British Tourism

Leonard J Lickorish, Victor T.C. Middleton

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2010
• ISBN:
  9781136425653
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Commerce
• Subtopic: Industrie de l'hôtellerie, du voyage et du tourisme

Tourism at any point in time is in many ways a mirror of economic and social change. The changes in British society in the decades from the 1950s to the 21st century are reflected in the forms of tourism that the British have been able to aspire to and afford. 'British Tourism: A Remarkable Story of Growth' identifies the most significant of these changes and places them in an historical context highlighting four distinctive eras. Now in paperback it includes four colour photos as well as two brand new chapters on tourism in Scotland and Wales.It looks in detail at the following key areas: * The roots of post war tourism growth
* Developments in transport and regulation
* Developments in accommodation and visit attractions
* Marketing developments and trends - the role of entrepreneurs
* Tourism trends into the 21st centuryOffering a comprehensive evaluation of post war developemnts in the British tourism industry, British Tourism: The remarkable story of growth, acts as a single reference resource suitable for a wide ranging readership from students on tourism courses and practitioners in the travel and tourism industries

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Eras in the story of British tourism
• 1. The inter-war years 1919 to 1939 and the impact of the Second World War (1939–45)
• 2. Overview of growth and change – 1945 to 1995
• 3. Comparing tourism in 1950 with today
• 4. Developments in accommodation and attractions
• 5. Developments in transport
• 6. Marketing developments and trends – entrepreneurs and changing business models in British tourism
• 7. National organization for tourism in Britain
• 8. The Welsh and Scottish Tourist Boards
• 9. The story looking ahead in the twenty-first century
• APPENDIX I. The contribution of the late L. J. Lickorish CBE, 1922 to 2002
• APPENDIX II. The British Travel Educational Trust, 1970 to 2004
• APPENDIX III. Defining and measuring tourism and the tourism industry
• APPENDIX IV. Chronology of general events affecting the UK and influencing tourism patterns between 1945 and 1995
• APPENDIX V. Selected statistics of UK tourism – with a health warning …
• APPENDIX VI. National tourist boards in Britain – What’s in a name?
• Selected Bibliography
• Index