What are the reasons for the first development of short-distance tourism?

In ancient times, there was no such thing as long-distance travel, only short-distance, such as a spring outing.

The reasons were probably

traffic conditions, poor road conditions and inconvenient transportation.

There were too few people who could travel long-distance, mainly because they had no free time, no economic support and no social status, so they could not form a scale, so they could not form an industry. Perhaps at most, it's a special case like the emperor's southern tour or Xu Xiake.

In ancient times, this kind of tourism was a gathering of scholars and a summer vacation for rich families, but the audience was not wide. At worst, it became going out to play every day and playing with things, which was even more unpleasant.

If it's modern, it's at least a long-distance travel since World War II. It seems that

you can spend time

.