Geography - Tourism

Tourism is a growing industry - people are having more holidays and longer ones.

1) People have more disposable income than they used to so they can go away more.

2) Companies give more paid holidays then they used to.

3) Travel has become cheaper so more people can afford to go away.

4) Holiday providers use the internet to sell their products to people directly which makes them cheaper.

Some areas are also becoming more popular than they used to be before:

1) Improvements in transport (e.g more airports) have made it quicker and easier to get to places.

2) People are more aware of places in the Middle East and Africa as they have got better at marketing themselves as tourist destinations.

3) Many countries have invested in infrastructure for tourism…