Local experiences guide
People anywhere can now share their rides using Uber and their homes through Airbnb. So, what’s next? Johannes Reck, CEO of GetYourGuide, says more travellers want “in-destination” experiences with locals, like walking tours, cooking classes, day trips, outdoor excursions and more. Reports found that this tourism market was expected to reach a whopping $1,626.7 billion in the US by 2026—though, of course, that was before the massive hit that worldwide tourism took due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism is continuing to evolve, and according to Reck, “the first company to build a truly global marketplace for this diverse collection of ‘things to do’ won’t just be giving tourists a way to improve their holidays—it’ll be giving entrepreneurs with amazing cultural content a new platform for building and running businesses.”
Alexa and Siri programmers
There’s no doubt the voice-control market will expand in the future, but Amazon’s and Apple’s cloud-based voice service is already here—and wildly popular. Margaret Groves from Engineered Process Improvement says there will be a huge demand in the coming years for Alexa and Siri programmers in every business to update phone applications, computer systems, operating programs and more so that they function smoothly with Alexa and Siri.
Regenerative change officer
In the next few years, more companies are expected to look into how they can not only make money but also do the world some good while employing full-time staff. A profitability consultant for green and social entrepreneurship businesses, Shel Horowitz, says businesses will look at going beyond sustainability (keeping things the same) and into “regenerativity” (making things better). These regenerative change officers will assist in developing and marketing profitable products and services that turn “hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance,” according to Horowitz’s site.