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first package holiday
The first package holiday was made in 1841, this was a short trip from leiciester to loughbourough and this journey was made by train. Even though this was the first package holiday this was only on a train it is believed that the first package holiday that took place was in 1949 when Vladimir Raitz took 32 passengers to Corsica. -
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package holidays
package holidays were first introduced in 1841, package holidays have increased since this year and are still running in 2012, people go for package holidays because they are more reliable and you know if you have a package holiday that you dont have to worry about other things, package holidays may come more expensive than your average holiday but can be worth it in the end. package holidays can be brough from any travel agents around the world now. -
development of holiday camps
in 1945 holiday camps were at there peak of business, they would be catering for up to 60per cent of the holiday market. the important names in the market at this time were; warners, butlins and pontins. -
first package on a plane
as thomas cook did the first package holiday through the uk, this package deal was organised by a guy called Vladimir Raitz. on this package holiday he took 32 passengers to corsia on a DC3 aeroplane. each customer was charged £32.50. with them paying this fee they got accomodation, return flights, transfers and full board. -
horizon holidays
horizon holidays was founded by Vladimir Raitz who was also the same people who did the first ever package deal abroad, by the 1950s horizon holidays was known to be one of the UKs majour tour operators. -
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holiday camps
holidays camps first came popular in the the 1950's, they came more popular because they was offering just as much as a holiday abroad was, these was cheaper for people. holiday camps were first used by the people who were less fortunate and didnt have as much money so would settle for the cheaper option, holiday camps have upgraded since then and are now all over the country. -
currency restrictions
in the 1970's there were lifted currency restrictions, this would appeal to people which were flying abroad because the most people were able to take out of the country was £50 in sterling. this lift on the currency mean a big increase in people wanting to go abroad knowing that they were able to spend and take alot more money with them. -
the downgrade of holiday camps
in the 1970's there was a downgrade of people using holiday camps, this was for the simple fact more people were wanting to have sunshine and package holidays were introduced in a wider market for packages abroad. this increased more peoples interests in going abroad instead of staying in the same country. -
start of the transport act
The transport act took place in the 1980's, this act ended licensing regulations which may have effecting the express coach routes and tours which reached over 30miles. These changes then led to a competion between national bus and private companies. -
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transport act
transport has changed throughout the years, there have been a mixture of transport for example we have coaches which can take people all over england and we have planes which are able to take customers from one country to another, these different types of transport would vary in price. -
change of transport act in 1985
in 1985 the transport act brough whe whole wholesale degration about. this would mean that private companies were able to operate on any route. -
air passenger duty
The air passenger duty was reduced on economy flights in 1996, this then later relied on removing a barrier to the growth within the inbound tourism. With them reducing economy flights this would mean that less inbound tourists would be able to enter the UK than what there used to be. -
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air passenger duty
air passenger duty has been going on since 1996 and has reduced many economy flights this is due to the removing of a barrier to the growth of inbound tourists. with the increases taking place in 2006 then furthur in 2010 this has caused much controversy within the industry. -
increased air passenger duty
in 2006 air passenger duty was majouring increased, however this wasnt the only increase there was also a furthur from november 2010 which could cause controversy within the industry. -
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superplanes
there was numerous of different planes introduced from 2007 till 2010, for example we had the airbus A380, superjumbo, 7E7(787) Dreamliner. -
the airbus A380
the airbus A380 is able to seat between 555 and 800 passengers. the first singapore airlines were the first to fly the plane on a first ever flight to sydney in 2007. -
the superjumbo.
The singapore airlines that was the first to fly the airbus A380 to sydney were also the same airline that flew the superjumbo to paris in 2009. -
plans for air passenger duty
it was known that from 2006 that there was going to be furthur increases to the air passenger duty, this would then cause controvery to the industry, with them increasing air passenger duty this has caused many holiday prices to go up, for example in 1994 the highest class on a flight was £10, in 2012 it would be know that it may cost £1000 at the least to go on the highest class on a flight, this has caused many people not to travel.