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    Is the travel industry ready for central bank digital currencies?

    July 15, 20244 Mins Read


    In 2021, the cryptocurrency market regained the public’s attention
    as the value of one Bitcoin broke through its previous all-time high of nearly
    $20,000 to reach a price of almost $70,000. 

    However, in 2022, the market suffered numerous high-profile
    failures, including the crash in value of stablecoin provider Terra’s UST and the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. By
    2024, the fallout from those events and others, and subsequent bear market (in
    which many cryptocurrencies fell 90% from their heights), meant that crypto had
    once again faded from the average person’s consciousness.  

    Although sentiment turned positive as Bitcoin rallied and again
    crossed $70,000 in March 2024, driven by the approval of Bitcoin ETFs (which allow investment in futures contracts rather than
    cryptocurrency itself), concern regarding the market still lingers for many.
    This concern has been heightened by pending governmental regulations designed
    to limit cryptocurrency growth, such as the Security and Exchange Commission’s
    litigation efforts classifying many cryptocurrencies as securities. 

    The regulator has filed lawsuits against 31 crypto firms it accused of violating U.S. securities
    law. Although the SEC ended one of its investigations in June, given the crypto sector’s
    tumultuous history it is unsurprising that many in the travel industry have
    dismissed cryptocurrency as a passing fad, as they did after the comparable
    2017 crypto and blockchain hype bubble popped.

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    However, flying under the typical travel industry radar is the fact
    that the central banks of many nations have begun issuing digital currencies of
    their own. These central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have characteristics
    similar to cryptocurrencies, but with one critical difference: As opposed to
    the decentralized nature of many cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin being the prime
    example, CBDCs are fully centralized and have been created, promoted and
    controlled by existing central banks. For more on centralization versus
    decentralization, see The Decentralized Computing
    Future
    (2021).  

    The purpose of a CBDC is to act as a digital version of a country’s
    currency. As few travel suppliers and retailers currently accept digital
    currency today, the introduction of state-sponsored digital currency adds a new
    wrinkle to the types of payments that would need to be accepted.

    Phocuswright’s
    forthcoming Global Travel Payments Report 2024 illustrates the lag in
    acceptance of digital currencies, with seven in 10 travel companies having no
    plans to accept them.

    CBDC’s impact on the travel industry 

    To succeed, CBDCs need to fit within the current payment
    infrastructure. A central bank may issue this digital money to financial
    institutions for distribution, or even directly to a consumer’s digital wallet.

    The consumer would pay at checkout much the same way they do today
    with a phone. The only caveat is that the wallet needed for this transaction
    must be a software wallet that stores value. 

    For a description of wallet types, see Who Owns the Customer? How About
    the Customers Themselves!
    The
    article also addresses the need for software wallets to hold self-sovereign
    identity (SSI) profiles. If CBDCs proliferate, these may act as a means for
    greater distribution of software wallets as well. 

    To prepare for the emergence of CBDCs, travel companies
    should:  

    • Evaluate global markets, recognize those that are advancing their
      CBDC timetable and analyze its impact on travel payment strategies. 
    • Join working groups such as the European Central Bank’s “Call for candidates to
      participate in the digital euro scheme infrastructure-related requirements
      workstream.”  
    • Assign a team or individual to become educated on CBDCs, track
      their progress and contribute to a strategy for CBDC acceptance based on
      overall market acceptance.

    While consumer adoption of digital currencies thus far has been
    slow, full rollouts of CBDCs in the coming years means most consumers will have
    access to digital currency as a form of payment.

    The travel industry currently struggles with alternative forms of
    payment, and therefore the shift to full digital currencies, even those
    provided by the government, will require broad industry collaboration. In
    Phocuswright’s forthcoming Global Travel Payments Report 2024, travel companies
    of all sizes and in various geographies exhibit a resistance to the adoption alternative
    forms of payment (AFPs), though global acceptance is growing in other
    industries.

    The dust has not settled on the CBDC issue, but clearly multiple
    governments are pushing ahead with their CBDC efforts and preparations need to
    be made.



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