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42 BCE
introduction
This timetoast will outline some of the key developments in travel and tourism. It will start in roman times and come up to present day. -
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what did people do at spa towns
People started going to town spas because they believe that the water from the ground had healing benefits.
People went for spa treatments like mineral baths, massages and facials. They also went for things like the gardens that were there, live music and entertainment. However, the main reason people would go to spa towns is for the natural mineral springs which is believed to have therapeutic Properties for relaxation and healing. They started with the Romans in 43AD. -
Grand tours
young English nobles considered going on grand tour to be a significant rite of passage. When on a grand tour they would take a ship to to cross the English channel before travelling through France, stopping at Paris, Venice, Florence, Rome, Milan and napes. An average grand tour lasted for at least a year, the grand tour was mostly men this could have been because in the 1800 it was a misogynistic society. -
Start of the railway and tourism
Trainlines started to develop in 1804, steam trains were introduced to help move goods and to get people about, Although the trains were originally being built for coal someone saw a good business opportunity and decided to use the trains to take people to the seaside. Back in 19th century people were encouraged to travel via trains. -
regulations and legal changes; package travel regulation
By law you have the right to expect that the holiday you booked and paid for matches the holiday you booked. package holiday consist of advertised as a package or all-inclusive deal you bought the holiday for an inclusive or total price you bought more than one part of your holiday, such as flights and accommodation.A Linked Travel Arrangement is when you buy one part of your holiday and then are prompted to buy another part within 24 hours but your payment details aren't transferred. -
consumer demands
Fred Pontin had experience of running camps in the War,he ran catering services for the Admiralty and camps for industrial workers.By 1949 he had six camps in England,The Holiday Camp opened its doors for the first time for the Summer of 1960,An exciting modern feature of the camp at Minehead was a monorail,In Seattle,USA,the World's Fair (1962) had a permanent monorail taking passengers from the centre of Seattle to the exhibition site.It is still a tourist attraction today. -
The growth of UK beach resorts
queen Victoria started the trend of visiting the beach, she recognised the good health properties of the sea and what it can do for you. Thousands of tourists were visiting Britain's seashore annually by the late 1940s; for many coastal towns, tourism served as the economic backbone for many years. Health experts noticed that the sea included the same minerals found in spa waters. -
The development of package holidays
Travelling by rail or road across war-torn Europe wasn't easy,and when a Russian émigré named Vladimir Raitz set up Horizon Holidays in 1950, he decided that his customers would fly from London to Corsica rather than undergo the 48hour journey by rail and sea that he had made the previous year. In the UK Thomas Cook began promoting foreign holidays in the early 1950s with charter flights marking the first mass holiday packages to the likes of Corsica,Palma,Sardinia and of course the Costa Brava. -
social changes
The increase in leisure time has come about primarily due to paid holiday entitlement. In the 1950s a 50 hour work week was normal now it is an average of 37 hours a week. it is a legal requirement for employers to give their staff paid holidays, this had led for people to have longer holidays then the traditional summer time. However, more people are living longer due to this change in leisure times and people are even retiring in their 50s. however, this is likely to slow down in the future. -
technological innovations
technology has played a major role in the travel and tourism industry. With the updated internet it has meant that companys big or small now have a website providing information to the public, most have an online booking system allowing their customers to book their holidays that way. when back in the 80's that was not possible. travel agent can use third party technology with links to volumes of suppliers, bed banks from the traditional tour operators e.g. would be lastminute.com -
economic changes; the rise of budget airlines
in 1997 low-cost carriers took of with the deregulation of europe's domestic travel markets. prior to this move, national goverments were empowered to reserve access to national airspace for their favoured airlines (british airways and air france). after this airlines could pretty much fly to wherever they wanted, Low cost carriers like easy jet and ryanair and easyjet expanded quickly. The low cost airlines have led to more travel from regional airports. -
bibliograpghy
spa towns- class notes
grand tours- class notes
railway and tourism- class notes
package holidays- class notes
consumer demands-https://www.seasidehistory.co.uk/camps.html
regulations and legal changes-https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/package-travel-regulations-aQ2DC4P2f34d
social changes- Ebook
technological innovations- Ebook
economic changes- Ebook