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The history and development of
tourism
Bálint Zsuzsanna
BGF KVIFK
II. évfolyam V/1.
English for Advanced Tourism and Catering Course
20th November 2003
Tourist
Travel to a country other than that in which s/he is domiciledhas her/his usual residence
but outside his/her usual environment for a period of at least one day but not more than one year whose main purpose of visit is other than the
exercise of an activity remunerated from within the country visited
Travelling for
leisure recreation and holidays visiting friends and relatives business and professional health treatment religion other purposes
Tourism
people travelling to and staying in places a) inbound: entering a country from their
own country of origin b) outbound: leave their country of origin to
travel to another country
Overnight vis itorsTOUR ISTS
Same-day vis itorsEXCUR S IONISTS
Involved in touris m s tatis tics Not involved in touris m s tatis tics
T R A V E L E R S
Greek
travel primarily by sea pleasure travel currency exchange
was developed
Roman
excellent roads and waterways
sport gladiator fights sightseeing to Greece touring Egypt roads fell into disuse
since barbarians made it unsafe to travel
The Middle Ages
members of the ruling classes travelled to their distant estates
knights went to hunt or seek new adventure apprentices were seeking work or went to study at
famous workshops students travelled to study with famous scientists actors went from inn to inn reciting poetry pilgrims appeared as the Crusade to the Holy Land
began
The Modern Age
17th century: Grand Tours 18th century: travel for health The Industrial Revolution: accelerated the movement from rural to urban
areas
1779:Steam engine
1807: Steamship
1817: Locomotive
Thomas Cook
1841: railway excursion using chartered trains
1862: cheaper fares for crossing English Channel
1870:first round-the-world trip
The 20th century
Introduction of motor car
1958: Boeing 707 the age of air travel for
the masses arrived
Freddie Laker
1948: airlifts of food to the people of Berlin
1955: set up an air service carrying passengers and cars
1960-1965: British United Airways
1966-1982: Laker Airways
César Manrique
studied art driving force behind
the island of Lanzarote’s whole tourism development philosophy
The Future
world tourism will continue to grow fastest rates of growth will be achieved by
the countries in East Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, Asia and Africa
Thank you for coming