Travel & tourism: part 3

Article Abstract:

The UK travel and tourism industry is dominated by Thomson Tour Operators which accounted for 26% of market share in 1997, although Thomson accounted for 30% of the market in 1993. Airtours accounted for 18% of the market share in 1997, increased from 15% in 1993. The leading travel agent is Lunn Poly, which took 22.5% of the UK travel market by volume in 1997. Going Places accounted for 14% of the volume market in 1997. Airtours and Thomson Holidays spent almost 6 million pounds sterling on advertising in 1996.

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Travel & tourism: part 1

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The number of adults in the UK taking a holiday has risen 5% since 1993 to 66% in 1997. Similarly, consumer spending on travel and tourism has also risen by 30.3% over the same period to 31,651 million pounds sterling. France was the destination for 23.9% of total visits in 1996, with Spain taking second place with a 17.8% share. An overview of key trends is given, along with details of industry structure.

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Travel and tourism: part 1

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The UK travel and tourism market is forecast to increase in volume from 142 tips in 1999 to 170 million trips by 2004.

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