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The future of movement: Reimagining tourism mobilities, transport logistics and urban design in a connected world
Friday, 19 March 2027
Follow the complete tourism journey to examine how transport logistics, urban form and connected technologies can improve movement while addressing accessibility, public space, environmental performance, surveillance and unequal impacts.
About this event
Tourism depends on movement, but movement is never simply the transfer of people between points. Transport systems shape access, time, behaviour, environmental pressure and the everyday life of places. This webinar examines tourism mobilities as a connected field linking passenger journeys, logistics, digital information and urban design. It asks how movement can become more efficient, inclusive and compatible with liveable destinations.
The discussion will follow a journey across its full chain, from planning and arrival to local circulation and departure. Participants will consider how airports, rail, roads, ports, luggage systems and last-mile services interact. Poor coordination can create congestion and exclusion, while integrated information, ticketing and scheduling can make lower-impact choices more practical.
Urban form strongly influences these outcomes. Street design, public transport, walking routes, accessibility and the location of attractions determine how visitors and residents share space. The webinar will explore ways to manage flows without treating cities as machines or displacing pressure into less protected neighbourhoods. It will also consider the needs of workers and goods movements that tourism planning often overlooks.
Connected technologies offer useful tools, including real-time guidance, demand analysis and adaptive operations. They also raise questions about surveillance, data access and dependence on private platforms. Participants will examine how transport policy, service design and spatial planning can be coordinated around public goals. The session provides a framework for evaluating mobility systems through efficiency, equity, resilience and environmental performance rather than speed alone. This perspective links journeys with broader conditions required for cities to function well.