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Historical Development. BTEC National Travel and Tourism. Background. The development of the travel and tourism industry: origins in the growth of the middle classes in Britain here that the industrial revolution began the introduction of holiday time as a working right. Focus .
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Historical Development BTEC National Travel and Tourism
Background The development of the travel and tourism industry: • origins in the growth of the middle classes in Britain • here that the industrial revolution began • the introduction of holiday time as a working right
Focus For your studies it’s sufficient to know about how the industry has grown since the end of World War 2. Three Pre-Requisites for T & T: • Improvements to communications • Transport for the masses • Increased leisure time
Communications: Rail • Growth of the train network that preceded the second world war hit the buffers during the 1950s and 60s • Government cut large number of train lines and stations. Closure programme recommended by BR chief Dr Beeching • Loss of about 50% of Britain’s network over a number of years
Communications: Rail The cuts have since been portrayed as a mistake: • Cut off communities from each other • Lost modern parts of the network • Focused the train network on London to detriment of regions • Failed to save much money
Communications: Rail • British railway network at its peak covered more than 20,000 miles • It now covers approximately 10,000 miles • Analysts believe that this will be reduced further • Many country lines loss-making serve few passengers
Mass Transport • Transport Minister who gave job to Dr Beeching was former director of road-building firm • Roads have offered successive governments a number of advantages over railways • This has affected UK transport policy
UK Roads Policy • Government builds a road network in collaboration with the large construction firms • Consumers or business must buy vehicles to use the network • Government raises tax revenue through vehicle excise duty (road fund tax) and fuel duty (petrol tax)
Air Transport Infrastructure • 1980 approximately 50 million people used UK airports • 2000 there were 180 million flyers • Expected to rise to 500 million by 2030 • Airports privatised and expanded
Impact of Rail Disasters • Southall, Ladbroke Grove, Hatfield and Potters Bar train crashes in 2000 to 2002 • Chaos affected the rail industry at that time • Significant numbers of people began to travel by plane within the UK
Increased Leisure Time • Governments have enacted legislation to ensure that workers are able to take holidays • Changes in people’s lives both at work and at home • Consumer products such as washing machines, driers and dishwashers have become more affordable
Increased Leisure Time • Technological impact • Increased affluence • People have greater leisure time on their hands • All of the above have underpinned the growth of the UK travel and tourism industry