Touristologists…Learn to code!!!

I began to be a Touristologists builder 30 years ago.
I have always loved to combine Touristology and New Technologies (two hands, remember?)  

I, strongly, believe that being able to code, help US to visualize in a much better way New Business Models for OUR beloved sector! 

It also allows you to implement these Business Models inside Operations and Processes of Tourism Destinations/Enterprises!

For instance, to know Touristology and be able to code allows you to avoid being one of the
people that make me tweet
“The same people/approach that said in 1996
- Let’s create a website and forget about the 'Brick and mortar'
In 2022 are saying
- Let’s create a/the #Metaverse forget about Real-Life.
#HybridExperiences then, now, always!!!”
By the way, in 2003 they said we need a “Second Life”!

In 1996, it was all about Internet. Websites connecting to Data Bases. Java as a programming language. Artificial Intelligence to transform information into knowledge…
In 2007, we had to add how to code Mobile Apps into our toolbox. Java for the Android Ecosystem, Swift for the iOS one! A little bit of Flutter trying to reuse the famous Java sentence “Write Once Run Anywhere”
In 2014, it was the beginning of Internet 3D, Augmented/Virtual Reality (the Metaverse): Games Engines (Godot, Fyrox, Bevy…). Rust as a programming language. Blockchain adding TRUST. Artificial Intelligence also transforming 2D images into 3D Scenes!
In 2022, the connection between Tourism and New Technologies is stronger than ever!

We have the possibility to break Space/Time prison offering Hybrid Experiences that Tourists and Inhabitants Here / Now can enjoy with members of their Community Around_The_World / At_Any_Time. 

We can enjoy theses Hybrid Experiences Before, During and After the Trip!

 
As Michael Black tweet few days ago…
“The #metaverse is not a video game. It’s a blurring of the boundary between our physical and digital selves. It’s about putting the real world into the digital and putting the digital into the real world.”
In the same tweet, He added…
“Capturing, understanding, and modeling humans, their interactions with each other and the world will not only unlock the metaverse. It will enable new forms of e-commerce, improve our health, support us as we age, & provide a foundation for disruptive and creative new businesses”
All began in 2014, when Mark Zuckerberg fell in love with Virtual Reality experiencing Tourism to a villa in Tuscany, Italy. Virtual Reality is important BUT you have to combine it!
In 2023 some users of Horizon Worlds will also use a web browser or Zoom
Welcome to #HybridExperiencies!
Touristology provide to US tools to manage Space/Time related to services where the Customer has an active participation in the creation of it (Servuction, Yield Management). 

Using OUR coding skills, we can create OUR own Metaverse’s platforms (instead of using other people’s ones!!!).
Using OUR Touristology’s skills, we can define, build and seduce OUR own Specialized Segments.
Time to be leaders and NOT followers!
Time to be Touristologists!!!