travel and toursim timeline

By tsherrin

  • launch of the 747 aircraft

    the launch of the boeing 747 aircraft has a profound and lasting impact on the travel and tourism industry. Some advantages of enhanced Passenger Capacity: Compared to previous commercial aeroplanes, the 747 was noticeably larger. In a two-class setup, it could accommodate up to 524 passengers, more than twice as many as earlier jetliners. A wider range of people were able to travel by air thanks to the expanded passenger capacity, which also helped mass tourism to flourish.

  • The launch of Ryanair

    Ryanair, an Irish low-cost airline, was founded in 1984 by Tony Ryan. Since then, it has grown to become one of the largest and most well-known airlines in Europe. affordable air travel,they revolutionized air travel by offering extremely low fees, often cheaper than most other airlines, this meant that people/customers were choosing Ryanair instead of the other airlines as its a cheaper way to travel. this also made it more accessible to a broader range of people.

  • The opening of the Channel Tunnel

    the opening of the travel tunnel,has had a very significant effect on the travel industry.this engineering marvel connects folkestone in the uk to Coquelles near Calais in France. The channel tunnel has made the uk more accessible to european tourists and vica versa. because the euro tunnel only takes up to 30 minutes a journey this is a much quicker and in some areas cheaper.

  • The events of 9/11

    The event of the 9/11 had a really big impact on the travel industry for many reasons. One example is a decline in tourism. in the immediate aftermath of the event, all over the world there was a huge decrease in people travelling. People were hesitant to travel in fear of being in a terrorist attack or in a unsafe situation. This resulted in a big drop in numbers visiting the UK. Because of this event, airports became alot more stricter with all security, and improvements were made on board too

  • The COVID pandemic

    The Covid pandemic had a significant effect on the travel industry. The number of aviation passengers arriving in the UK each month decreased by 98.3%, from 6,804,900 in February 2020 to 112,300 in April 2020. Since then, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted the sector heavily in 2020 and into 2021, with government restrictions both in the UK and worldwide preventing tourism for large periods of time. Because of this alot of businesses within the travel sector struggled financially.