REC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fax, Fasttrack, Other Nationalities Rugby League Team
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Purpose of travel: trade, commerce, religious purposes. Up until this point in history (1950s): 2% of brits traveled abroad. Easier to travel in this area: suspicious, anxious about health and risks. Worried about being ripped off because couldn"t look up prices. Tourism has evolved after 1950 due to: accessibility, technology. Father was in charge of family and bringing home money. Women took care of house and kids: got information through am radio, media in household (tv, rail and cruise liners, short holiday, mass tourism"- when everyone goes on a similar vacation. Vacation happened once a year and you did the same thing as everyone else: car ownership. Building the interstate made it more affordable to go on trips. Car companies were becoming big at this point and were making cars that were affordable: jet aircraft introduced. People were not sure of flying because car had just become popular. 12 minutes commercials about how safe it was to fly.
