When did the history of world tourism begin?

/kloc-the industrial revolution that took place in Britain in the middle of the 0/8th century greatly changed the economic and social structure of the whole world, and also changed the direction of travel and tourism around the world. Britain's industrial revolution has had an important impact on the development direction of tourism because of the following four aspects: First, with the rapid development of productive forces and the sharp increase of wealth, the scale of the proletariat is expanding day by day, and they have the economic conditions for tourism; Second, the progress of science and technology, especially the vigorous development of transportation, has improved the transportation capacity, shortened the transportation time, and made it possible to move people on a large scale; Third, the industrial revolution accelerated the process of urbanization and shifted the focus of people's work and life to industrialized cities. This change eventually leads people to escape from the tense rhythm of urban life, from the pressure of crowded and noisy environment, and pursue the return to free and quiet nature. Fourth, the industrial revolution changed the nature of people's work. With the influx of a large number of people into cities, the diversified agricultural labor that was originally busy with rural reform began to be replaced by boring, repetitive and single large machine industrial labor, which led to a strong demand for holidays.

It is against this background that (Thomas.

Cook) stepped onto the historical stage as the world's first full-time travel agent. 184 1 year, he creatively chartered a train and took 540 people from Leicester to Loughborough to attend the prohibition meeting. The whole journey 1 1 mile, and the charge per person 1 shilling. Since then, he has organized similar railway trips many times and gradually realized the huge business opportunities. /kloc-began to specialize in travel agency business in 0/845, thus becoming the first full-time travel agency in the world.