Why are people called Thomas? Cook is a pioneer of modern tourism.

Because he is the founder of modern tourism, "the father of modern tourism". The first person to travel in a group also organized the world's first global tour group.

Compiled and published the world's first group tourist guide "Liverpool Guide", and creatively launched the earliest voucher with the embryonic form of traveler's checks.

/kloc-In the second half of the 9th century, inspired by Thomas Cook's own advocacy and his successful tourism career, some organizations similar to travel agencies were first established in Europe, making tourism a more extensive economic activity in the world.

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1846, Thomas Cook personally led a tour group to travel to Scotland by train and ship. Each member has a schedule of activities and a tour guide is provided for the tour group. In the same year, he wrote the Scottish Tourism Handbook. Since then, he has organized about 5,000 people to travel between the British Isles every year.

Every time he accompanied him personally, sorting out and printing travel guides. He succeeded in closely linking railways, waterways and ground transportation facilities. Tourism has made great progress.

1851may, in order to show the achievements of the British industrial revolution, the Crystal Palace in London was built and a large-scale exhibition was held, which was the first World Expo. Thomas Cook is determined to seize this opportunity and expand its tourism business. Before the opening of the exhibition, he visited major cities in central and northern England and organized tourists from all over the world to visit the exhibition in London.

To this end, he also founded a monthly magazine called "Tourists", which specifically introduced the scenery of various places and the experiences of tourists. This year, he organized 165000 people to visit the exhibition in London. Since then, he has successfully organized visitors to visit 1853 Dublin exhibition and 1857 Manchester exhibition.

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