1. Developments of UK travel and tourism industry
Intro to Unit 1 task 5

2. Unit 1 …. Task 5
Your task is to compile a chart illustrating the development of the UK travel and tourism industries from the 1930’s to the present day.
You should consider all of the following:
Transport developments
Increased disposable income
Increased leisure time
Holiday camps
Package holidays
Government involvement
Changing expectations

3. Do you think tourism has been around for centuries?
Do you think people like the one opposite used to go on holiday?
Only a few did and it was probably once in a lifetime.
It was rare for people to travel any further than the nearest town.
Could you imagine never going any further than Dorking

4. Stage coach
The stage coach was slow and expensive, the average journey would cost 21 shillings ( which is £1000 today). Nevertheless in peak years, over 250 stage coaches left London everyday.
Can you imagine what it was like to ride in one of these?
Most journeys took days to get there and many passengers were sick.

5. Trains
In 1825 Stephenson Locomotion signalled the arrival of the steam train and the end of the stage coach.
By 1830 it was possible to travel on a passenger train from Manchester to Liverpool have a good time, and get back to Manchester the same day.
By the end of the 2nd world war (1940’s) the rail network covered nearly every town and village.

6. Cars
Mr Daimler and Mr Benz are recognised as being mostly responsible for the car. By the early 1900’s the car was being used for public transport in most cities.
But it wasn't until the 1950 when the car really took off.

7. Ships Up until the 1920’s the only way to travel abroad was by boat.
It used to take days/ weeks to travel abroad.
Now ships are mainly used for ferries to mainland Europe and for cruises

8. Aeroplanes
The first commercial flight from the UK was to Paris in 1919, but it was very expensive.
In the 1970 the introduction of the Boeing 747 brought flying cost down dramatically and open doors to mass tourism.

9. Your task – the history of Transport for tourism!
You need to collect images of different forms of transport early to most modern for
Trains
Cars
Coaches/busses
Aeroplanes
Cruise ships / ferries /hovercraft
And put them onto a time line from early 1900’s to today.
You can either do this in Publisher
Or manually – onto poster paper using scissors and glue!
Remember – they all have to be for transport people on holidays!
Preferably from the UK

10. Merit & Distinction work
You need to show an understanding that developments in transport has encouraged more of us to travel to more destinations on holiday…
Railways
Car ownership
Jet engine
Channel Tunnel
Cruises
Low cost Airlines
This requires you to look at the more recent examples of transport and explain how each has encouraged more of us to travel to more destinations on holiday

11. Modern Developments … Trains
Sleeper trains,
Euro Tunnel,
Heathrow Express,
Transpennine Express
The Pendolino
Investigate what each does & how each has encouraged more TOURISM in the UK…

12. Modern Developments …Aeroplanes
Long haul
Concorde
Boeing 707
747 Jumbo Jet
Airbus A380
Budget Airlines
Investigate what some of these do & how each has encouraged more TOURISM in the UK…

13. Modern Developments …The Channel Tunnel

14. Modern Developments … Cruises
Type in Cruise Holidays from UK and you’ll get a lot of links to a variety of holiday destinations
Investigate how each has encouraged more TOURISM in the UK…
Hovercraft
Hydrofoil
Ferries
Cruise ships eg Queen Mary II
Speedferries

15. Modern Developments … Road …
Investigate how each has encouraged more TOURISM in the UK…
Car ownership
Coach company
Car hire