Development of Tourism - Kieran McGowan

Motor Car

Aug 27, 1908

Henry Ford's company "Ford" introduced the very firsrt motor car in 1908 with a removable cylinder head. The vehicle was named "The model T" and was sold in different versions, some with 5 seats, some with only 2 and some with even 7.

First Holiday Camp

Jun 30, 1936

In 1936 Butlins opened their first holiday camp in Skegness from a design sketched by Billy Butlin. The promise was "a weeks holiday for a weeks wages" proving to do this date to be a very cheap and conveinent holiday for families.

First Package Tour

Oct 30, 1949

First package tour was organised by
Vladimir Raitz – to Corsica with 32
passengers on a DC3 aeroplane. Horizon holidays was the travel company to launch this trip and inspired 100s of other tour operators around the globe to sell packaged holidays.

Boeing 747

Feb 16, 1969

In 1969 after the Boeing 747 was introuduced, its first flight containing 500 passengers made a flight from London to New York.

Exchange controls lifted

Sep 2, 1979

In 1979 exchange control restrictions were lifted,
allowing holidaymakers to take more
money out of the country

Channel Tunnel

Apr 19, 1994

In 1994 the channel tunnel opened from England to France, allowing passengers to travel by car or train under the english channel. The Euro star occupied the first journey.