TY - JOUR AB - Purpose This paper aims to show how continued failure for tourism to address its global impacts is likely to imply the end of tourism as we know it.Design/methodology/approach This paper is an opinion piece that discusses tourism out of the global situation in spring 2019.Findings Tourism is about to undermine its own future, largely as a failure of UNWTO and ICAO to address environmental challenges. Ignorance and disinterest continue to characterize supranational and business organizations such as WTTC.Originality/value The text is intended to be a wakeup call. VL - 75 IS - 1 SN - 1660-5373 DO - 10.1108/TR-01-2019-0034 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-01-2019-0034 AU - Gössling Stefan PY - 2020 Y1 - 2020/01/01 TI - Utopian visions or dystopian prospects for tourism? A perspective article T2 - Tourism Review PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 179 EP - 181 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -