1. The Origins of Modern Tourism-Transport Technology...
The increased competition from air transportation due to liberalisation and the decrease in air fares and the construction of the Channel Tunnel has lead to fundamental changes in the sea transport mode today. ... Despite water transport being superseded by air transport in 1957 when for the first time more passengers were crossing the Atlantic by air than sea, travel by water offers many unique advantages. ... As has the share of the total tourist market increased in recent decades with the era of mass tourism, water transport has remained stagnant while the means of road, rail an air have al...
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