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Jumbo Jet
The first Boeing 747 jumbo jet was made in December of 1969, however the first ever flight was in January 1970. Their first ever flight was from New York to London and it held a total of 524 passengers. The Boeing jumbo jet gained 1 million passenger in the first 6 months and then within the first year, they had around 7 million passengers. Jumbo jet is the most important event of the 70's because it allowed people to be able to travel further and more people could fit on the planes. -
Clarkson UK Tour Operator
Clarkson, which in the 70's was the UK number 1 tour operator went in to liquidation as well as a Court Line. On the 15th of August 1974, the company collapsed and they then owed at least £7 million to over 100,000 holidaymakers. -
Concorde
The Concorde was the first supersonic aeroplane that carried passengers. The aircraft was built and manufacturers in Great Britain and France. It was first flown on the 26th of September 1973 and first carried passengers on the 21st of January 1976. This changed the travel industry because it allowed people to get to places faster. -
Internet was invented part 2
The internet was the most important event of the 80's because it allowed people to find more information and maybe even book their holidays online. -
Internet was invented part 1
In 1983, a man called Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet. The internet changed the world and it changed the travel industry because people were then able to search things up about their holidays and it was a lot easier. In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, which allowed people to find information they needed. "His specifications of URIs, HTTP and HTML were refined as web technology spread."
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Ryanair
Ryanair first flight was in July 1985 and flew from Ireland to London. Ryanair is considered to be Europe's largest airline with over 2,400 flights a day with around 148.6 million passengers a year. Ryanair is very popular because it is a low-cost airline which means that they are more affordable prices and everyone can travel with them. -
Growth of low-cost airlines
Low-cost airline started to become more popular in the late 80's and early 90's. With Ryanair being introduced, it made travel a lot easier for people around Europe because the prices were affordable and budget friendly. They also sold a range of different products such as travel insurance, car hire and accommodation for cheap so people preferred to travel with them. -
Channel tunnel part 1
The channel tunnel started in 1988 and was then completed in 1993 however, It first got used in 1994. The channel tunnel is one of the biggest engineering projects in the UK taking more than 5 years to complete. It took more than 13,000 workers from around Britain and France to build it. From Dover to Calais, it takes around 30 minutes and it is around 50 kilometres long. Each year, around 4.5 million UK tourists use the Channel Tunnel. The Channel Tunnel is the most important event of the de -
Channel Tunnel part 2
The Channel Tunnel is the most important event of the decade because it made it easier for people to travel through Europe. It also allowed people who are scared of flying to use it because they would not have to leave the ground and it gives them other options. The Channel Tunnel is also more affordable and cheaper than flying. -
EasyJet
EasyJet was first launched in 1995 and was founded by Stelios Haji-Loannou. The first flight by easyJet was on the 10th of November 1995 and they bought their first official plane in 1996. Now easyJet have over 200 aircrafts in Gatwick and they have around 29 bases with Gatwick being its largest. EasyJet get around 48.1 million passengers a year and within the first year of it launching, they got around 40,000 passengers. -
25.7 million overseas came to Britain, spending more than £12 billion
In 1998, around 25.7 million people came from overseas to Britain and spent more than £12 billion. This will help the travel and tourism industry because it gave them a profit and it helped increase the population. -
Social media part 1
Social media has changed the world forever. Before social media, it was hard to find out some things, however now if you search in on Instagram "#travel" it will give you loads of information and it will show you what other people do on their travels. In the year 2000, the website TripAdvisor launched and it was great for the travel industries because people could book there holidays and check out how other peoples holidays went. -
Socail media part 2
The first TripAdvisor iPhone app launched in 2010 and was partnered with Facebook. By 2015, TripAdvisor had 320 million reviews. Social media has helped the travel and tourism industry because there are apps that a lot of people use and they can see how good other peoples holidays are and it will make them want to book the same if not similar holiday. -
9/11 part 2
9/11 has a massive effect on travel and tourism because people then worried and were scared to go on a plane and even to New York. This was the most important event of the 2000's because it changed the travel and tourism industry for a long time and people are still do not want to go on a plane till this day. -
9/11 part 1
On the 11th of September 2002, there was a tragic event in New York that damaged the travel and tourism industry for a long time. The aftermath caused a decrease in customers from 6.8 million people in 2000 to 5.7 million in 2001. The attack ended up with 2,977 deaths and over 25,000 injuries. It took the city almost 5 year to get back to normal and since then, they have gained more tourists there to visit and pay respect to the museums. In 2018 they had 13.5 million tourist visit the city. -
Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami
On the 26th of December 2004, in the Indian Ocean, there was an earthquake that caused different tsunami waves that grew up to 30 meters tall. The tsunami affected multiple different countries such as India, Thailand and Indonesia. There were many tourist that got caught up in it and the damage costed around $508 million. -
Icelandic Ash Cloud
In 2010, a sequence of volcanic eruptions from Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, caused a big ash cloud which interrupted the air travel around Europe. The ash cloud stop all flights around Europe for around a week because they were worried that the ash would damage the aircraft engines if they travelled through it. The ash cloud stopped over 107,000 flights and affected roughly around 10 million passengers. -
Brexit
The UK's decision to leave the EU has affected some peoples lives because they might have been planning on or wanted to live in another country in Europe but cannot because it is harder to get a visa and insurance. Brexit has impacted the UK because there has been a decrease of 5.3% of visitors. -
Covid part 1
Throughout 2020 to 2021, Covid has had a huge affect on travel and tourism globally. Back in February 2020, the air passengers went from 6,804,900 to 112,300 in April; There was a 98.3% drop between February and April. In Britain's national first lockdown, the accommodation and travel agency businesses saw a huge decrease, falling to 9.3% of costumers from February to May. -
Covid part 2
Data shows how passengers traveling internationally from UK airports fell to 1.9% in April 2020 and then had a peak of 36.7% in August. Covid was the most important event because it had changed the travel and tourism industry by people not being able to travel so travel companies were losing money and not gaining money. -
Bibliography 1
https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/tourismindustry/articles/coronavirusandtheimpactontheuktravelandtourismindustry/2021-02-15
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/celebrity-passengers-and-caviar-at-55000-feet-what-it-was-like-to-fly-concorde-in-the-70s
https://www.danairremembered.com/1970s.php
https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11550159
https://www.statista.com/statistics/864922/ryanair-annual-passenger-figures/
https://www.dortmund-airport.com/airlines/easyjet -
