Terrorism and aging buffet tourism industry.

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An aging population, new technologies, and threats of terrorism will cause many changes in how we travel as well as in choices we make for a destination, maintains Peter E. Tarlow, the publisher of Tourism Tidbits and president of Tourism and More consulting service. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have changed how we travel, and more changes are in store, he told members of the World Future Society, Bethesda, Md.

Terrorism isn't the sole factor affecting the travel industry. Aging populations in most-developed nations will also bring about travel changes. Tarlow predicts more urban vacations with all-weather activities and...