The Contemporary Travel and Tourism Industry

The Contemporary
Travel and Tourism
Industry

INTRODUCTION
Travel and Tourism is the largest industry, it is the business of attracting, accommodating
and entertaining tourist. It is going at a faster pace and contributing to the economy of UK. This
industry mainly focuses on provide maximum comfort to its customers. This report will focus on
key historical developments within the travel and tourism industry and explain the different
elements and how they interrelate with each other (Blanchard and Higgins-Desbiolles, 2013). It
also Identify and discuss the recent and emerging patterns and trends in the global travel and
tourism industry. Furthermore it a with full satisfaction.lso Investigate the factors affecting the
current levels of popularity of different global destinations.
Task 1
P1 Discuss key milestones in the development of the travel and tourism
industry
Developments in travel and tourism sector
In the early period people just enjoy their free time and visit to some attractive places and
moreover when people started touring for pilgrimage purpose. It led to the development of travel
and tourism industry. When individuals started taking interest in visiting different places and
countries it lead to the requirement to their accommodation and other leisure activities. This
leads to the advancement in the travel and tourism industry and many services are been provided
to the customers such as tour packages are been sold to them so that they can enjoy their holiday.
Respective industry started growing at a faster pace in the 19th century which led to the
development of hotels, resorts, restaurants etc so as to meet customers’ needs. These way
customers started getting attracted to such industry. Cox and kings which was founded by
Richard Cox in 1758 was the first travel agency in UK. Moreover with the advancement in the
travel facilities such as of trains it lead to the more advancement in the automobile sector. This
led to the advancement in the travel and tourism industry. Further flights starting from London to
various countries is considered as the biggest milestone in the respective industry and increase
the number of travelers. As travelers with high income started traveling in airplanes as it saves
time compared to the trains. This led to the more success and growth of industries. With the
advancement in the transportation facilities it led to the development of hospitality sector
resulted in the growth of more hotels and resorts (Connell, 2013).
These milestones have led the industry achieve success and started gaining more of
profitability. Moreover with the changes in the demand and expectations of the travelers industry
is providing services according to provide maximum satisfaction to the customers.