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Car ownership in the UK reached 11 million
Three-quarters of all passenger kilometres in 1970 were driven by private vehicles. Since the middle of the 1960s, despite the fact that more people are driving than in the post-war era, road fatalities have decreased. In the 1970s, one or more cars were owned by half of all households. This meant people were able to travel independently and benefited to the Travel and Tourism Industry. This had a combination of high oil prices and increased competition from foreign auto manufacturers. -
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Concorde - As a result of the Concorde, the perks was that air travel took less time. For instance, Heathrow flights to New York, Virginia, and Barbados might be completed in shorter time than other carriers.
Internet - The internet changed the way how travel deals with paperwork by simplifying the management of transactions, itineraries, confirmations, tickets, and invoices for both travellers and businesses. -
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The Channel Tunnel - It has lesser environmental impact since it emits fewer greenhouse gases and causes less noise to affect nearby communities. Making it simpler and more easy for passengers to travel between the UK and France.
9/11 - The US government's approach to counterterrorism and national security has changed significantly. Due to people's hesitation to travel, there was a considerable decrease in travel.
Brexit - There have been changes to visa requirements for travellers. -
The then number one UK tour operator Clarkson went into liquidation
The UK's Clarkson's Travel Group ran package tours in the 1960s and the first part of the 1970s. When the business encountered financial problems, Court Line, a supplier of air transportation, took over. This allowed travellers to purchase packages for tours back in the 1970's. -
Concorde came into service
Concorde was the first major cooperative venture of European countries to design and build an aircraft. It was also the supersonic passenger-carrying commercial airplane (or supersonic transport, SST), built jointly by aircraft manufacturers in Great Britain and France. Everywhere in the world, the Concorde was flown on charter flights. The aircraft's use was however hindered by its noise emissions and high operational costs. The Concorde had the reduction in the time of air travel. -
Launch of Ryanair
Tony Ryan, the originator of the aircraft leasing company Guinness Peat Aviation, was one of a group of Irish businessmen who founded Ryanair in 1984. In order to compete with British Airways and Aer Lingus, it started operating flights between Waterford and Gatwick Airport. In 1986, it also added flights between Dublin and Luton. Ryanair had started the low-cost revolution in Europe. -
The number of package holidays topped 10million for the first time
There was a significant increase in vacation packages in 1986. People found it simple to make bookings due to new technology. The number of vacation packages sold by travel agencies increased as well. In result of this they had technology to make reservations simpler, and there was corresponding growth in the number of high street travel agents. -
Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet
The internet was created in 1989. This meant all tourism-related businesses to advertise their offerings. This also encouraged online-based businesses. The internet has grown to be a vital component of the tourism and travel sector, assisting companies with day-to-day operations and enhancing the client experience. Hotels, airlines, restaurants, and other businesses should follow the most recent technological developments in the travel sector for this reason. -
Channel Tunnel opened
One of the largest engineering projects the UK has ever undertaken is the Channel Tunnel. It took more than 5 years to finish. It is t he world's longest undersea tunnel in the world. To complete the project, 13,000 people from France and England worked together. The tunnel was called one of the seven modern global wonders. The tunnel made cultural links between the UK and mainland Europe, with over 4.5 million UK tourists visiting Europe via the Channel Tunnel per year. -
easyJet launched
In March 1995, businessman Stelios Haji-Loannou launched EasyJet. At Luton Airport, easyJet established its first headquarters, easyLand. On November 10th, their first flight was from Luton to Glasgow. The airline leads the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for its passengers. -
25.7 million overseas came to Britain, spending more than £12 billion
25.7 million overseas visitors visited the UK in 1998. This increased revenue and the tourism sector. This because they supported leisure and hospitality, food and drink, and services sectors that they had visited, from then on this continued. -
9/11
Long-term damage was done to New York City's tourism sector by the events of September 11, 2001. Following the incident, there was a drop in tourists, from 6.8 million in 2000 to 5.7 million in 2001. The city has thrived ever since, but it took almost five years for things to return to the way they were before 9/11. From the result of 9/11 all passengers from the years 18 or older in the United States must now have valid government-issued identification in order to fly. -
Facebook
When Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook in 2004, more individuals were using the internet to share their images, videos, travel advice, and stories. Nearly 2.5 billion people were using the website actively as of the end of 2019. Additionally, it gives tourist places and businesses the chance to provide bookings. Companies such as Delta or Direct Ferries, already make use of Facebook as a booking resource. -
Mamma Mia
The Greek Island of Skopelos served as the location for the Mamma Mia movie, which stars Meryl Streep. People wanted to visit the location where the movie was shot, hence tourism in Greece has surged since the release of the movie. The island's tourism industry helped Greece recover from its financial crisis since their visitors wanted to visit the Greek island of Skopelos.. -
Icelandic Ash Cloud
A series of volcanic eruptions of Eyjafjallajokull in 2010 resulted in the formation of an ash cloud, which had a disastrous impact on air travel across Europe. A large portion of the airspace around Europe was restricted due to concerns that the ash could harm aircraft engines if they attempted to fly over it. The largest aviation traffic shutdown since World War 2 resulted from this. Over an eight-day span, a total of 107,000 flights were cancelled, affecting around ten million people. -
Arab Spring
The number of visitors arriving from the UK in 2011 was significantly impacted by the political uprisings in Egypt during the Arab Spring. In 2018, the amount was 47,000. Previously, in 1996, there were 186,000. From 9 million in 2011 to 5.4 million in 2016, the nation observed a decline in the total number of foreign tourists. -
Brexit
Brexit and its possible consequences were mostly unclear as the decade came to an end. Following the incident, the UK experienced a 5.3% decrease in visitor numbers. In the UK's tourism industry, thousands of seasonal and permanent employees are recruited from other EU nations. British tourism enterprises are being impacted by rising bureaucracy and the cost of hiring foreign workers. British tourism companies are being impacted by rising bureaucracy and the cost of hiring foreign workers. -
Covid 19
The number of monthly air passengers arriving in the UK decreased by 98.3% from 6,804,900 in February 2020 to 112,300 in April 2020. From 2019 to 2020, Greater London experienced the greatest decline in hotel occupancy of any English region, with only 20% of rooms filled in July 2020 compared to 90% in the same month in 2019. The age group of 16 to 24 years old experienced the highest decline in employment. Many travellers are using credit or coupons from cancelled Covid excursions.