In the 20 months since the COVID-19 pandemic began, technological innovations have gone from futuristic to familiar. These days it’s hard to be out in the world without encountering QR-coded menus or supplying digital vaccine passports.
As the tourism industry—which logged a billion fewer international arrivals in 2020 than 2019—sputters back to life, masks may begin to disappear, but many pandemic-era tech tools will continue to factor into your trips.
Image: A robot designed to help passengers navigate Seoul’s Incheon International Airport was introduced in 2018. As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, surprising travel technologies will continue to influence our journeys PHOTOGRAPH BY BRUNO ARBESU, REA/REDUX
