Developments- 1960s onwards
The Airbus A380 is a decked Airplane
1965 Lord Thomson took the first steps towards creating Thomson Holidays
1968 First cross-Channel hovercraft service introduced
1969 The Development of Tourism Act established the English, Wales and Scottish Tourist Boards, plus the BTA (BritishTourist Authority) – now Visit Britain
1970 Introduction of the Boeing 747 ‘jumbo jet’
1970 Car ownership in the UK reached 11 million
1974 The then number one UK tour operator Clarkson went into liquidation
1976 Concorde came into service
1982 UK people made 20 million visits of all kinds abroad
1986 The number of UK package holidaymakers topped 10 million for the first time
1989 Worldwide international tourist arrivals topped 400 million
1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented the Internet
1991 The Intasun holiday company ceased trading
1994 Channel Tunnel opened
1994 easy Jet launched
1994 National Lottery launched in the UK
1998 25.7 million overseas came to Britain, spending more than £12 billion
1999 UK government’s tourism strategy tomorrow’s Tourism launched
2002 UK people made more than 59 million visits abroad, including 40 million holidays
2002 Car ownership in the UK reached 22 million
2003 Concorde taken out of service
2003 50 per cent of UK households had access to the Internet
2003 Value of UK tourism reached £74 billion, employing 2.1 million people
2003 24.7 million overseas visitors came to Britain
2004 Worldwide international tourist arrivals reached 760 million
2004 27.5 million overseas tourists visited Britain
2005 Airbus A380 ‘super jumbo’ aircraft unveiled
2006 Worldwide international tourist arrivals reached a record 840 million
2006 Over 32 million overseas tourists visited Britain
2007 Thomas Cook and MyTravel, and TUI/Thomson and First Choice, announced they were to merge
2009 International tourist arrivals reach 880 million
1968 First cross-Channel hovercraft service introduced
1969 The Development of Tourism Act established the English, Wales and Scottish Tourist Boards, plus the BTA (BritishTourist Authority) – now Visit Britain
1970 Introduction of the Boeing 747 ‘jumbo jet’
1970 Car ownership in the UK reached 11 million
1974 The then number one UK tour operator Clarkson went into liquidation
1976 Concorde came into service
1982 UK people made 20 million visits of all kinds abroad
1986 The number of UK package holidaymakers topped 10 million for the first time
1989 Worldwide international tourist arrivals topped 400 million
1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented the Internet
1991 The Intasun holiday company ceased trading
1994 Channel Tunnel opened
1994 easy Jet launched
1994 National Lottery launched in the UK
1998 25.7 million overseas came to Britain, spending more than £12 billion
1999 UK government’s tourism strategy tomorrow’s Tourism launched
2002 UK people made more than 59 million visits abroad, including 40 million holidays
2002 Car ownership in the UK reached 22 million
2003 Concorde taken out of service
2003 50 per cent of UK households had access to the Internet
2003 Value of UK tourism reached £74 billion, employing 2.1 million people
2003 24.7 million overseas visitors came to Britain
2004 Worldwide international tourist arrivals reached 760 million
2004 27.5 million overseas tourists visited Britain
2005 Airbus A380 ‘super jumbo’ aircraft unveiled
2006 Worldwide international tourist arrivals reached a record 840 million
2006 Over 32 million overseas tourists visited Britain
2007 Thomas Cook and MyTravel, and TUI/Thomson and First Choice, announced they were to merge
2009 International tourist arrivals reach 880 million