TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY QUIZ 3

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1930- 1939

  • bolstered the use of railroads over the bus industry

  • almost 85% of all hotels in the US went bankrupt.

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1938

  • Outdoor aquarium in St. Augustine Florida

  • September 3, 1939 – World War II

  • The Cunard launched the Queen Elizabeth, the largest passenger ship to date

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1940- 1949

  • World War II brought the invention of the jet engine.

  • Automobile and the jet plane helped the hotel industry to rebound and radically affected the travel industry

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1945

affected the travel industry

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1950

Jet Age began

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1957 - JET AGE ERA

  • The creation and subsequent commercialization of Jet engine changed the world by allowing extremely fast and efficient travel between cities, countries, and entire continents.

  • Greatest period of expansion for hotel chains and car rental agencies

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1958

Passenger ship industry declined because of commercial sea service

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Boeing707 (1958)

Was introduced in October 1958

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1961

Yuri Gagarin – first man who landed on the outer space

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1966

  • UFTAA (Universal Federation of Travel Agent Association) was founded.

  • Aims to assist travel agencies and tour operators

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1969

  • Landing of first man on the moon brought space one step closer

  • First two humans to land on the Moon: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong

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1970

  • FIRST WIDE BOEING JET - (BOEING 747) large-range, wide-body, twice/thrice larger size of 707

  • Capable of carrying 400 - 700 passengers including the crew

  • 2 1/2 times its size 30% democratize air

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1975

WTO began its legal existence

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UnitedKingdom

  • the first country to promote leisure time to the increasing industrial population.

  • Comprised the new middle class.

  • COX & KINGS was the first official travel company to be formed in 1758

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NICE, FRANCE

First and best-established holiday resorts on French Riviera

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SEPTEMBER11, 2001

  • One of the saddest/ darkest time in the history of tourism

  • Airplanes were hijacked by terrorists or suicide bombers and landed in World Trade Center (twin towers)

  • Flights were cancelled. Tour packages were cancelled

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2001

Dennis Anthony Tito - The first tourist who funded his own tripthemoon for 8 days with his $1.5million dollars.