Trends and Factors
Trends
A trend is something that is reoccurring more and more often until it becomes a popular thing to do.
The first trend I am going to explore is the greater flexibility of booking products. This has become possible due to alterations in the traditional chain of distribution. This relates to the trend of using the internet to book holidays as it is a lot through this in which people can book their products. The reason for this that the services such as the principals have their own websites, this makes it simpler and easier for the customers to reach them directly and book their holidays this way.
1In November 2012, Thomas Cook, which has 1,300 travel agent shops, was forced to turn to its banks for increased loans as it looked like it might not struggle to survive. The impact this has had is the fact that there isn’t near as much demand for …show more content…
He revealed that there are "always new destinations that catch the eye of culinary travellers" and described Singapore, Peru and South Australia as "particularly hot right now".
The impact of new destinations is the fact that there will be more people visiting these far out countries that will help them to develop and expand which will positively help their economy
Destinations that ABTA says has all of these are Dubai, Germany, Morocco, Canada and South Africa. Spain is a top foreign destination for EU residents in 2012. There has been 1% less business travellers in 2013 than in 2012. There are 6% more visitors to Spain in 2013 than in 2012. In 2005 there were 29.971 million visitors in the UK but increased in 2012 to 31.084 million visitors.
A hot favourite to become a new popular destination in 2014 and the upcoming years is brazil. Due to the upcoming world cup and Olympic