In the travel industry it is being affected by trends which are linked with factors, below are examples of some of these:
More Independent Travellers
Nowadays Travellers are more confident to travel overseas to different locations, such like Germany, Spain or Greece.
The TV and Media are promoting overseas trips by making it attractive to travel there, such like TripAdvisor is a website which shows peoples reviews of the certain hotel they previously visited. This will give people a good insight into whether travelling to that destination or not, the TV promotes different organisations by showing adverts from businesses, for example Thomson, Jet2, P&O Cruises and Thomas Cook adverts are promoted by the Television. With there being more independent travelers, travel agents are closing down as tourists are not booking packaged holidays they are paying for their flights and accommodation separately.
According to Independent Traveller's World (ITW) the number of independent travellers is on the rise, in a survey 44% of people considered themselves to be independent travellers. This means they select individual elements from different operators to tailor their holiday- rather than booking a packaged holiday. They are important in growing the sector in the travel markets because they spend their money on food, drink, hospitality, fashion. All this helps the local governments, regional tourists boards and other public sectors due to them spending money. So it all is to do with economics.
Now when travellers go abroad they can access ATM's and use credit/debit cards to assist them to purchase goods and services from that destination.
Cost of travel
Air travel has become more expensive because they have been overwhelmed by the price of jet fuel. This affects the tourism sector because if prices for holidays and flights increase, people will not be spending money on them due to them being so expensive. Back in 2001, fuel was 10 per cent of the airline industry's operating costs, today energy consumes about 35 per cent of their budgets. However, now when people travel they can pay for a package holiday which will include their flights, accommodation, transport and food etc. This is a good option for the tourists as they can get all their holiday organised straight away. Tickets have become more expensive for a number of reasons, one of these is that there is less competition means there are less needs for cheaper prices. Not only this there is APD, Air Passenger Duty, this is a charge on the carriage of passengers flying from a United Kingdom or Isle of Man airport on an aircraft that has more than twenty seats for passengers. So this means that tourists have to pay extra than just paying for their flights, this will lead to unhappy passengers and a decrease in people flying. Not only this there will be a decline in people flying long haul flights, for example people may take a flight to Amsterdam and then take their long haul flights from there as they would be cheaper.
Walsh says APD is 'out of control'
"British Airways has led the latest call for APD to be scrapped- 20 years since its launch. APD has 'snowballed out of control', according to the chief executive of British Airways, W.Walsh. A family of four flying to a destination outside Europe will soon pay £284 in tax, compared with just £40 when the levvy was introduced on November 1, 1994. In total, air passengers in the UK have paid more than £26 billion in APD since 1994.
For more information, visit the website to find out more:
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2013885
Nowadays Travellers are more confident to travel overseas to different locations, such like Germany, Spain or Greece.
The TV and Media are promoting overseas trips by making it attractive to travel there, such like TripAdvisor is a website which shows peoples reviews of the certain hotel they previously visited. This will give people a good insight into whether travelling to that destination or not, the TV promotes different organisations by showing adverts from businesses, for example Thomson, Jet2, P&O Cruises and Thomas Cook adverts are promoted by the Television. With there being more independent travelers, travel agents are closing down as tourists are not booking packaged holidays they are paying for their flights and accommodation separately.
According to Independent Traveller's World (ITW) the number of independent travellers is on the rise, in a survey 44% of people considered themselves to be independent travellers. This means they select individual elements from different operators to tailor their holiday- rather than booking a packaged holiday. They are important in growing the sector in the travel markets because they spend their money on food, drink, hospitality, fashion. All this helps the local governments, regional tourists boards and other public sectors due to them spending money. So it all is to do with economics.
Now when travellers go abroad they can access ATM's and use credit/debit cards to assist them to purchase goods and services from that destination.
Cost of travel
Air travel has become more expensive because they have been overwhelmed by the price of jet fuel. This affects the tourism sector because if prices for holidays and flights increase, people will not be spending money on them due to them being so expensive. Back in 2001, fuel was 10 per cent of the airline industry's operating costs, today energy consumes about 35 per cent of their budgets. However, now when people travel they can pay for a package holiday which will include their flights, accommodation, transport and food etc. This is a good option for the tourists as they can get all their holiday organised straight away. Tickets have become more expensive for a number of reasons, one of these is that there is less competition means there are less needs for cheaper prices. Not only this there is APD, Air Passenger Duty, this is a charge on the carriage of passengers flying from a United Kingdom or Isle of Man airport on an aircraft that has more than twenty seats for passengers. So this means that tourists have to pay extra than just paying for their flights, this will lead to unhappy passengers and a decrease in people flying. Not only this there will be a decline in people flying long haul flights, for example people may take a flight to Amsterdam and then take their long haul flights from there as they would be cheaper.
Walsh says APD is 'out of control'
"British Airways has led the latest call for APD to be scrapped- 20 years since its launch. APD has 'snowballed out of control', according to the chief executive of British Airways, W.Walsh. A family of four flying to a destination outside Europe will soon pay £284 in tax, compared with just £40 when the levvy was introduced on November 1, 1994. In total, air passengers in the UK have paid more than £26 billion in APD since 1994.
For more information, visit the website to find out more:
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2013885
Greater flexibility of booking
Technology and IT skills have now been improved so this means that now visitors can book holidays and trips in a variety of ways. People can either book their holidays online with there being a number of internet travel agents offering holidays on the web E.g. Expedia, Travel Zoo. This also has a major affect on the tourism sector, as travelers can now look for new holidays and even book them, so they can visit a number of websites to book holidays whenever they want. This could also mean that people will go on more than one holiday a year, as they can find the best prices for holidays and have money saved for more. This has a big effect on the travel and tourism sector as tourists may book more holidays because they can find them at a better prices, so during the year they may have more than one.
You can still book holidays the traditional way by visiting the Travel shops on the high street E.g Thomas Cook and Thomson.
Technological Developments
Just 11% of Brits visit a travel agent in person according to a report by Travel Supermarket in 2012, when it comes to people booking their main summer holiday. 31% will book through an online travel agent, 20% through an online tour operator and 15% through an online comparison site. Nowadays people will book their holidays online because they can see all the information for themselves,instead of the travel agents just telling them what they want to hear. With tourists being able to book their holidays online and their flights this means that travel agents are coming off the high street as they are not popular anymore. Nowadays you can download apps on to your phone to search for holidays and book flights as this is easier for people. Not only this now you can receive your boarding passes on your phones, your mobile boarding pass is saved onto your handset offline (so you do not need to be connected to WI-FI to access the pass). Then your pass can be scanned at the Bag Drop desk, security checkpoints and gate, and presented when boarding the aircraft. This will have a major affect on the travel and tourism sector because if it is quicker to get through the airport, more people will use their phones and maybe book more holidays as there it is easier to get through the airport.
Quoted from the article "A survey out today shows the growing threat of the internet to traditional business travel agents. While travel management companies continue to account more than half of all business travel arrangement, online bookings are on the increase. According to The Company Barclaycard research it found that 66% of business travellers had booked flights online and 45% booked rail via the internet".
To read more of this information visit this website:
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=99751
Technology and IT skills have now been improved so this means that now visitors can book holidays and trips in a variety of ways. People can either book their holidays online with there being a number of internet travel agents offering holidays on the web E.g. Expedia, Travel Zoo. This also has a major affect on the tourism sector, as travelers can now look for new holidays and even book them, so they can visit a number of websites to book holidays whenever they want. This could also mean that people will go on more than one holiday a year, as they can find the best prices for holidays and have money saved for more. This has a big effect on the travel and tourism sector as tourists may book more holidays because they can find them at a better prices, so during the year they may have more than one.
You can still book holidays the traditional way by visiting the Travel shops on the high street E.g Thomas Cook and Thomson.
Technological Developments
Just 11% of Brits visit a travel agent in person according to a report by Travel Supermarket in 2012, when it comes to people booking their main summer holiday. 31% will book through an online travel agent, 20% through an online tour operator and 15% through an online comparison site. Nowadays people will book their holidays online because they can see all the information for themselves,instead of the travel agents just telling them what they want to hear. With tourists being able to book their holidays online and their flights this means that travel agents are coming off the high street as they are not popular anymore. Nowadays you can download apps on to your phone to search for holidays and book flights as this is easier for people. Not only this now you can receive your boarding passes on your phones, your mobile boarding pass is saved onto your handset offline (so you do not need to be connected to WI-FI to access the pass). Then your pass can be scanned at the Bag Drop desk, security checkpoints and gate, and presented when boarding the aircraft. This will have a major affect on the travel and tourism sector because if it is quicker to get through the airport, more people will use their phones and maybe book more holidays as there it is easier to get through the airport.
Quoted from the article "A survey out today shows the growing threat of the internet to traditional business travel agents. While travel management companies continue to account more than half of all business travel arrangement, online bookings are on the increase. According to The Company Barclaycard research it found that 66% of business travellers had booked flights online and 45% booked rail via the internet".
To read more of this information visit this website:
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=99751
Unusual Destinations
Some tourists are keen to experience new and different destinations for a new experience. In the 60's, 70's and 80's Spain was probably the most popular destination, it has become easier and cheaper to travel to travel, so now the Far East, Australia and America are popular destinations to travel to. Natural Disasters People may visit a certain destination after there has been a disaster there, one example of a natural disaster is the eruption of Vesuvius in Pompeii which killed about 2,000 people and to this day the remains of people are still there. This entices people to visit that place because the tourists will be interested in learning about what happened there and will be able to look around at what has been left around. However, this is an extract from an article about Japan "Japan has suffered its fair share of natural disasters from a colossal 9.0 magnitude earthquake which hit north eastern Japan, a tsunami and the subsequent threat of nuclear meltdown. Tourism flows are most likely to decline as international tourists cancel travel plans to Japan. Environmental disaster, threat of other earthquake tremors and crippled infrastructure will be factors affecting consumer and business confidence. Prices for holidays to Japan are expected to decline sharply with a number of tour operators cutting their prices by 50% in an effort to stimulate demand". So if anything all the disasters that took place in Japan has put off tourists visiting the country. To read more information visit the link below: http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?id=1146855 |
In conclusion all the changes are helping the travel industry and these trends and factors above help the industry in some ways, such like bringing more tourists to a certain destination.