The Development of the Travel and Tourism Industry and the Factors Affecting it Today
Contents
The development of the travel and tourism industry Page 3-4
Factors that have led to the growth in travel and tourism Page 4-6
Future developments in travel and tourism Page 6-7
Factors affecting the travel and tourism industry today Page 8-9
Bibliography Page 10
The Development of the Travel and Tourism Industry
Throughout history, people have travelled across Britain for purposes
of trade, education, religion and to fight in battles. It was not
until the eighteenth century, however, that the foundations of what we
now regard as the British tourist industry began to be laid.
Key Milestones in the Development of the UKtravel and tourism
DATE
MILESTONE
1936
Billy Butlin opens his first holiday camp in Skegness
1938
Holidays with Pay Act introduced
1946
Fred Pontin opens his first holiday near Weston Super Mare
1950
First package air holiday organised by Horizon
1952
First Jet Airline passenger service
1959
First Jet Airline passenger service to Australia
1960
Number of domestic holidays taken exceeds 30 million for the first
time and number of foreign holidays rises to 3.5 million
Early
1960's
First global distribution systems developed by American Airlines
1968
Countryside Act passed to create national parks
1969
Development of Tourism Act introduced
1976
Concorde goes into service
1981
60 per cent of households in the UK have regular use of at least one
car
1983
77% of British Workers have...
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...emand of
30% and more following the terrorist attacks, the long-term outlook
for travel and tourism demand is expected to slowly brighten as
consumer confidence about safety and security recover.
Customers
In the travel ad tourism industry there are different types of
customers, therefore making the industry meet different types of needs
for different customers
Greater use of segmentation in the travel and tourism industry has led
to focus on more varied customer groups:
- Leisure customers
- Business customers
- Independent travellers
- Package holiday makers
- Age-specific groups
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Tourism and Hospitality has developed rapidly and becoming extremely important to economy in the world. The income that several countries in the world receive from tourism industry can be reached to $1billion per year. In addition, Marketing is one of the most important factors that help and effect to tourism industry in many positive ways. Marketing evolved in the tourism industry since 1980. It promotes tourism industry by encouraging the tourists to travel at their destination with the strategy that made up to the tourist satisfaction. However, a marketing strategy does not have to be complex, in fact it should be a easily understood which ensure the advantage of marketing of the products and services to the tourist business to obtain positive
Globalisation refers to the process of international integration and connection between countries, which occurs globally, affecting many aspects of society such as economic, cultural, social, political and religious ( Al Rodhan, 2006). Globalisation has been a continual and growing process for centuries; although the process has developed at a faster pace since the beginning of the 20th century. For the purpose of this essay, I will be assessing how the process of globalisation has affected tourism, with particular focus on tourism in Turkey.
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