In an age where travellers desire for the fastest, most efficient forms of transport, it is interesting to find out that travelling by ferry has managed not only to survive as a method of getting from one place to another, but has continued to grow...
This is a part of the travel sector that has seen many innovations and technological advancements over the years that has included hovercraft, jetfoils and submarines as competition...
With more than 40 million annual passenger journeys, the UK ferry industry is still very much a formidable force in the travel sector...
Despite the tough economic climate, figures for the first 10 months of the year show the number of passengers travelling to Western Europe by ferry decreased by just 3.7% compared to the same period last year, whereas the number of people choosing to fly to the same countries dropped by an estimated 9.8%...
The number of passengers carried to the Continent up until the end of October was 20.6 million with the number of cars carried changing very little over the same period to 4.8 million...
With predictions that more people will be holidaying closer to home in 2010, now is the time for both travel agents and tour operators to revisit ferry travel and take advantage of renewed interest in a form of transport that offers everything from luxury cabins and celebrity restaurants, to fast crossings and leisurely mini-cruises, all at prices that offer exceptional value provided in a hassle-free environment...
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Barticus.
This is a part of the travel sector that has seen many innovations and technological advancements over the years that has included hovercraft, jetfoils and submarines as competition...
With more than 40 million annual passenger journeys, the UK ferry industry is still very much a formidable force in the travel sector...
Despite the tough economic climate, figures for the first 10 months of the year show the number of passengers travelling to Western Europe by ferry decreased by just 3.7% compared to the same period last year, whereas the number of people choosing to fly to the same countries dropped by an estimated 9.8%...
The number of passengers carried to the Continent up until the end of October was 20.6 million with the number of cars carried changing very little over the same period to 4.8 million...
With predictions that more people will be holidaying closer to home in 2010, now is the time for both travel agents and tour operators to revisit ferry travel and take advantage of renewed interest in a form of transport that offers everything from luxury cabins and celebrity restaurants, to fast crossings and leisurely mini-cruises, all at prices that offer exceptional value provided in a hassle-free environment...
For more on this, go to http://www.travelmole.com/stories/1139811.php
Barticus.
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