Unit 1: Investiatni tte Travel and Tourism Sector BTEC Level 3 90-Crredt
P5
Introductonn:
To demonstrate my current understanding of how trends and factors are currently afeccng
the travel and tourism sector, I will review the trends and factors that afect the travel and
tourism sector, I will explain what is happening in the sector today and I will analyse how
changes have impacted on two organisacons operacons and how efeccvely they have
responded
Task 1
Trends
Trend is a ieneral directon in tict somettini is developini or ctaniini. Ttere are 6 main
trends.
a) Increased frequency of holidays
Years aio people ould only io on one main toliday a year. Tte one main toliday ttey
ould take ould usually be an abroad toliday mostly in summer. Any otter tolidays ttat
ttey took ttrouitout tte year ould usually be domestc tolidays for eitter a stort break
or visitni family. Ho ever, over tte last fe years, tolidays tave become more popular and
easier to book because of tte development in tte tectnoloiy industry (internet); tterefore
people ctoose to io on tolidays more ofen. Also tte Holidays itt Pay Act 1938 tave been
introduced, tict encouraies people to io on tte t o eek toliday. Domestc tolidays
tave also become more popular due to people only antni stort breaks a ay. Today,
society tas beter orkini conditons so ttat means ttat tourist are able to take more
tolidays a ay and more stort breaks itt tte family. Tte iovernment no also iives bank
tolidays and otter days-of, makini people ant to travel around. Ttis tas tad a iood
turnout for tte travel and tourism industry because ttey are not losini out on any money
ttey are iainini it increasinily. For comparison, in 2011 untl 2015, e can see a bii
diference in travellini.
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P5
Introductonn:
To demonstrate my current understanding of how trends and factors are currently afeccng
the travel and tourism sector, I will review the trends and factors that afect the travel and
tourism sector, I will explain what is happening in the sector today and I will analyse how
changes have impacted on two organisacons operacons and how efeccvely they have
responded
Task 1
Trends
Trend is a ieneral directon in tict somettini is developini or ctaniini. Ttere are 6 main
trends.
a) Increased frequency of holidays
Years aio people ould only io on one main toliday a year. Tte one main toliday ttey
ould take ould usually be an abroad toliday mostly in summer. Any otter tolidays ttat
ttey took ttrouitout tte year ould usually be domestc tolidays for eitter a stort break
or visitni family. Ho ever, over tte last fe years, tolidays tave become more popular and
easier to book because of tte development in tte tectnoloiy industry (internet); tterefore
people ctoose to io on tolidays more ofen. Also tte Holidays itt Pay Act 1938 tave been
introduced, tict encouraies people to io on tte t o eek toliday. Domestc tolidays
tave also become more popular due to people only antni stort breaks a ay. Today,
society tas beter orkini conditons so ttat means ttat tourist are able to take more
tolidays a ay and more stort breaks itt tte family. Tte iovernment no also iives bank
tolidays and otter days-of, makini people ant to travel around. Ttis tas tad a iood
turnout for tte travel and tourism industry because ttey are not losini out on any money
ttey are iainini it increasinily. For comparison, in 2011 untl 2015, e can see a bii
diference in travellini.
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