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    The document summarizes the history of tourism from ancient times to the 20th century in 3 parts. Early tourism began as religious travel and trading. In ancient Greece and Rome, tourism included visiting sites like the Olympic Games. In the Middle Ages, tourism declined due to unsafe roads and increased only for pilgrimages. The Renaissance and Elizabethan era saw the rise of spas and travel for education. The Industrial Revolution led to the rise of leisure travel and the creation of resorts for the working class. In the 19th century, advances like railroads and photography helped organized tourism become established. The 20th century saw expansions in air travel and business travel, as well as changes in social trends and

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    The document summarizes the history of tourism from ancient times to the 20th century in 3 parts. Early tourism began as religious travel and trading. In ancient Greece and Rome, tourism included visiting sites like the Olympic Games. In the Middle Ages, tourism declined due to unsafe roads and increased only for pilgrimages. The Renaissance and Elizabethan era saw the rise of spas and travel for education. The Industrial Revolution led to the rise of leisure travel and the creation of resorts for the working class. In the 19th century, advances like railroads and photography helped organized tourism become established. The 20th century saw expansions in air travel and business travel, as well as changes in social trends and

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    CHAPTER III:

    THE HISTORY OF
    TOURISM
    AND HOSPITALITY
    (PART 1)
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    EARLY Tourism in the
    TOURISM Old Testament
    (trade and commerce)

    19th Century
    “Tourism” from torah
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    Romans and
    Greeks

    Greeks
    Early form of Olympic Games
    Tourism: 776 BC
    Trading and
    Religious Travel Phoenician and Romans –
    Mediterranean Visiting Friends and
    Relatives
    traders

    TRIVIA
    BC – Before Christ
    AD – Anno Domini
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    English Pilgrim’s
    Permit (1388)

    Religious Travel
    (Pilgrimage)
    • Chaucer’s Tale of
    Pilgrimage to
    Canterbury
    • St. James of Galacia
    Roman Travelers:
    Communications
    First Class Roads
    Inns
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    Decline of the
    TOURISM in
    Roman Empire
    MEDIEVAL PERIOD
    (5th Century)
    • unmaintain and
    unsafe roads
    • thieves
    Medieval Period: • no pleasure travel
    • Cruisaders and
    Travel decline “Travel” from Pilgrims travelers
    travail only
    It became:
    • burdensome
    • dangerous
    • demanding
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    TOURISM during “Spa” from espa
    RENAISSANCE and which means
    ELIZABETHAN ERA “fountain”

    Pleasure and Young men


    Leisure Travel for sought
    young men intellectual
    improvements.
    Intitutionalized in
    Travel for the end of 18th The sick sought
    century for the remedy for their
    Education upper class of illnesses in
    (16th Century) society “spas” and
    medical baths
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    TOURISM during the
    Travel as:
    • Holiday motivation
    INDUSTRIAL and opportunity
    REVOLUTION • Escape from
    responsibilities and
    crowded environment

    Technological *Creation of working-


    changes Social Changes: class resorts
    Travel as a
    recreational
    activity
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    19th Century
    MODERN TOURISM in the Organization of
    TOURISM 19th Century travel became an
    established
    institution
    (Travel Organizers)

    Technological Developments:
    • Railways – reliable and
    cheap transportation
    • Steam Power – increased
    mobility
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    TOURISM in the
    19th Century

    Thomas Cook first


    1874 - Circular
    excursion train trip:
    Notes (First
    Leicester to
    First American Travelers’
    Loughborough
    Tour (1866) Checks)
    (1841)

    Thomas Cook
    (First Travel
    Agent/Organizer)
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    TOURISM in the Late 19th Century
    19th Century Photography and
    Guide Books
    became popular.
    American Tour Company:
    • American Express by
    Henry Wells and William Fargo

    Other British Tour Baedeker –


    Companies: published 1839,
    • Dean and Dawson (1871) European Leading
    • The Polytechnic Touring Guide Book
    Association (1872)
    • Frames (1881)
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    TOURISM in the World War II:
    • Increased interest in
    20th Century
    travel
    • Aircraft Technology (Air
    Travel)
    • Boeing 707 jets (1958)
    • Greater International
    Early 20th Century After WWI:
    Pleasure Travel Travel
    Motor Car
    Expanded

    World War I:
    • International Tourism
    • Mass Communication
    • Media as a Travel
    Marketing
    HISTORY OF TOURISM
    TOURISM in the
    Business Travel
    20th Century
    1970s – New Travel
    After post war recovery year: Patterns
    • Increase in private car
    ownership
    • Resort Travel
    • Road improvements
    New
    tourism- generating
    Post-war economic countries
    recovery:
    • Discretionary • Social Trends
    income and leisure • Economic Significance of
    time tourism
    • Paid holidays
    • Long Weekends
    TO BE CONTINUED:
    PART 2
    HISTORY OF HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

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