Increased Tourism- Why Were More People Taking Foreign Holidays

Question 1

Number of holidays taken rose between how much from 1951-1973?

Answer 1

27 million in 1951 to 49 million in 1973

Question 2

Number of holidays taken abroad rose. How much in 1951/

Answer 2

2 million in 1951

Question 3

How many holidays abroad taken in 1973

Answer 3

8 million

Question 4

What meant many could afford a foreign holiday

Answer 4

-better pay , shorter working hours and social mobility

Question 5

British resorts such as Blackpool + holiday camps like Butlins

Answer 5

Saw sewage washed up on the beach
Butlins had to ban single. teenagers in 1968 due to vandalism were popular but had worsening image

Question 6

passenger flights improved

Answer 6

British overseas Airways corporation (BOAC) offered flights to New York

Question 7

Britannia Airways founded in 1964 to serve holidaymakers wishing to fly to

Answer 7

spain,the canary island, Malta, Bulgaria and North Africa

Question 8

costs of air travel meant that

Answer 8

most of 1960s holidays abroad were still largely the preserve of the middle classes

Question 9

by early 1970s, package holidays had grown to how much % of all holidays

Answer 9

8.4%
-but remained largely for middle class due to high cost of air travel