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History Of Tourism

Submitted by cnelson on May 24, 2008

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  History Of Tourism

Travel was dangerous, expensive and time-consuming activity that was rarely undertaken unless for business, adventure, to flee disease or war and a few other reasons, none of which leisure. Early travellers shouldn't be classified as Tourists.

Means of travel included foot, animal or by ship or boat. The simplest being foot, although horseback improved the pace walking did not hinder the distance one could travel. Camels, donkeys bullocks and elephants were also used whilst travelling, when using animals as transport it made the trip both expensive and allowed the traveller to carry more supplies for trade or suchlike. Early sea vessels varied from dug out tree trunks to the complex Roman galleys. According to early Western history, upper classes often travelled around the Mediterranean basin.

During the rule of Alexander the Great, 700,000 tourists visited what is now a part of Turkey. This was considerably helped by the well built and organised roads, whilst on the journey groups had the ability to change a team of horses, stay at rest houses, and refreshments were available along the trip. During this time, the roads were crowded. Alexander the Great travelled to India and found the road systems and facilities well arranged.

It was during the same period that pleasure travel begun taking place in China and Japan. The Chinese emperor, Wu Di travelled plenty in the 2nd century. His adventures were well described in his writing.

During the reign of Elizabeth the 1st tourism reached a high. Coach travel had become popular because of its style. Young gentlemen who came from wealthy backgrounds undertook the Grand Tour in this era. They would travel to parts of Great Britain, France, and Italy, it was considered crucial for the education of the young men. The tour was used improperly on many occasions, the youngsters would go on major shopping sprees and a lot of the time...

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No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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Trash this piece of junk! 700,000 Greek tourists in conquered Turkey? While Alexander the Great had just conquered it? Definitely not. What a piece of junk this essay was. Please read your history. Notice I did not say reread it, because you obviously have not read your ancient Greek history. A very pathetic and inaccurate essay. Nice work for a freshman, though.

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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i belive tourist give us lots of money but they leave lots of junk also

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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i tink too much tourist come 2 da bahamas

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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......a terrible mess...couldnt you make it a wee bit more intriguing??....looks like you wrote it from your head within two minutes flat.."acceptable" would suit this...

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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BULLSHIT! COMPLETE AND UTTER BULLSHIT HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? YOUR A SICK, SICK MAN. BUT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, YOURS SINCERLY, KIMBERLY JANE MAYNARD AKA MOUNTAIN GOAT

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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What a poor essay! Inaccurate, dates wrong, facts garbled, figures pure fantasy. Poor work even for a freshman. this essay should be taken off the Internet at once ! P.R. Professor of tourism

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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wotz ur name

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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bitin

No Title 06/28/2008 10:48 PM
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