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1970- Car ownership in the UK
By 1970 there were more cars on the road than ever before. Cars were now by far the most popular form of transport on the roads, carrying more passengers than busses. In fact it was 75% of all passenger miles. From 1970 safety also started to become more important and it became law during this decade that seatbelts needed to worn, but only in the front seats!! -
1974- The raise in tour operators in the UK
Before World War II, British tourists looked for adventure or enjoyment rather than to laze on beaches. There were many difficulties, but by the middle of the 1973, the development of the railways had made mass transit possible. The Reassurance campaign continued in Canada in partnership with British Airways, British Caledonian and British Rail. Thomas Cook planned his first excursion in 1841. and from that year when Thomas cook made flying possible, everything made connections and growth. -
1974- The raise in tour operators in the UK
everything made connections and growth, The BTA worked in partnership with the national tourist boards for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Festival of Youth Orchestras to Aberdeen. in 1976 the first professionally organised British ski trips left for the Alps at the turn of the century. This changed tourism for the better, everyone wnated to have a ready-to-go package holiday. -
1976- Concorde
The Concorde, the first supersonic passenger-carrying out supersonic transport. manufacturers in Great Britain and France. many routes were added from all over Europe, and many airlines like British airways jointed this airline. -
1982- British people made 20million visits abroad
in 1982 the holidays was very different back then, as thier holidays was fairly more expensive as everything was new and still on the grow for future developments, their holidays would last a lot longer to now, they would stay on holiday for weeks and months. the popularity grew as they can finally explore and find out these new counties and place. -
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1985- the lunch of Ryanair
in 1985- The Ryan family founded Ryanair with just £1 in share capital and 25 employees. A 15-seater Bandeirante aircraft will be used for maiden route's daily departures from Waterford in southeast Ireland to London Gatwick beginning in July. First hires for Ryanair's cabin crew must be under 5 feet 2 inches tall in order to fit in the aircraft's cramped cabin. -
1986- The number of packages holidays topped 10
In 1986 there was a huge growth in holiday packages. New technology made it easy or people to make reservations. There was also a growth in the holiday packages sold in travel agents. -
1986- Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet
In 1989, the internet was invented. Allowing all companies in the tourism industry to promote their services and product. This also allows online based companies -
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1986-87 launch of Ryanair
The regulatory authorities give Ryanair permission to compete against British Airways and Aer Lingus' duopoly on high fares on the Dublin–London route. The first flights from Dublin to London Luton take off in May. The debut cost of £99 return is less than half as expensive as the lowest return flight offered by Lingus, which is $209. In its first full year of operation, Ryanair carried 82,000 people on its two active routes. -
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1987-88 launch of Ryanair
By leasing three BAC1-11 aircraft from the national carrier of Romania, Tarom, Ryanair obtains its first jet aircraft, and the aircraft are delivered on a full wet lease. By adding 15 scheduled routes from Dublin to Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and Cardiff. Ryanair expands its network with the arrival of these jet aircraft with 322,000 passengers. after this mass creation was made, tourism raised with many more ways to travel by aircraft -
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1989-90- launch of Ryanair
Ryanair lease a total of three ATR42 turboprops, and use these to replace the little Bandeirantes and the outdated 748s. The fleet today consists of 3 ATR42 turboprops and 6 BAC1-11 jets. The Frequent Flyer Club is shut down and the business class offering is abandoned due to ongoing losses. -
2001- 9/11
A total of 2,996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks, including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four airplanes. Citizens of 78 countries died in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. At the World Trade Centre, 2,763 died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers. after this tragic event, tourism was different, in airports security was tight, with sniffer dogs at every station and more high tec scanners inventions, and no liquid bottle's not was allowed onto the aircraft. -
2004- Facebook
On February 4, 2004, a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launches The Facebook, a social media website he had built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. By the next day, over a thousand people had registered, and that was only the beginning. -
2008- The President election
Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican candidate, lost to Obama on November 4, 2008, making him the President-elect and the first African American to be elected to the White House. After John F. Kennedy and Warren G. Harding, he was the third sitting senator from the United States to win the presidency. -
2010- Haili Earthquake
On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastates Haiti, killed an estimated 230,000 and destroyed the nation's infrastructure -
2014- Winter Olympics
The XXII Olympic Winter Games, also known as the 2014 Winter Olympics or simply Sochi 2014, were an international winter multi-sport competition that took place in Sochi, Russia, from February 7 to February 23, 2014. On February 6, 2014, the day before the opening ceremony, first rounds for some events were held. -
2020- COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes known to as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global disease outbreak brought on by the coronavirus 2 that causes acute respiratory syndrome ( sars syndrome (SARS-CoV-2). In December 2019, an epidemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan led to the discovery of the new virus. There were futile attempts to contain it, which allowed the virus to spread to other parts of Asia and eventually the entire world. On January 30, 2020, and March 11, 2020. -
2020- COVID-19
-respectively, the World Health Organization (WHO) labelled the outbreak a pandemic and a public health emergency of international concern. The pandemic was one of the deadliest in history as of 7 December 2022, with more than 646 million cases and 6.64 million confirmed deaths. after COVID-19 tourism was a crumble in 2020 becuase of lockdown no airlines or airports was being used aswell as many hotels run down.