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Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was a series of trips by the Young European nobility. She started in the late seventeenth century and eighteenth.The development in the prestigious British universities. These offered to students of humanities scholarship to race. The aim was to complete what they learn visually by making a trip.
This event was called "Grand Tour". This consisted of a journey to France whose main destination was Paris. -
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Discovery of Australia
Wilem Janszoon made landfall at the Pennefather Riveron the western share of Cape York in Queensland, near the bown of Weipe. This is the first recorded European landfall on the Australian continent. JAnszoon proceeded to chart on 320 km of the coastline, which he thought was a southerly extension of New Guinea. -
Thermal Baths
During the seventeenth century the thermal baths , by medical advice , had become fashionable. In these centers began to organize recreational activities and entertainment for guests , who those travelers seeking fun together , which these establishments began to enjoy great popularity in Europe at the end of the century -
Burce James, first explorer european in the Nile
In August 1765, Bruce James was the first explorer that it began his exploration of the Roman ruins in Barbary. Having examined many ruins in eastern Algeria, he travelled by land from Tunis or Tripoli. After Crete, Syria, visiting Palmyra and Boalek.
In June 1768 he arrived at Alezandria, having resolved to endeavour to discover the source of the Nile. After visiting Thebes, where he entered the tomb of Ramsés III. He reached Gondar, then the capital of Ethiopia February 14th 1770. -
Steamboat
A steamboat, also called much less frequently steamship is a vessel propelled by steam engines, now obsolete , or steam turbines. Elementally it consists of a steam boiler , a steam turbine or steam and a water-cooled condenser.In 1787 , and before a group of delegates to the Constitutional Convention, John Fitch , successfully tested a steamer of 14 m in length on the Delaware River . -
First Hotel - City hotel
The first American hotel, City hotel opened in 1794. In the city of New York. The City Hotel had 73 rooms for guests, whose sole purpose was hosting.The City Hotel inspired the construction of other pioneers hotels. The Exchange Coffee House in Boston, followed by the Mansion House in Philadelphia. These hotels became important social centers. Unlike their European counterparts. They welcomed anyone who could pay a reasonable price. Europe had a hygienic accommodation. -
The first announcement of cruise
When it appeared in 1835 the first announcement of cruise in the newspaper Shetland Journal to visit Scotland , Iceland and the Faroe Islands , no heralded a success of such magnitude in the nineteenth century. The first company to hit the market was created in 1837 in Stromness by Arthur Anderson and Brodie Wilcox name the Peninsular Steam Navigation Company, which later became P & O Cruises. it became a "must" for social masses high places, and the trip was considered fashionable and endowed w -
Thomas Cook
The father of travel agents, Thomas Cook, revolutionized the concept of travel. In 1841 he organized in England's first scheduled tour which has certainty carrying 500 people from Leicester to Loughborough, England, charging one shilling per person. It was also announced in the first excursion train. Then his idea was copied around the world and in the meantime, his company grew fast, organizing tours throughout the European continent, arriving later to the Americas. -
Thomas Cook & Son
Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a company founded by Thomas Cook, a cabinet-maker, in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham.It was succeeded by Thomas Cook AG after being sold to a German company in 2002, but since 2007 the descendant company is Thomas Cook Group plc. -
"Well Fargo & Co"
In 1850, three competing express companies, but they were consolited and become the American Express Company, with Henry Wells and William Fargo created the "Wells Fargo & Co" this company inicially dedicated to freight and later becomes one of the largest agencies in the world. They introduced financing systems and emission controls travels as the "Travels Cheque" (1890) personalized money and paper money redeemable for current use protects traveler from theft of loss. -
First Olympic Games
In the 1896 the first Olympic Games which consisted of athletic competitions to honor the gods of Olympus were held. These celebrations mobilized a large number of people, of course, needed transport and roads to travel. -
First Tourist Office
The first tourist office was created in France in 1910.
It was established for the organization and providing information to potential tourists that visit a particular place. The purpose is to facilitate the decision to travel. Also facilitate their stay and reduce the risk of negative experiences during your trip. Thus positively influencing the image of the tourist destination. -
Titanic
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage. was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast with Thomas Andrews as her naval architect. The ship was designed to be the ultimate in luxury and comfort, and had a gym, pool, library, fancy restaurants and opulent cabins for first-class travelers. -
The First Luxury hotels
Luxury hotels are developed by Cesar Ritz. He born in Switzerland in 1850 and worked from an early age in different hotels throughout Europe. It is considered the father of modern hospitality. From his post at the Grand National Lucerne Hotel, Ritz improved customer service, modernized facilities and created a new concept of hotel service and management. -
"Autostrada dei Laghi"
The first highway in the world, called "highway of the Lakes" was created in Italy, between Milan and Varesse. this highway was two lanes, but has no other level crossings. It was created as a need to unite the two cities and tourist areas such as Lago Di Como and Lago Maggiore. Piero Puricelly was the engineer who has the idea of building a "fast road" with tolls to cover the costs of construccion and management. -
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) or simply United Nations (NN. UU.). It is the largest existing international organization. It is defined as an association of global governance. This facilitates cooperation on issues such as international law. Also international peace and security, economic and social development, humanitarian affairs and human rights.
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Concorde
The Concorde was a supersonic aircraft used to transport passengers. It was built from the set of the works of the British Aircraft Corporation British manufacturers and French Aerospatiale . In 1969 he made his first flight , entering service in 1976 and flying for 27 years, until his departure from circulation in 2003. The main destinations were London Heathrow airport in London , UK; Paris -Charles de Gaulle in Paris , France ; JFK in New York , Dulles in Washington, both in the United States -
OMT
The World Tourism Organization ( OMT ) is an international organization created in 1975 that aims to promote tourism. Formally it linked to the United Nations since 1976 to become an executive agency UNDP .. It is headquartered in Madrid ( Spain ) and has 156 member countries ( to January 1, 2015 ) . The World Tourism Day is celebrated on September 27 , coinciding with the date of approval of its statutes. -
The Maastricht Treaty and treaty Schengen.
In 1992 the Maastricht Treaty, by which the concept of European citizenship is introduced and provides for the free movement of persons, goods and capital on January 1, 1993. Another treaty, Schengen is signed, removes controls border between Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Luxemburgs. These treaties are important for the current sumamenta tourism, because it allows much more freedom between the citizens of the European Economic Community (EEC), which means a greater influ
