Compose a 2750 words assignment on uk low-cost airlines in recent years. Needs to be plagiarism free! Finally, a conclusion is reached that evaluates how tourism and growth of low-cost airlines relate.

The UK travel and tourism industry are among the fast developing and largest industries and acts as the labyrinth for low-cost airlines. The definition of tourists covers people with the intention of traveling and staying in a locale outside their homes. The tourists are categorized as leisure, business, or visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travelers (Blaha 2003: 19). The purpose of the tourists’ visit is used to define the categories of the industry. For purposes of origin and destination of travel, the tourists are also categorized as either incoming or inbound outgoing, adventure or domestic tourists. Tourists exist due to the development of the travel sector, and thus the tourism and travel sectors must work intertwined.

The description of the travel and tourism sector covers various sectors, as indicated in Figure 1. The sectors are linked due to the changes in consumer needs, with growth. An example is a demand by tourists to combine accommodation, touring, and dietary needs to give rise to bouquets. The contributions of technology in communication have also facilitated the development of the industry, with a rise in different facilitators of the industry such as agents. The economic liberation and prosperity of the West has triggered the growth of the industry. In perspective, globalization has contributed to the growth of the industry, and diversification of airlines.

The tourism consumer has different profiles, of which the players in the industry have developed products to suit different tourist needs. Travel is a major challenge to the industry, with air, land and sea being the alternatives. Air is the most preferred means of travel in considering the travel time, low accident occurrence, and eased access. Travelling via air suits different consumers from the first-class executives to the economy class.