This book examines the lifestyles, expectations and plans of Millennials and Generation Z and how they are redefining tourism. It explores the present and future challenges faced by the tourism industry as a result of the generational turnover and the role a generational perspective can play in helping the industry recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Fabio Corbisiero is Associate Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. His research interests include urban sociology, tourism studies, gender and LGBT⁺ studies.

Salvatore Monaco is Researcher in Sociology at the Faculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. His research interests concern social exclusion, tourism, urban contexts, technologies and new media.

Elisabetta Ruspini is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Her research and teaching interests include social change, the sociology of generations, feminist and gender perspectives in tourism and future studies.