1. How Social Media Is Standardizing the Way We Experience Destinations Open Instagram and search for Santorini. Within seconds, a familiar visual sequence appears. White houses. Blue domes. Sunset views. Infinity pools. Flowing dresses. The same streets photographed from the same angles. Now repeat the exercise with Bali, New York, Dubai, Cappadocia, Tokyo, or the […]
1. Sight Sacralization and the Making of Must-See Destinations Millions of visitors travel to Agra every year to see the Taj Mahal. Many spend hours in line, take a photo, stay only a few minutes, and move on to the next attraction. The interesting question is not whether the Taj Mahal is beautiful. The interesting […]
1. Tourists Seek Meanings, Not Just Places Why do some destinations become global symbols while others, despite possessing similar resources, remain largely invisible? Why do millions of people dream of visiting the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Canal, or the hills of Tuscany, while thousands of other places with comparable characteristics fail to generate the same […]
1. The End of Reach as the Main Logic in Tourism Communication For many years, travel marketing was built around a simple assumption: the more people a destination could reach, the stronger its communication would be. Visibility was treated as the main objective. Campaigns were designed to maximize impressions, views, clicks, followers and media exposure. […]
Every year, Skyscanner releases its Travel Trends Report, offering a snapshot of how global travelers’ preferences and emotions evolve. For 2026, the report identifies seven key trends that reflect a shift toward more intentional, expressive, and experience driven forms of travel. In this series, I take inspiration from Skyscanner’s 2026 Travel Trends and explore each […]
Every year, Skyscanner publishes its Travel Trends Report, offering insights into how travelers’ motivations and values evolve across the world. For 2026, the report identifies seven emerging trends that explore how people are reshaping their relationships with travel, emotion, and identity. In this series, I take inspiration from Skyscanner’s 2026 Travel Trends and explore each […]
Every year, Skyscanner releases its Travel Trends Report, exploring how global travelers’ habits, priorities, and emotions evolve. For 2026, the report identifies seven key trends that reflect new ways of connecting: with people, with places, and with purpose. In this series, I take inspiration from Skyscanner’s 2026 Travel Trends and explore each theme through the […]
Every year, Skyscanner releases its Travel Trends Report, an in depth look at how travelers’ motivations, emotions, and lifestyles are evolving around the world. For 2026, the report highlights seven key trends that reflect a growing desire for meaning, creativity, and balance in travel. In this series, I take inspiration from Skyscanner’s 2026 Travel Trends […]
Every year, Skyscanner publishes its Travel Trends Report, mapping how travelers’ motivations and lifestyles evolve across the world. For 2026, the report identifies seven key trends that redefine how people connect with places, nature, and themselves. In this series, I take inspiration from Skyscanner’s 2026 Travel Trends and explore each theme through the lens of […]
Every year, Skyscanner releases its Travel Trends Report, offering insights into how travelers’ habits and expectations evolve around the world. For 2026, the platform identified seven emerging travel trends that blend curiosity, creativity, and lifestyle in unexpected ways. In this series, I take inspiration from Skyscanner’s 2026 Travel Trends and explore each theme through the […]
Every year, Skyscanner releases its Travel Trends Report, offering a window into how travelers’ habits and desires are evolving worldwide. For 2026, the platform identified seven new travel trends, each one blending lifestyle, emotion, and aspiration in unexpected ways. In this series, I take inspiration from Skyscanner’s 2026 Travel Trends and explore each theme through […]
In a world of pre-told travel experiences, does the wow factor still exist? In an age where everything seems already recounted, spoilt by photos, reels and reviews, every destination appears already experienced before we even set foot there. Can we still create wonder? To answer these questions, we must first understand what we really mean […]
Ten years ago, I was already talking about the “Tourism of Meaning” or “Meaning-Based Tourism“: a way of traveling that doesn’t just ask “Where am I going?”, but digs deeper into the question, “What does this journey represent for me?”. Today, Hilton’s new 2026 Trend Report introduces the concept of “Whycation”: trips that begin with […]
Solarpunk was born as a strand of speculative fiction, but today it has evolved into a cultural movement that imagines a positive future where technology, nature, and communities live in balance.It is an optimistic, almost rebellious vision that stands in contrast to “climate doomerism,” promoting biophilic aesthetics, green architecture, and regenerative community practices. But what […]
Tourism is undergoing a profound transformation: the focus is no longer only on physical accessibility, but also on cognitive and emotional inclusion. More and more neurodivergent travellers – people on the autism spectrum, with ADHD, dyslexia, or other neurological differences – are asking for experiences designed for their specific needs. Far from being a marginal […]
Introduction. From Signal to Phenomenon A tourism trend never appears out of nowhere. Before a theme reaches the pages of newspapers or destination catalogues, it has already travelled a path made of fragile signals, niche communities, and early experimentation. In previous posts, I presented two examples of emerging micro-niches, Cat Tourism and Decora Fashion x […]
Decora fashion is one of Harajuku’s most iconic styles. Emerging in the late 1990s, it is defined by layering colorful clothes, hair clips, toys, stickers, and accessories until the body becomes a walking rainbow. More than a look, it is a philosophy of joyful maximalism — a playful rebellion against minimalism and conformity. Today a […]
Cats have always captured human imagination. They are symbols of independence, mystery, and comfort. In the past decade, they have also become global stars of social media. But now cats are moving from our screens into our travel itineraries. From islands where cats outnumber people to hotels adapting to feline guests, Cat Tourism is becoming […]
In recent years, international tourism has revealed its most problematic side: overtourism. It is not only about seasonal crowds, but a phenomenon that changes residents’ lives, damages the environment, and weakens the visitor experience. From Venice to Barcelona, and even in natural sites such as Maya Bay, overcrowding has become a symbol of the contradictions […]
1. Introduction “Designing Travel Experiences in Sustainable Tourism: Analysis and Comparison of International Case Studies” is the title of the thesis recently presented by Claudia Porcu at IULM University in Milan. (originally written in Italian). (Porcu, C., 2025).I had the pleasure of supervising the project as thesis advisor, supporting a research path that skilfully combined […]
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