ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the future range of management problems that the tourism industry will have to address in the new millennium. In particular it illustrates why the tourism industry needs to be proactive in managing its impacts, given that tourism has developed to a point where it may be uncontrollable in relation to the snowball concept. It also outlines what the main drivers of change will be in the tourism sector in the next decade as well as contemporary issues such as the significance of crises for tourism managers. The challenge of managing amidst climate change and trends such as Last Chance Tourism are also introduced.
