Assess The Impact Of Key Historical And Current Developments Of Travel And Tourism
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Assess the impact of key historical and current developments on the travel and tourism industry.
• Improvements in transport • Development of mass tourism/all inclusive package holidays • Decline of seaside resorts • Socio – economic changes; increase in leisure time, disposable income, paid holidays and life expectancy • Technological developments
Current developments
• Low cost airlines • Super jumbos and super ships • Internet technology • Direct sales/ growth of call centres and internet bookings • The grey market • Airport/ runway expansions • Terrorist activity and security issues
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Describe the key sectors in the travel and tourism …show more content…
Consequently, the number of facilities, products and services provided to satisfy consumer’s demands for travel and tourism has also increased. There are a lot of reasons why people have gained more and more leisure time.
One of these reasons is that there has been an increase in paid holiday entitlement for those who are in employment. In 1938 it was made legal for employees to get holiday entitlement. But by 1951, 66% of manual workers were allowed two weeks paid holiday every year but 28% of the workers still had only one week of holiday entitlement.
By 1970, 52 % of the United Kingdoms workers had three weeks or more holiday emtitlement5 and then by the 1990s the annual holiday entitlement had raised from four to five weeks. One of the most obvious effects of increased paid leave has been that a far higher proportion of the United Kingdoms working people now have the time and money to take …show more content…
Product development
The travel and tourism company is dynamic and a lot of new products are being continually being made in order to meet peoples needs and expectations. The development of the mass tourism market has been largely due to introducing innovative travel products and services - domestic, inbound and outbound tourism. Another development was ‘all inclusive packages’. Also packages have been set up for sport for example football and golf.
Domestic tourism
Domestic tourism hit its peck in the 1960s and early 70s, with a large number of holidays to seaside resorts. In the 1980s, the industry that supported domestic tourism in the United Kingdom has had to work very hard to maintain its market share, despite higher competition from overseas destinations. Traditional seaside resorts such as Brighton have tried to improve their image by making new visitor attractions and some have also held exhibitions and conference facilities to encourage business
Page 1 – 19
Assess the impact of key historical and current developments on the travel and tourism industry.
• Improvements in transport • Development of mass tourism/all inclusive package holidays • Decline of seaside resorts • Socio – economic changes; increase in leisure time, disposable income, paid holidays and life expectancy • Technological developments
Current developments
• Low cost airlines • Super jumbos and super ships • Internet technology • Direct sales/ growth of call centres and internet bookings • The grey market • Airport/ runway expansions • Terrorist activity and security issues
Page 19 – 25
Describe the key sectors in the travel and tourism …show more content…
Consequently, the number of facilities, products and services provided to satisfy consumer’s demands for travel and tourism has also increased. There are a lot of reasons why people have gained more and more leisure time.
One of these reasons is that there has been an increase in paid holiday entitlement for those who are in employment. In 1938 it was made legal for employees to get holiday entitlement. But by 1951, 66% of manual workers were allowed two weeks paid holiday every year but 28% of the workers still had only one week of holiday entitlement.
By 1970, 52 % of the United Kingdoms workers had three weeks or more holiday emtitlement5 and then by the 1990s the annual holiday entitlement had raised from four to five weeks. One of the most obvious effects of increased paid leave has been that a far higher proportion of the United Kingdoms working people now have the time and money to take …show more content…
Product development
The travel and tourism company is dynamic and a lot of new products are being continually being made in order to meet peoples needs and expectations. The development of the mass tourism market has been largely due to introducing innovative travel products and services - domestic, inbound and outbound tourism. Another development was ‘all inclusive packages’. Also packages have been set up for sport for example football and golf.
Domestic tourism
Domestic tourism hit its peck in the 1960s and early 70s, with a large number of holidays to seaside resorts. In the 1980s, the industry that supported domestic tourism in the United Kingdom has had to work very hard to maintain its market share, despite higher competition from overseas destinations. Traditional seaside resorts such as Brighton have tried to improve their image by making new visitor attractions and some have also held exhibitions and conference facilities to encourage business