1, ancient tourism
(1) Ancient Greece
At that time, the most representative ones were medical travel and religious travel. In the 3rd century BC, Greek tourists began to travel and visit the resort where the drug god lived. In the 5th century BC, the development of religious tourism in Greece was the most prominent. In ancient Greece, Telo Island, Delphi and Mount Olympus were world-famous religious shrines at that time.
(2) the Roman Empire (30 BC to 5th century BC)
This period is mainly cross-regional tourism and local tourism. It was not until the Roman Empire that travel began to become more important. The coins of the Roman Empire were accepted by all countries, and Latin became the common language at that time. Romans could travel to Sicily, Greece, Rhode Island, Troy and Egypt, and they also traveled to the Holy Land from the 3rd century.
The local tourism industry is also booming, and the most popular tourist attractions in the early days are concentrated in the Bay of Naples. Around BC 150, the Romans began to build roads for military purposes. With the improvement of highway network, special accommodation facilities such as post stations have appeared along the highway. These favorable conditions prompted the Romans to travel long distances.
(3) the Arab empire (5th century BC-16th century)
The main tourism in this period was religious pilgrimage: the feudal society in the Middle Ages in the West was dark and tourism activities were at a low ebb. However, the rise of the Arab Empire in the 7th century greatly promoted the development of tourism.
(4) the period of capitalist expansion (from 65438 to the 5th century)
During this period, capitalism expanded outward and global travel developed day by day. /kloc-in the 0/5th century, western capitalism began to sprout. Spain, Portugal and Britain were already maritime powers, and began to expand abroad and plunder wealth. At that time, western science had proved that the earth was round, the Turkish occupied the Far East and the Near East, and the sea routes to India and China were cut off, so it was imperative to find new routes. Later, Columbus discovered America and Magellan traveled around the world.
⑤ Renaissance (from17th century)
During this period, the world began to enter the period of great tourism. Since the17th century, grand tourism has become the direct product of the trend of pursuing freedom and longing for knowledge predicted by the Renaissance. /kloc-at the end of 0/8, this fashion has been firmly established in the upper and middle classes of society.
2. Modern tourism (1mid-8th century to1mid-9th century)
During this period, the world's major capitalist countries have successively completed the industrial revolution, which has promoted the transformation of transportation mode, the rapid development of economy and the improvement of people's purchasing power. At the same time, it also provides a huge demand market for the development of tourism, and the development of demand stimulates the development of tourism supply.
Thomas Cook Travel Agency, the first travel agency in the world, was born in the middle of19th century. The appearance of this travel agency marks the beginning of tourism as an industry, and also marks the beginning of real tourism activities.
3. Modern tourism (since World War II)
After World War II, the world ended the long-term war situation, the economy began to develop steadily, the traffic improved steadily, and the tourism industry also developed rapidly. The sustained and steady expansion of tourism demand has promoted the sustained growth of tourism supply, and at the same time, the tourism competition between regions and countries has become increasingly fierce. Moreover, the growth of tourism demand has also promoted the change of tourism mode. On the basis of traditional holiday tourism, various new tourism activities emerge one after another, such as eco-tourism, green tourism and adventure tourism. These characteristics together constitute the modern tourism industry.