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When Elizabeth I ruled, men who had a position at court were encouraged to travel to visit cultural areas of Europe, they called this the Grand Tour and was started in 1670, after this numbers of destinations surfaced and was open to the British travelers, Avignon and Montpellier. -
roman empire established how beneficial spas can be within the UK, popular ones were Bath and Buxton which became important centers in the early nineteen centuries. spas were mostly popular because of their health benefits from the mineral waters bubbled up but also became centers of high fashion, in the early nineteenth century the resorts went down market and was replaced by wealthy merchants and the professional class. due to the increase in UK seaside resorts it lost its popularity. -
health theorists found that the minerals found in spas were also found in seawater, a spa town, Scarborough was loosing popularity and Brighton and Blackpool were gaining a lot of attention. Travelling to these resorts were expensive but in the nineteenth century steamboats were serviced from London to the popular resorts. due to these steamboats more of these resorts were visited even distant ones, in result of this popular attraction piers were built in the popular destinations. -
from 1830 rail way routes started construction from main centers, seaside resorts of the UK and by 1840 the train travel was so popular and the annual number of passengers was 51 million, social changes in the 19th century encouraged rail travel leading to the type of family holidays which was well suited for seaside resorts. rail travel soon expanded and went to travel to continents, such as Blue train between Paris and the cote d'Azur -
in the 1930s the first holiday camp was built in Britain , they included immunities, comfort and childcare at a all inclusive price. the developer of these camps was Billy Burtlin and his first site opening was in Skegness in 1936 on the east coast of England and was set up by Harry Warner and Fred Pontin. This type of holiday became very popular amongst Europe and offered short-break holidays with a variety of themed activities. -
The development of package holidays started with Thomas Cook, he started with organizing a day trip from Leicester to Loughborough for a shilling, then started in 1888 he organized cheap holidays abroad for students, after he started doing this he gained more popularity and Henry Lunn started a rival company, the two companies decided to merge in 1960 and became part of tui. in 1950 the package holiday became popular world wide and offered return flights and accommodation. -
in 1938 a law was passed which was the pay act, this was so a worker can get paid and have relaxation, in 1950s people tended to work 50+ hours a week and after this act it was changed to most people working around 37 hours weekly. a lot of people get 4 weeks paid holiday and it is shown that it increased life span and improved health. -
in 1883 the internet was created, websites were available 24 hours a day and this was helpful towards the travel industry because anyone could book a flight or package anytime without having to wait for someone top get back to you, people would often buy flights online and this also lead to travel gaining more popularity due to it being easier. 7/10 people book their travel arrangements without using a travel agent or tour operator, it has also resulted a decline of high street agents. -
in 1997 low-cost flights were very popular , this means the government removed the rules and regulations that prevented airline industries from expanding, due to thus Ryanair and EasyJet expanded almost instantly. this endured customers were getting reasonable prices when going abroad and helped airline travel become more affordable. Budget airlines usually go with airports that are cheap to depart to, such as Bristol and Stansted instead of going to major airports. -
Many new laws were introduced to the travel industry, customers had the right to expect a package they were advertised and paid for, if it isn't up to the standards that was set, you can claim composition from the company responsible. If somethings goes wrong on your trip and was falsely advertised it is the organizers responsibility to set things right and will fix or compromise with whatever was not up to standards. -
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People have always travelled. As far back as history shows us, people have been travelling for many different reasons, this could be to visit family or even to invade other countries. This timeline will show some of the main developments in tourism.
