Virtual Tour - Is the world ready for Tele-tourism?

What is the most important thing that is missing from our lives since pandemic? Isn’t it Travelling and Vacations to the best destinations from our bucket-list?

As everything in your pocket is going digital, why can’t travelling be affected by this digital transformation?

In lockdown, Virtual Tours have brought the world at your doorstep. You can now visit the destinations that seemed difficult to get to in a single touch in your pyjamas from the comfort of your couch.

In 2020, we all have pondered the vagaries of the pandemic and upended all the future travel plans. But the Virtual tours are at our savior. As travel ground to the halt for most of time in the year, travel companies decided to roll with the punches and reimagine their enterprise so as to stay relevant, stay alive and keep the dream going. Their pivot from operating in the fully physical realm to the virtual in just a few months tells a tale of quick upskilling and reinventing to stay in the game.

Many were skeptical about travel being successfully ported on the virtual realm because the integral part of Physical Travel is the sensory experience and unique essence of life in that geography. But various landscapes are brought to vivid life through the visuals and meticulously researched vignettes. Learning the use of different tools, platforms, media types, software and technology has been challenging but fruitful.

Our travel experiences are being reshaped by this pandemic, but the Virtual Tours are ensuring the essence of travel stays the same. Virtual Vacations can increase trust and enthuse participants to try their physical walks later. Experts suggest that virtual tours will stay on even when physical travel resumes, to attract more participants. Physical Travel is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels after 1.5-2 years.

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