Tourism History

Neolithic

7000 BCE

Stone Age
It was characterized by a consolidation of trade and by marking the beginning of travel. Neolithic societies developed a nomadic life based on the sustenance of herds and herds of animals, they domesticated some of them, such as the horse and the camel, they also discovered agriculture. Slowly they settled down and took animals as their economic base.

Mesopotamia

3500 BCE

(3500 BC– 650 BC)
The first cities arose with the Assyrians in the geographical area located between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in present-day Iraq. In these nascent societies there were social classes,the main trips that were made were for business and pleasure purposes. The king of Babylon, Hammurabi, made trips to visit the cities of his empire, and to attend important religious ceremonies and festivals.

Egypt

3000 BCE

(3000 BC – 332 BC)
It was the mosque of travelers and merchants of that time who traveled with the purpose of presenting themselves to the pharaoh or to observe the monumental pyramids of that kingdom or other wonders of Egyptian construction.

Greece

2700 BCE

(2700 BC- 146 BC)
We can say that in Ancient Greece great importance was attached to leisure, so much so that their free time was dedicated to culture, religion and sports.
People moved to appreciate, participate and perform the OLYMPIC GAMES and religious pilgrimages to the sanctuaries of Dodona and Delphi (called Apolo Pitio).

Middle Ages

476 BCE

(476 AD - 1453 AD)
Tourism suffers a setback due to the period of confusion and disorder that Europe experienced due to the fall of the Roman Empire in 476.
The continent was completely involved in a series of wars that were going to mark a distribution of the map, in addition there was a spatial distribution of the population.

ROMA

27 BCE

(27 BC - 476 AD)
The trips were made for pleasure, business or health.
Religious tourism and pilgrimages to temples became part of the cult itinerary, and ceased to be places of prayer to become monuments worth visiting.

PILGRIMAGES

1078

Most of their trips were of a religious nature, for example they undertook many trips and pilgrimages to Christian holy places (Santiago de Compostela, Rome, Jerusalem-Holy Land) and Muslims (Jerusalem, Medina, Mecca).

Crusades

1095

Trade voyages across the European continent and across the Mediterranean Sea contributed to the establishment of important trade routes, making Marco Polo the most famous traveler and merchant of the time, by getting to China through the Silk Road.

Hotels

1453

The first accommodations called Hotels appear.
(French word that designated urban palaces).

America Discovery

1492

Cristóbal Colón, representing the catholic Monarchs of Castilla and Aragon, spanish kingdoms, made four famous voyages from Europe to America in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. In the first of them he arrived in America on October 12, 1492, to an island in the Bahamas called Guanahani.

Thomas Cook

1841

The first organized trip in history was made, on the occasion of an anti-alcoholism congress, moved 500 people by rail from Harborough to Leicester, England.Thomas Cook is known as "the father of tourism", was a preacher and evangelist, and is widely recognized in the tourism industry for being the first person to professionally organize a trip.

American Express

1850

HENRY WELLS and WILLIAM FARGO created the American Express travel agency and introduced financing systems and the issuance of travelers checks such as the tavel-check.

Airline EUA

1914

At the start of World War I, there were 150,000 American tourists in Europe.
In that year, the first regular US airline in the world entered into service.