Would You Take A Virtual Vacation?

Andrew Sebastian, founder & CEO of ECOMY

17-Oct-19 12:00

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Japan's biggest airline is betting that the future of travel isn't travelling at all. For the last month, a married couple in Oita Prefecture has been interacting with a robot – called an Avatar – that's controlled by their daughter hundreds of miles away in Tokyo. Could this be the future of tourism?

Produced by: Christine Wong

Presented by: Richard Bradbury, Jeff Sandhu, & Freda Liu

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Categories: Travel, Personal Finance, Investments, Financial Literacy, Young Finance, Personal Development, Entrepreneurship, SME

Tags: vacation, ecotourism, avatars, japan, virtual tourism,

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