The Tourism Time Bomb | Expected Tourist Surge Would Reshape Industry | hotelsmag.com

International travel is no longer the exclusive province of the rich. Over the next several decades, hundreds of millions of new entrants to the middle class will want not only the things, but also the experiences, that money can buy. Indian call-center employees, Russian petrochemical engineers, Chinese middle managers, and Brazilian salespeople are already scouring the web for deals on trips.