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Period: 800 BCE to 146 BCE
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history spanning from the Homeric Period of the XII to the IX centuries BC until the end of antiquity. Immediately after this period was the beginning of the early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. -
776 BCE
Ancient Olympic Games
The first Olympics (776 BC), are known to be the first international tourist event, with people travelling from many countries to watch and/or participate. -
300 BCE
Roman Roads
Roman roads were a physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state. They opened a window to travelling for travellers. -
Steam Engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid -
Organized Tours (Thomas Cook)
Thomas Cook started organising leisure trips in the summer of 1841 when its founder organised a successful one-day rail excursion at a shilling a head from Leicester to Loughborough. Cook was a frontrunner of establishing tourism systems and thus made mass tourism possible -
International world football championship
It's an international event that happens every 4 years, that includes all countries lasts 1month -
Jet Engine Aircrafts
With the development of technology, travel became faster and cheaper, meaning more people could travel around the globe.Jet engine aircrafts were a big factor in the growth of mass tourism. -
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Post-World War Two
International tourism has grown very fast after second world war. Today, tourism has become a part of the everyday life for most people and is now a major source of employment in developed countries. The growth of the tourist industry after second world war can be linked with increasing wealth, increased mobility, improvements in accessibility and transport, more leisure time, improvements in technology, changes in lifestyles, etc. -
Eurovision Song Contest
It's an anual international song competition that happens in Europe , with participants representing primarily European countries. -
Global Youth Day
it's an international religious event which gathers millions of catholics for a week, specially young teens. It promoves events of the catholic church for teens and by teens. They come all together to celebrate and learn better about the catholic doctrine, make new bonds and relationships with new people and diferente cultures. -
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Globalization
Tourism has always been strong and attractive. With globalization, the ease of connection and displacement, increased curiosity and interest in "others", as well as the increased circulation of information, has gained gigantic proportions.
