FX.co ★ Technologies that will change tourism in the future

Jetpacks

A lot of tourists come to admire the pyramids on the Giza plateau in Egypt. But human eyes can hardly observe these 136 meters from bottom to top, you have to raise your head up to do so. Imagine how the impressions from the pyramids would change if they could be seen from a bird's eye view. It can become quite a reality in the near future with the help of a jetpack from the Martin AircraftNew Zealand company. It will be able to lift one person up to 951 meters in the air. This jetpack was created for the tourist industry, but special services have already expressed interest in this technology.

Martin Jetpack is the first personal aircraft, which is planned to be released serially. It differs from other similar devices in the way the flight is carried out. This jetpack fly thanks to small-diameter propellers. They are located in annular channels and are driven by an internal combustion engine. Jetpacks are moved by reactive thrust which is created by the jet stream.

The sales started at the end of 2017. The estimated price is $200,000.

Tourist submarines

Underwater world attracts many tourists, and if diving is not for you, then you can go on a cruise on a tourist submarine. This direction is actively developing. This excursion is offered to tourists in Cyprus, Hawaii, the Caribbean Islands, Egypt and Spain. The main producers of such vessels are the Finnish Mobimar and the Atlantis Submarines Canadian company. A Russian-made submarine, launched by Rubin Central Design Bureau in 1997, carries tourists on the coast of Larnaka (Cyprus).

Now tourists can choose different submarines, for example, small classvessels produced by U-BoatWorx. The latest development of the company is CruiseSub. Instead of the portholes, the ship is equipped with large transparent spheres. Thanks to this, tourists have a panoramic view of the underwater world. There are boats for individualists. In them, you can dive to an average depth. They are produced in limited series. And if boats now cruise along the coast, they will soon be able to go on long ocean cruises, swim along the Gulf Stream and observe the migration of blue whales along the way.

Robots-travelers

You have no time or not enough money to travel? It does not matter, you can travel the world without getting up off the couch. The telepresence technology allows you watching events and things in a place different from your physical location. This is achieved with the help of controlled robots and a terminal, a helmet of virtual reality, a computer monitor or a tablet. The robot is located in a place that interests the user. You do not need to manage it in detail, just specify the direction of movement. It will enter the right doors without smashing into them.

This technology has great potential. Such robots are already produced by Russian and foreign companies. They are already used to attend conferences, even as speakers, or to attend exhibitions. If a person, for example, is sick and can not leave the house, with the help of a robot, he can "come" to an educational institution or to work. Soon, technology will come to the tourist business.

Renting a robot will become an ordinary service, as well as renting a car. Robots will be located in attractive to tourists places. Everyone who has access to the Internet will be able to use the service.

Traveling to the stratosphere

The World View Enterprises American company plans to send tourists to the stratosphere in a capsule which will rise in a balloon to a height of about 32 km above sea level. Almost no aircraft fly at this altitude, even clouds, with the exception of very rare ones, remained below. The views are cosmic there. By the way, the ozone layer, which ecologists are so concerned about, is in the stratosphere. In a sealed cabin, which will be lifted by a giant balloon, filled with 400 thousand cubic meters, will accommodate six passengers.

The flight duration in the stratosphere will be about two hours. But it will take about one and a half to two hours to get there from the Earth. It is encouraging that you can freely move around the capsule and use the Internet. The capsule will lower to the Earth by the parachute, and the balloon will be cut off.

In October 2016, the company successfully tested a reduced copy of the tourist capsule. First tourists were planned to be sent into the stratosphere in 2017. The announced price of the ticket is 75 thousand US dollars.

Space tourism

Technologies for space tourism already exist. But flights to space are still not affordable and massive. The main bet is made on private companies, like Blue rigin which belongs to the owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. The main area of work is reusable suborbital ships. In 2016, the company once again successfully launched its rocket into space and returned it to Earth. It is planned that six people can be accommodated in the space capsule. Capsule, by the way, returns to Earth by parachutes.

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic also develops suborbital space tourism. The company is known for its suborbital spaceships Space Ship One and Space Ship Two. More than a year after the accident, which took the life of the pilot, the company introduced a new ship.

Hotel magnate Robert Bigelow plans to build hotels in orbit using the technology of inflatable modules. A full station will be three times smaller than the ISS. It will be able to host 3-4 guests who can spend a few days in comfort. Sooner or later, space tourism will become a reality.