resonate with diverse groups: millennials, elders, multi-generational travel, increasing wealth, growing global middle class.<\/p>\n