Hyperloop’s role in tourism and hospitality: Challenges and opportunities

Abstract

This study provides a comprehensive examination of the potential impacts of Hyperloop technology on the tourism and hospitality sectors, offering strategic insights for stakeholders to address upcoming challenges and opportunities. Through an extensive literature review, we identify several ways in which Hyperloop travel could transform these sectors. Potential benefits include enabling seamless multi-destination day trips, promoting culinary tourism, enhancing the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions (MICE) sector, and generating employment around Hyperloop hubs. However, Hyperloop may also reduce bookings in traditional accommodations, decrease interest in conventional air and rail travel, limit tourist exploration to destinations within the Hyperloop network, and decline in travel expenditure in a specific location. These findings have significant practical implications, providing valuable guidance to tourism and hospitality businesses and policymakers as they prepare for the commercialization of Hyperloop technology.