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Period: 1500 BCE to 300 BCE
Ancient Civilizations
Characterized by Sport (Olympic Games in Greece) and Religious Tourism (peregrinations in Egypt. The first ever Geographic Literature start existing and so do the first roads in the Roman Empire. -
Period: 476 to
After Christ's Birth and Middle Age
Christians and Muslims start making peregrinations too. Later in the Middle Ages, thermal baths tourism become popular in Germany, Belgium, the UK and the Muslim Spain (Granada). -
Period: 1500 to
Modern Age
Young aristocrat men began cultural or educational tourism with the Grand Tour. Later on, the XIX century was crucial to understand tourism today with the creation of the steam engine, the influence of romanticism in society and the development of science. First modern travel agencies, hotels and tourist book guides were invented in the 1800's.