6.3 Air travel developments
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- Air travel
- Foreign destinations
- Travel companies offered package holidays
- 'Pontinental holidays' - Pontins offered all-inclusive holidays in (e.g) Spain
- Mediterranean became more affordable due to Cheaper Air travel
- 1979 - 10 million took a holiday abroad (Mass tourism)
- Cheaper airfares and more destinations
- 1979 Laker Airways - 'no frills' air service and cheap flights to the USA
- Bankruot 1982 - replaced by low-budget airlines: easyJet 1995
- 1980s - Places outside of Europe became cheaper
- More people began holidaying abroad
- 1979 Laker Airways - 'no frills' air service and cheap flights to the USA
- Impact of Package holidays
- Foreign cooking at home and restaurants
- Change in clothing
- UK resorts forced to adapt
- Spanish resorts offered pubs and fish and chip shops
- Foreign destinations
- Traditional resorts
- Seaside resorts
- Built large leisure complexes with indoor beaches e.g Swansea leisure centre
- Attempted to clean up the enviroment - Blue Flag scheme
- Holiday camps
- 1980s Butlins developed 'themed worlds' - 1987 Skegness
- Versions focuising on outdoor activites e.g Center Parcs 1987
- National Parks
- Used Adverts to attract visitors
- Seaside resorts
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