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3100 BCE
Ancient egypt
The Pyramids. One of the first place visited touristicly and religiously for the great interest it caused both in the inhabitants of his country and in foreigners. http://blog.elinsignia.com/2017/12/02/la-historia-de-egipto-y-su-relacion-con-el-turismo/ -
1200 BCE
Ancient Greece
The most outstanding trips were those made to attend the Ancient Olympic Games in the city of Olympia, which thousands of people attended and where religion and sport mixed. There were also religious pilgrimages, such as those that went to the oracles of Delphi and Dódona.
The partenon as one of the main construction
Herodoto as the first man writing about history
http://blog.elinsignia.com/2017/11/01/grecia-antigua-y-turismo/ -
750 BCE
Ancient Roma
Rich people can buy second residences called ''summer residences''
A forerunner of the guidebook was the periplus, an itinerary from landmark to landmark of the ports along a coast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guide_book -
470
Middle age
The Church played a transcendent role in all aspects of daily life; his action transcended the spiritual to also encompass the social, cultural and even public affairs. This inspires a kind of new journey, religious pilgrimages. These had already existed in ancient and classical times but both Christianity and Islam would spread to a greater number of believers and displacements would be greater. Famous expeditions from Venice to the Holy Land and pilgrimages on the Camino de Santiago -
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1500
Rennaisance
At this time the interest of the population for health care increased a lot, which is why wellness tourism was developed.
The stagecoach was a road car, with four wheels, that made a regular service between the extreme populations of its route with a fixed itinerary, transporting travelers and mail.
Stagecoach also popularized, it was a road car, with four wheels, that made a regular service between the extreme populations of its route with a fixed itinerary, transporting travelers and mail. -
S. XVIII
The wealthy young people of this time began to travel through Europe in the so-called Grand tour to acquire knowledge. Sun and beach tourism starts.
http://turismodeayerydehoy.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/el-ayer-el-turismo-durante-el.html -
S. XIX
At this time, the advances made by the hotelier "Cesar Ritz, which introduced changes in the sector that survive to this day, are remarkable. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Ritz
Also Thomas cook who was an English entrepreneur known for being the first person to create an organized trip, he saw in that activity a possible future benefit, so years later he decided to create a travel agency, Thomas Cook & Son, considered the first of the history.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook -
S. XIX
William George Fargo was an American pioneer of express services. In 1844 he organized, with Henry Wells and Daniel Dunning, the first express courier company (Wells & Co., after 1845 Livingston & Fargo) to serve west of Buffalo.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fargo
Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker, was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Baedeker -
S. XIX
This was a time of changes, led by great visionaries such as:
George Mortimer Pullman was an American industrialist and inventor known for the invention of the sleeper car through the Pullman company, and for the violent repression of striking workers in the city that created for the company, Pullman, in Chicago.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pullman
Also an interesant article about that time https://es.scribd.com/document/258273269/Turismo-Siglo-XIX -
s. XX
UNWTO is created The World Tourism Organization is an international organization created in 1974 that aims to promote tourism.
1987 Mass tourism, especially in the Mediterranean area, is established as a trend
1989 The wall of Berlin falls, which opens the borders in Europe
There are also the births of low-cost airlines such as Ryanair (November 28, 1984) or Easyjet (March 1995).
It is also a time of terrorist attacks that make the map that defines the preferred tourist destinations changeable -
S. XX
First World War 1914-1918
Second World War 1939-1945
After the world wars there was a devastated panorama which gives rise to a singular fact, the tendency to visit battlefields and concentration camps, under the pretext of patriotism. Pilots of war are also being recycled for civil aviation, since tourism is implanted as an economic sector with much more force.
https://profesionaljdeabajo.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/el-turismo-de-masas-principal-rasgo-distintivo-de-los-tiempos-que-corren/ -
S. XXI
The absence of borders between the countries that make up the European Union plus the establishment of the single currency called Euro, make this time the perfect time for tourism in Europe between Europeans
