‘Future grey nomads will venture beneath the sea’

Published: October 2, 2014

Good news for all grey nomads worried that, after another few years of travelling around Australia, they will have seen all there is to see … exciting new frontiers are about to open up!

According to a group of futurologists and industry experts, space travel and underwater travel will both be the ‘in’ things within a decade.

While even the most affluent of grey nomads may baulk at an anticipated $75,000 entry fee fare for the shortest of space odysseys, journeys to the bottom of the sea – and the lake – may prove more tempting.

A team of 56 crystal ball gazing experts from around the world have just issued the Skyscanner

Grey nomads to travel underwater

The possible view from a caravan submarine!

‘Future of Travel 2024’ report  which says underwater tourism is on the way up. It seems then that, in a few years, grey nomads could be setting of  in caravans, motorhomes … and submarines!

“I suspect that mass underwater exploration and tourism will develop with greater pace than mass space tourism,” said Skyscanner CEO, Gareth Williams. “And I suspect you would get more from it, because there is more to see down there than in space.”

Polish company Deep Water Technology  has already designed a futuristic-looking luxury hotel made up of spaceship-like discs, built partially underwater to offer guests views of their marine surroundings. Hotels based on these designs are already planned to be built in Dubai and the Maldives.

The Skyscanner report says the same underwater concept could soon be applied to spas, gardens and pools.

  • Which Australian body of water would you most lie to explore from below? Do you think underwater hotels should be built in places like the Great Barrier Reef to make it more accessible to grey nomads? Do you think you will ever run out of things to see and do on the ‘traditional’ Big Lap? Comment below.

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