Can the 2025 Nobel prizes in physics and economics inspire a “quantum” turn in tourism research?

Waqas Ali

Annals of Tourism Research2026https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2025.104115article
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• Introduces a Quantum Tourism Framework to explain tourism behaviour and innovation • Connects 2025 Nobel prizes in physics and economics to tourism research theory • Proposes three layers: superposition, entanglement, and quantum advantage • Explains non-linear and adaptive tourism systems through quantum mechanisms • Offers new directions for quantum-informed tourism research

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@article{waqas2026,
  title        = {{Can the 2025 Nobel prizes in physics and economics inspire a “quantum” turn in tourism research?}},
  author       = {Waqas Ali},
  journal      = {Annals of Tourism Research},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2025.104115},
}

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