Factors contributing to the increase in international travel Travelling has always been a requirement in humankind history; ancestors had to move on foot and later on riding a horse. Nowadays, developing new methods of transport like cars and planes has facilitate the communication among people and the availability of travel from Europe to America within few hours by plane. One of the main factors that have contributed more to the increase in international travel has been the improvement in methods of transport. New technologies and breakthroughs provide us with cheaper flights; low-cost companies offer affordable fares that allow everybody travel around the world. Likewise, it is less expensive and quicker travel by plane than travel by train in many occasions. Besides, the globalisation and the internationalization of business with multinational companies has carried to the increase in number of flights. It is very common to find large companies with employees in different countries from all the continents. Although new technologies have led to new ways of communications like skype, it seems that important business are considered face-to-face issues to solve, affecting to the number of plane users which tend to increase every year. It looks like future ways of transport will be focused in plane transport, with cheaper and cheaper fares, letting us approach people from each part of the world and facilitating the communication between us.