TOURISM 4.0 - TOURIST 5.0: WHY THE HUMAN REVOLUTION IS ONE NUMBER BIGGER THAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS?

The industrialization process has begun to evolve with information and communication technologies for the fourth time. Since the tourism industry is a dynamic industry that keeps pace with innovations and technologies, Industry 4.0 technologies have found application in the tourism industry. With the use of Industry 4.0 technologies for tourism purposes, the concepts of smart tourism have emerged. Smart tourism, called Tourism 4.0, has turned its attention to users of Industry 4.0 technologies. In Japan, the philosophy of Community 5.0 was developed with Industry 4.0. At this point, it is inevitable that Tourism 4.0 leads to the concept of ‘Tourist 5.0' which is called ‘super smart tourist'. The aim of this study is to explain and discuss why human and, therefore, tourists perceive industrial revolutions earlier than other people and what are the underlying causes