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Question: Pros of Virtual tourism?
Answer: • Overcome many of the problems associated with conventional holidays.
• Access to closed destinations, the past and the future, with the potential to visit inaccessible destinations like the depths of the Amazon jungle or the frozen wastes of the Antartic or moving forward or backwards in time.
• Opportunity for disable tourists, bringing the travel experience to those who are unable, or find it inconvenient to travel because of physical handicaps or debilitating illnesses.
• Support for sustainability and environmental conservation, avoiding visitor resentment by the native population and the deterioration of the natural environment and the habitats of native flora and fauna.
• Virtual conferencing, which could have a serious impact in the amount of business travel.
(Source: Rahman, Shahnoor & Bhowal, Amalesh. (2017). Virtual Tourism and Its Prospects for Assam. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science. 22. 91-97. 10.9790/0837-2202019197., 24 Oct 2021)