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Key developments and different elements of the travel industry

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GLOBAL TRAVELAND TOURISMPATTERN ANDTRENDS1
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3Key developments and different elements of the travel industry................................................3TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6Factors driving tourist behaviour by using the motivational theories.........................................6TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10Current patterns and key trends in travel and tourism..............................................................10TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................11Factors affecting the current levels of popularity of different global destinations...................11CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................132
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INTRODUCTIONTravel and tourism sector is a rapidly growing business in UK which is contributing itsmaximum efforts in the development of economy. This sector attracts the customers by using thelocal attractions, buildings, gardens, etc. and provides them facilities for making their journeycomfortable. The business firms of this sector is are also working with hospitality businesses inorder to provide good experience to the customers during their journey. This report will discussthe key historical developments in the travel and tourism industry along with the explanation ofdifferent elements of the travel and tourism industry and how they interrelate each other. Further,tourism influencing factors and their impact on the decision making process will be explained.Also explanation of models of motivation and how they influences consumer decision makingprocess will be done. In last, Investigation of various factors which are affecting the currentlevels of popularity of different global destinations will be discussed.TASK 1Key developments and different elements of the travel industry3
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Briefing PaperDevelopments in travel and tourism sectorIn ancient time, rich people spent their free time in coastal or hilly areas in order to getpeaceful environment. In medieval age, tour for pilgrimage purpose started which developed thetourism business among the travellers. Sl9owly people started taking interest in travelling forvisiting other places and countries. This business leads to the establishment of accommodationand inns for the travellers so that they get a place to sleep and eat. Later on, culture also staredattracting people. People having high income or wealth started to arrange travel and tourismpackages for the travellers so that they can satisfy the needs of travellers while earning somemoney. Later on, people also started travelling for educational purpose by using the travelbusiness (Theobald, 2012). The travel businesses started growing at a rapid pace in the 19thcentury which results into development of resorts, hotels, restaurants, airlines etc. These alsohelped the travel industry in gaining more growth and success. The first travel agency whichwas opened in UK was Cox & Kings and it was founded in 1758 by Richard Cox. Thepopularity of trains in the 20th century leads to new developments in auto-mobile sector. Due tothis, new types of transportations mediums started to developed. The emergence of train andvehicles are considered as the milestones for the travel and tourism sector. Mercedes Benz wasalso built for satisfying the needs of travellers. After 1952, flights from from London started toother countries which leads the growth of tourism in double digits. Following this, peoplestarted the travelling from flights instead of road or rail transport as air travel saves the precioustime of travellers. The growth of travel also helped the hospitality industry to grow. Resorts,travel agents, tourism firms etc. were founded by the entrepreneurs in order to earn profit byattracting the travellers to travel to different places. These above discussed milestones are changing the travel industry in getting moregrowth and success in the market. These milestones or developments are responsible for therapid growth of the travel industry. The behaviour and expectation of humans are also changingwhich leads to these developments (Moutinho and Vargas-Sanchez, 2018). Thesedevelopments or milestones are helpful for the travel firms in satisfying the needs and demandof the customers. Also these advancement or developments also occurred due to change intechnology, transportation and others. From boats to aeroplanes, the industry is growing rapidly4
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