Flight to the Sun: The Story of the Holiday Revolution - Hardcover

Raitz, Vladimir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826448291 ISBN 13: 9780826448293

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2001

Synopsis

The story of mass tourism is one of the most remarkable of the 20th century. The authors briefly cover early tourism (Cook's coach trips to Blackpool, Henry Lunn's elite skiing parties of the 1890s), then tell how it all exploded after World War II. A handful of entrepreneurs used old warplanes to take ration-weary Britons to exotic European beaches, and the package holiday was born. Raitz's chapters chart the rise and downfall of his company, Horizon Holidays. Bray's chapters tell the history of the industry as a whole.

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The Birth of Horizon The Pre-history of Tourism The 1950s Growth of Horizon The 1960s and how the Wild West was tamed Skiing and Cruising Horizon at its Peak The Rise and Fall of Clarksons The End of Horizon The 1970s:prices tumble, bonding is born The Latter Years: From free spirit to flotation

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0826448291
• ISBN 13: 9780826448293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256