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car ownership in the u.k reached 11 million
Cars ownership in Britain has reached 11 million the most common car that you would of seen on the roads is ford mustang boss 302 this would allow people to go around the u.k and spend money -
The then number one u.k tour operator Clackson went into liquidation
the number 1 tour operator in the u.k went into liquidation (bankrupt), they sold all there holidays for very cheap yo make money as the prices of oil went up and demand. https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/the-package-holiday-revolution/ -
Concorde came into service
the Concorde is one of the fastest plane in the world it could make a flight between London and new York in a record breaking time of 2 hours and 52 minuets and 59 second "the Concorde airplane is the first super sonic passenger- carrying commercial aeroplane" but sadly it was decommissioned in 2006 falling a flat tyre which lead to the engines being ingulfed in flames. -
Launch of Ryanair
Ryanair launched in 1985 this era of the 1900's had a huge incline on the package holiday as a company called INTA sun, tried to take the crown off Thomson this is were the Ryan air founder Tony Ryan got the idea to get a fifteen passenger plane. -
Worldwide tourist arrivals topped 400 million
The amount of people going on holidays across the world has reached 400 million -
Tim Berners- lee invented the internet
This was a huge leap in the travel and tourism industry this made booking holidays much easer, you didn't have to wait for your local travel agents to open at like 9.00 am now you can book and cancel where ever and when ever. -
Channel tunnel opened
the channel tunnel is one of the longest underwater tunnels in the all of the world going as long as 50.5km long the channel tunnel is on the borders of England and France and goes underneath the sea bed there are three tunnels They link Folkestone (Kent) to Coquilles (Pas-de-Calais). (https://www.getlinkgroup.com/en/our-group/eurotunnel/channel-tunnel/#:~:text=The%20infrastructure,Pas%2Dde%2DCalais). -
2.57 million overseas came to Britain spending more than £12 billion
2.57 million people from around the world came into Brittan for holidays and on a yearly average they spend 12 billion a year which boost up are economy of the u.k -
u.k government's tourism strategy Tomorrow's Tourism launched
I have gathered this information from my unit 1 workbook "Top 10 destinations for U.K holidaymakers comparing the most popular destination in 1996 to 2016 not a lot has changed at the top as Spain and France our top countries we visit". I have found in my research that they been making a five point plan to help with tourism it has taken them 17 years to put this plan in action. "On 26 August 2016, the UK Government published the Tourism Action plan . -
British habits in the 2000
There were 36.7 million visits made to the u.k with a total sum of money bring £24.3 million spent by the British public. -
The best grossing medieval film
one of the best fantasy movies to ever come out is the lord of the rigns triogy which is set in a fantasy middle earth type are, but the fim was produced in new zealand you can go and see the acuawally hobbit hole were the mane chartcer of the story lives -
9/11
9/11 was a tragic event that happened in America were 4 planes were hijacked two planes hit the twin towers were built on April 6 2006 a massive number of lives were lost 2,996 people died this attack was organised by a terrorist organisation al-Qaeda which was lead by Osama-bin-laden who was killed in may 2 2011 by America navy -
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Game of Thrones takes the crown
When game of thrones came on to the tv in 2011 it was a huge success one of the biggest events, In television it has been filmed in many place such as Dubrovnik in Croatia North Ireland it has been a huge hit for fans all over the world.
