Abstract This study is focused on the history and structure of travel travel and tourism industry in the City of Bath. It analyses the effects of the industrial revolution in the City of Bath and its stages of development and it gives a brief note on importance of factors facilitating growth like technology, infrastructure, social condition and analyses in its conclusion the structure and links between the elements of travel and tourism sector.
Introduction
The travel and tourism industry is one of the most important industries for the global economy, in 2012 growing faster than financial services, communications, retail and manufacturing. WTTC predictions say that this industry it is expected to support around 266 million jobs in 2013 and therefore surpass many other industries. In 2012 the number of jobs has escalated by five million jobs to 260 million jobs, meaning that for the first time one of 11 of all jobs in the world belongs to the travel and tourism sector. Even against many economic adversities last year was the first year with more than one billion international travellers crossing an international border.(World Travel & Tourism Council, 2013) The travel and tourism industry provides international economic growth, it generates foreign currency earnings and jobs and also stimulates investment. Travel and tourism sector is one of the world's fastest developing sectors. (Malhotra, H. B., 2011) 1 Tourism plays a very important role in the economic life of UK. 'The Travel and Tourism industry in the UK is nearly five times the size of automotive manufacturing and supports almost as many jobs as the financial sector' (World Travel & Tourism Council, 2012) In the top of the most visited historic site