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Tourism Theory Tourism is the largest and fastest growing industry in the world, and is set to become the largest employer. In 2000, there were nearly 700 million tourists, and in 2020, there will be around 1.6 billion. Many factors affect tourism growth: aging population, shorter working week, longer paid holidays, greater affluence and greater mobility. Aging population Because we're living longer, staying healthier, taking earlier retirements and staying much more active in later life this gives us more time to travel in retirement. Some elderly people contribute to domestic tourism by travelling to see relatives within the UK. * River cruises * Special Interest holidays * Short breaks * Flight only * Touring holidays * Ocean cruises Year N.O of elderly people that took holidays 1997 19117 1998 21576 1999 21781 2000 21613 2001 18056 2002 23487 2003 24315 2004 28985 2005 26825 2006 23486 2007 29989 As you can see, above are the statistics for the amount of people over 60 who took holidays at least once a year if not more. Shorter working week The...

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