What was the beginning of tourism?

The beginning of the modern tourism industry in the world was Thomas Cook. Thomas Cook carried out the first large-scale travel of people, and booked train tickets for them, sent companions, and found local people as guides. Introduction, these are the characteristics of modern tourism, and he founded the first travel agency in the world.

The tourism business must consist of three parts: tourism, transportation and passenger transportation, and the accommodation industry represented by hotels. They are the three pillars of the tourism industry. As a new advanced form of social consumption, travel and sightseeing activities often organically combine material life consumption and cultural life consumption.

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Modern society’s definition of tourism

Government departments and academic institutions: In order to integrate tourism with other disciplines, including economics, sociology, Correspondingly, disciplines such as cultural anthropology and geography also make various limitations and refinements to tourism.

Economist: Mainly concerned about the contribution of tourism to the national economy and destination economic development, paying attention to supply and demand, foreign exchange earnings and international balance of payments, employment and other monetary factors;

Sociologists and cultural anthropologists: mainly study the travel behavior of individuals and groups, and pay more attention to the customs, traditional culture and lifestyle of both guests and hosts;

Geographers: concerned about the spatial factors of tourism , studying travel flows and locations, the extent of development, land use, and changes in the physical environment.