The biggest holiday price 引き上げ（る）s of the past 50 years 明らかにする／漏らすd by Which? - Tower of London prices are up?3,767% and a trip to Kew Gardens costs up to £24 today compared to just 9p in 1974 (even accounting for インフレーション)

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London tourist attractions have 現れるd as the biggest holiday price 引き上げ（る） of the past 50 years, によれば new Which? 分析 of the changing cost of travel.

Which Travel? 研究員s analysed the cost of flights, 一括s, car 雇う and days out to see how holiday prices have changed since the magazine's first 問題／発行する in 1974.

The 消費者 支持する／優勝者 設立する that flight costs have fallen 意味ありげに in real 条件 since the 70s, but they're now pricier on 普通の／平均（する） than the comparative lows of the 90s or 早期に 2000s. 一括 holiday prices have also risen.?

The cost of UK days out, however, stood out as the most expensive.?

The 監視者, which adjusted past prices for インフレーション using the Bank of England インフレーション calculator, 設立する that in 1974 入ること／参加（者） to the Tower of London was just 10p - the 同等（の） of 90p in today's money. Visit this year, however, and you'd 支払う／賃金 a whopping £34.80 per adult, an 増加する of 3, 767 per cent.?

While 入ること／参加（者） to Madame Tussauds was once just 75p, or £7 in today's money, a ticket now costs £33 if 購入（する）d in 前進する ? rising to as much as £42 if 購入（する）d on the day, an 増加する of 500 per cent based on the day price.?

A ticket to Kew Gardens 一方／合間, was just 1p (9p in today's money) in 1974. Now prices 範囲 from between £12 and £24 per adult depending on whether you visit in summer or winter, and whether you 調書をとる／予約する in 前進する, an 増加する of 26,566 per cent, based on the most expensive ticket.

A trip inside both St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey would have been 完全に 解放する／自由な in 1974, によれば Which?. Now 訪問者s can 推定する／予想する to 支払う／賃金 £25 and £29 a ticket, それぞれ.?

London Zoo, which was once just 80p to enter (£7.20 in today's money), costs over ３倍になる the price at £27 per 長，率いる during off-頂点（に達する） periods and up to £33 at 週末s, an 増加する of 358 per cent based on the 週末 ticket, the 消費者 group 明らかにする／漏らすd.?

The 消費者 group 公式文書，認めるd that in the 早期に to 中央の-70s, flights were 特に expensive, and prices could fluctuate quickly. Between late 1973 and March 1974, 天然のまま oil 急に上がるd in price by 300 per cent, sending prices 急に上がるing, while インフレーション 攻撃する，衝突する a 頂点（に達する） of 23 per cent in 1975.?

At the time, shopping around wasn't an 選択 to 安全な・保証する a better price, as it was 違法な for 航空機によるs to 始める，決める their own fares, which were instead 始める，決める by 国家の 政府s.?

Which? data shows that a flight to the Greek 資本／首都, Athens, in 1974 would have cost 313 per cent more in real 条件 than it does today. In 1974 the 普通の／平均（する） price was £80 (£723 when adjusted for インフレーション) compared to just £175 in August 2023.?

類似して, a flight to Rome, Italy, was 238 per cent more on 普通の／平均（する）, costing £55 (£497 in today's money) compared to £147 in August 2023.?

But while today's flight prices are cheaper than in 1974, they are not as cheap as they were in the golden 時代 of cheap flights, from the 90s onwards, Which? （人命などを）奪う，主張するd.

によれば the Office for 国家の 統計（学）, the 普通の／平均（する） return flight from the UK to Europe cost just £123 in the summer of 2010 (£181 in today's money), but had risen by 78 per cent to £322 on 普通の／平均（する） in 2023.?

Flights are far from the only holiday element to become more expensive. In spite of greater 競争 today, Which? 研究 設立する a 一括 in the 70s or 80s was comparatively cheap.?

In 1986 Which? 報告（する）／憶測d that a week's 一括 on the Costa Blanca during the summer would cost £160, the 同等（の） of £456 at today's prices (although the accommodation 供給するd would not やむを得ず be the same 質 as today ? 潜在的に just a bunk in a dorm).

一括s today are much more expensive on 普通の／平均（する）, with 最近の 分析 by Which? finding that the 普通の／平均（する） price of just a 選び出す／独身 week half-board in Spain this August would cost £995 per person - 類似の to a two-week break in the 90s. A week in Italy half-board today would be £1,120 each, and in Greece, it would be £1,257 each.?