HSP M 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Travelocity, Crewe Heritage Centre, World Tourism Organization
29 Apr 2016
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The activities of persons traveling to staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year. You can be a tourist in your own town, your own home, etc. Lodging & foodservice activities retail shop. Goes back as far as the greek empire during the olympics & religious pilgrimages. 5 ages of tourism: pre-industrial revolution (ancient to pilgrims) trading was the main goal, the railway age, the automobile age 2-5 are still used today, the jet aircraft age, the cruise ship age. Rail) really opened up travel to the middle class. Expanded as railways grew across the united states. Most popular in the united states during the 1830"s-1920"s. Still very popular across europe and south asia for transportation. Automobile) the most popular form of transportation in the united states. Rental car industry partners a lot with airlines, so the two industries combine. Airlines) allows travelers to get around the globe (very popular to go to islands)
