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Introduction of the Boeing 747 'jumbo jet'
The 747 was built by 50,000 workers. They were construction labourers, mechanics, engineers, secretaries, and administrators. "The Incredibles" were their name. They built the world's largest civilian aircraft. The impetus for developing the massive 747 stemmed from lower airfares, an increase in air passenger traffic, and increasingly congested skies. -
Concorde
The Concorde was the first commercial passenger plane. It was built by aircraft manufacturers in Great Britain and France. It made its first crossing on September 26, 1973. It launched the world's first scheduled passenger service on January 21 1976. More routes were added, and it was flown across the globe. However, the aircraft noise limited its service, and it had to cut courses. -
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Last 50 years on the History of Tourism
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Concorde is into service
The Concorde made its first transatlantic crossing. British Airways flew from London to Bahrain, and Air France flew from Paris to Rio de Janeiro. This event tremendously impacted travel and tourism because it was the first plane to fly people to distant countries. -
20 million Brits take journeys abroad
In the 1980s, package holidays were growing, and travel agencies like Intasun attempted to get an advantage over Thomas Cook. People were enticed to go on vacation because of the numerous bargains available. -
Creation of Ryanair
The Ryan family set up Ryanair with a share of £1; they only have 25 employees at the time. They launched their first route in July with flights daily with a 15-seater aircraft. Operating daily from Waterford in the southeast of Ireland to London Gatwick. Their cabin crew must be under 5'2 to work in the cabin's limited space. The debut greatly impacted travel because it assisted millions of people who wanted to travel for affordable prices. -
Tim B-L creator of the internet P1
Tim has spent his entire childhood surrounded by computer science; his parents are computer scientists. After graduating from Oxford University, Berners-Lee worked as a software engineer at CERN, the massive particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. Tim laid out his idea for the web in a document titled "Information Management: A Proposal" in March 1989. -
Tim B-L inventor of the internet P2
He aimed to allow researchers to discuss their findings, ideas and practises without constantly exchanging e-mails. Instead, researchers would place such information “online,” where their peers could immediately retrieve it anytime. This also had a major impact as it helped people make everything more accessible. It helped travel and tourism because people could research holidays and places to travel. -
The Channel Tunnel
The tunnel is used by 4.5 million tourists annually, and 1 million vehicles convey goods from the UK worth £140 billion to the European and UK economies each year. -
Opening of the Channel Tunnel
The channel tunnel is the most significant engineering project ever in the UK. It took over 5 years to finish, and over 13,000 people from England and France were involved. It is considered one of the world's seven wonders. It is the world's longest tunnel. An undersea channel linking southern England and northern France. It is operated by Getlink, which also operates a train shuttle (Le Shuttle) between Folkestone and Calais, transporting passengers in cars, vans, and other vehicles. -
EasyJet's debut
EasyJet established its original headquarters in Luton, dubbed EasyLand. On October 23rd, easyJet took its first-ever phone reservation. EasyJet was founded by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou to offer low-fare flights in Europe. When it first launched, EasyJet only had 2 routes: Luton to Glasgow and Luton to Edinburgh. EasyJet began with Boeing 737-200s, a model with room for 136 passengers. It carried approximately 40,000 passengers in its first year. EasyJet employed only 70 people in 1995. -
Tomorrow's Tourism, a UK government tourism policy, is launched.
Intasun's lively founder, Harry Goodman, became very popular in the media, acquiring many other companies and setting up his own airline. As it was known, Goodman's International Leisure Group (ILG) did not survive to reap the benefits of deregulation. It declared bankruptcy in 1991, a major factor being the Gulf War of 1990–91 and Saddam Hussein's threat to shoot down Western civilian aircraft. -
9/11
The tragic event, which took place on the 11th of September in New York City, would change the world of travel. Travel decreased from 6.8 million in 2000 to 5.7 million in 2001. Since the attack, the United States has spent roughly $100 billion on airport and aviation security. Following the assaults, a security manifesto was rapidly drafted to assure that terrorists would never be allowed to board an aeroplane again. -
Indian Ocean Earthquake
On December 26th, 2004, an underwater earthquake generated a tsunami waves and destruction in the Indian Ocean, costing an est, $508 million. Many tourists were caught unawares and many vacations were cancelled, estimated cost of around $508 million. Tourism trickled back into Thailand, and visitor numbers dipped to 11.6 million in 2005; however, they climbed to 13.8 million in 2006. -
Global Recession
The global financial crisis struck in 2008, causing many markets to fail and holidaymakers to face tight budgets. There was a 17% increase in British staycations and a decline in outbound travel immediately following the recession.
It wasn't until 2014 that visits from the UK abroad began to rise again, following a year in which staycations fell by 1.3% while foreign travel increased by 4%. -
Economic growth of the 2010s
2010 – In the last 20 years, there was a noticeable stagnation in foreign holidays - dropping to 36.4 million and the amount spent to £31.8 billion. Air travel was similar, with passenger numbers down to 210.3 million.
By 2014, numbers had begun to climb again, reaching 38.5 million holidays abroad and a spend of £35.5 billion. Passenger numbers at UK airports rose to 238.3 million. -
The impact of Social Media
Many share their holiday experiences and images portraying a glam adventurer aesthetic, which influences 'social proof' from reading reviews and opinions and conversing via TripAdvisor, Facebook and Twitter
A 2015 survey found that 48% of users used Instagram to help pick their next holiday destination, and 35% used it to discover new places
In 2015 #travel was the third-top trending. By the end of 2019, the #travel has been used over 465 million times to share images from travellers' adventures -
COVID-19
The first national lockdown, accommodation and travel agency businesses witnessed the most decline in turnover, falling to 9.3% of their February levels in May 2020. Monthly air passenger arrivals to the UK fell by 98.3%.The proportion of travel and tourist enterprises that traded reached 85% in October 2020 before declining in response to increasing restrictions in November.