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Future of travel: 8 things to watch for in 2019 - San Francisco Chronicle
It’s no surprise that travel is an experience that’s changing all the time. To paraphrase Heraclitus, nobody ever visits the same city twice, because it’s not the same city and it’s not the same person.
The nature of travel also means that the kinds of journeys we undertake — to where, with whom, by what means of conveyance, with which technology and at what cost to the environment — are changing too.
Looking ahead, more and more travelers will see the world in virtual reality — either to plan their real-world trips or to reach places we can’t normally go. Others will blast into space, for a few minutes in low-gravity, or for a few days around the moon. And if actually traveling through space isn’t “Star Wars” enough for you, luggage companies now offer autonomous suitcases that roll through the airport like droids.
It’s no surprise that travel is an experience that’s changing all the time. To paraphrase Heraclitus, nobody ever visits the same city twice, because it’s not the same city and it’s not the same person.
The nature of travel also means that the kinds of journeys we undertake — to where, with whom, by what means of conveyance, with which technology and at what cost to the environment — are changing too.
Looking ahead, more and more travelers will see the world in virtual reality — either to plan their real-world trips or to reach places we can’t normally go. Others will blast into space, for a few minutes in low-gravity, or for a few days around the moon. And if actually traveling through space isn’t “Star Wars” enough for you, luggage companies now offer autonomous suitcases that roll through the airport like droids.