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In 1970, Pan Am Airways first introduced their service of the Boeing 747 as of January 22nd. Among all of the aerospace engineering projects that have taken place, it is no doubt that the most challenging of them all was undertaking the 747 in this time. This making the headlines cause thousands of passengers to become excited for their turn on a potential flight. -
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On Monday 15th February 1971, The United Kingdom implemented Decimal Day, or also referred to as "D Day". On this date, decimal money substituted the previous money policy of Pounds, Shillings and Pence. -
The Concorde aircraft's first commercial flight was completed on January 21st, 1976. British Airways launched services from London to Paris, France on an equal basis for the two supersonic airline providers. -
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When World Travel Market opened for business in 1980, The World Travel Market Officially began. The opening ceremony was held in Olympia, London and the Duke of Kent and Miss World - Kimberly Santos- of that year opened the market. Around 7,753 trade visitors and 350 exhibitiors attended this event which obviously brought in a lot of revenue. -
The Establishment of all-weather leisure facility centres like Centre Parcs helped to boost Britain's reputation as an all-year 'staycation' attraction. -
The long awaited airline deregulation package was passed by the European Community's transport ministers today, and according to community officials, it would cut ticket prices by increasing competition on flights throughout the continent. The package would also give tiny, low-cost, independent airlines better access to major big-space airports. -
After Proposals to make the LDN buses private were announced, BTA supported the campaign to maintain the red colour of the iconic London buses. -
https://www.visitbritain.org/timeline-1990-1999
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1993-12-16/debates/939ad3a8-41fd-49b1-9504-6e5ecc00b382/BusesLondon
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/from-the-archive-blog/2019/may/01/channel-tunnel-opens-eurostar-may-1994
https://www.visitbritain.org/sites/default/files/vb-corporate/Documents-Library/documents/England-documents/1998_day_visits_summary.pdf (PDF) -
The Queen and President of France, Francois Mitterand Officially opened the Channel Tunnel on May 6th 1994, during two spectacular ceremonies held in both France and Britain. Since its the longest under-sea tunnel in history, it took over 5 years to construct as this was one of the biggest engineering challenges in the world. It has been dubbed 'one of the seven wonders of the world today'. It is used to connect Folkstone, England and a small are near Calais, France. -
Overseas visitors to Britain totalled around 25.7 million, this caused a spending of £12 billion +. This increased the overall UK tourist growth and revenue. -
The horrific events of September 11th, 2001. New York City had terrible lasting impacts upon the city's popular tourism sector. The incidents led to a decline in air transport as a whole and there was a change in peoples mindsets of specific locations- New York being most effected. This had caused the change of security world wide and ensured that higher procedures were taken with the way body scanners and bag check worked. -
https://www.britannica.com/event/Hurricane-Katrina
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The deadly- Category 5 Hurricane Katrina was an Atlantic hurricane that struck New Orleans in late August 2005. It left 1,800 dead and $125 Billion worth of damage. -
The award winning film Mamma Mia was filmed on the Greek Island of Skopelos. As a result of this, Greek tourism had experienced a huge growth. This film brought a huge amount of tourists while also helping to grow the countries economy during their financial crisis. -
Dame Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Jamie Oliver and Rupert Everett all appeared in Visit Britain's first international Television Advertisement in ten whole years. This was an 'invitation from celebrities' which extends a kind and personal invitation to hopefully bring tourists forward. -
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One of the biggest Multi-sport competitions known as the 2012 Summer Olympics took place in London, England. from July 27th - August 12th 2012. In the months of July, August and September, around 470,000 abroad visitors came to the UK to either watch, work, or participate in the games -
In March of 2020 the UK and the rest of the world went into a wild frenzy with people having caught Corona Virus, panic buying and country boarders being closed off to prevent new traces. This effected tourism in the UK greatly as the countries boarders and all basic regulations were changed and/or closed off.
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