St Andrews

St. Andrews

Assessment – open book project

2012-11-30

Stevenson College Edinburgh

Izabela Skwierz

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Contents 1

1. Historical development of hospitality and transport sectors 2

2. Accommodation and catering outlets (serviced and non – serviced) 3

3. Transport access by road, rail, air and sea and internal transport networks in St. Andrews. 9

From Edinburgh 9

From Glasgow 10

From Stirling 10

From Perth (NW) 10

From Dundee and Aberdeen (N) 10

4. Trends within the accommodation sector and trends within the transport sector. 13

1. Historical development of hospitality and transport sectors

1.1 History of transport sector.

Transport is a fundamental element of tourism, which is concerned, with the movement of people. Scottish tourism development was affected by road building, the introduction of steam travel, the expansion of railways and finally, the motor and car. It was also affected by canal building, the distribution and availability of horse – powered transport, the tram, bus and motorcoach. Before Culloden, the major access to Scotland was taking by the sea or by a land journey of seven to fourteen days by horse, waggon, carriage or stagecoach.

For St. Andrews, the first history of transport and accommodation is related to pilgrimages. They were always as a centre of this destination. Pilgrims regularly travelled to St. Andrews to worship at the site of the St. Andrew relicts. To assist in pilgrimage, the church established a regular ferry service to allow speedy passage across the Firth of Forth. Mary Queen of Scots used the ferry as well (her legendary escape from imprisonment in Loch Leven Castle). Queen Margaret, wife to King Malcolm III of Scotland founded a ferry service for religious pilgrims to travel from Edinburgh to Dunfermline Abbey and St. Andrews.

By the end of the 1820s, there was a steamer service from London to Dundee and Aberdeen. St. Andrews was well...