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One of the worlds most recognisable aircrafts - it first took to flight in 1970 and it held the record for the largest passenger capacity for over 37 years. It was the first aircraft called 'jumbo jet' as it was the first wide-body airliner. It completely revolutionised the air travel industry by making it more accessible to all people. -
Clarksons Travel Group was a pioneering package tour operator in the UK during the early 1970s. After much success the company ran into financial difficulties, and in 1974 was taken over by its major supplier of air travel, Court Line. However, after two years, on 15 August 1974, Court Line collapsed, taking down Clarksons Travel Group with at least £7m owing to 100,000 holidaymakers. -
Concorde was the first supersonic passenger-carrying commercial aircraft. It began in 1976 by British Airways, flying from London to Bahrain. Not long after, Air France flew it from Paris to Rio de Janeiro. Both airlines then added services to Washington DC in the May, and then to New York in November the following year. The aircraft proved to be rather noisy and expensive to run. -
In the 1980s there were huge developments in package holidays, and they quickly became popular. In 1982, agents like Intasun were trying to win an edge over Thomas Cook. There were many discounts, enticing them to go on holiday. Also in 1982, Thomson introduced a computerised reservations scheme for travel agents called TOP. Computerised reservations made the booking process easy and helped to fuel the growth of package holidays in the 1980s, as disposable income also rose over the decade. -
Ryanair was launched by the Ryan family with a share of just £1, and only 25 employees! They operated their first flight with a 15 seater aircraft, from Waterford Ireland to London Gatwick. The cabin crew had to be less than 5'2 as there was so little space in the cabin. The launch had such a vast impact on the UK as makes low cost flights accessible. -
His goal was to provide researchers with the ability to share their results, techniques, and practices. Researchers would place such information “online,” where their peers could immediately retrieve it anytime. This also had a major impact as it helped people make everything easier, it helped travel and tourism because people were able to research holidays and places to travel. -
Queen Elizabeth II and the President of the French Republic paved the way for what was to revolutionise trade between France and the UK. The channel tunnel is one of the biggest engineering projects ever in the UK. It took more than 5 years to complete, there was over 13,000 workers from England and France building it. Its the longest tunnel in the world. It is undersea channel linking southern England and northern France carrying travellers in various different vehicles. -
EasyJet was founded by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou to offer low-fares flights in Europe. When they first launched EasyJet, they only had 2 routes which were Luton to Glasgow and Luton to Edinburgh. EasyJet first began with Boeing 737-200s, a model with room for 136 passengers. It carried approximately 40,000 passengers in its first year! EasyJet employed just 70 people in the year of its launch, 1995. -
The UK government made a plan called 'Tomorrows Tourism' which aimed to create a sustainable framework for the industry. To do this, they promoted environmentally friendly tourism practises. By doing that, they were able to make tourism more accessible to a larger audience of people within Britain. They made partnerships by pulling together various organisations for collaboration.
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The tragedy that took place on 11th of September in New York City, changed the world of travel drastically. There was a vast decline in travel that year, going from 6.8 million in 2000 to 5.7 million in 2001. U.S. has spent an estimated nearly $100 billion to secure airports and airplanes since the attack. New technology had to be evolved to make it easier for airport security to find restricted materials, advancing screening methods and background checks, so people felt safer travelling. -
2004 saw a mighty undersea earthquake, which was followed by a large number of tsunami waves. Affecting 14 countries, it caused mass widespread devastation. Multitudes of tourists were affected by the disaster and was forced to cancel their trips. Following this, the tourists numbers in these areas dropped greatly. For example, Thailand's tourists numbers dropped to 11.6million in 2005 - however started to climb back up in 2006. -
Between the years 2007-2009, the world saw a financial crisis. Meaning holidaymakers were made to deal with tight budgets, and markets crashed across the globe. Followed by a large decrease in outbound travel. This didn't start to increase until the year of 2014, where overseas travel from the UK began to become more frequent. The reason for this was the combination of banks being unable to provide funds to businesses, and homeowners paying down debt rather than borrowing and spending. -
The rise of social media saw TripAdvisor launching its first iPhone app in 2010, becoming partners with Facebook. In the following 5 years, TripAdvisor had gained 320 million reviews on their website. Social media has had a major impact on travel and tourism as it influences people to book trips or to be inspired by some ones pictures of them on holiday. -
Brexit and its full impact remained largely unknown at the end of the decade. Following the UK's decision to exit the European Union, the country witnessed a 5.3% decline in visitors in 2018. How Brexit will ultimately affect the travel sector, both domestically and internationally, continued to be up in the air. -
Towards the end of 2019, the global pandemic struck the world. This was led by a massive decline in visitations across the globe. This had dramatic affects on the tourism industry in the UK. There was a decline of roughly 78% in visitors and spending. Monthly air passenger arrivals to the UK fell from 6,804,900 in February 2020 to 112,300 in April 2020, a fall of 98.3%. -
To this day, the colossal growth in social media has had major positive affects on the T&T industry. It has made planning travel as simple as possible - which has made it accessible to almost all audiences. Social media sites act as online photo galleries. They enable users to post engrossing images and descriptions of their trip experiences. These images trigger curiosity and a desire to see new places, from incredible landscapes to exquisite cuisine. Instagram has 624 mil travel related posts! -
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