Development of travel and tourism

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Development of Travel and Tourism ANCIENT TIMES u Travel was time consuming, expensive, and dangerous. u Early travel was associated with the waterways. Clustering of cities beside rivers and coastlines led to the commercial use of waterways for carrying goods and people. u Travel by land was limited. u With the advent of the wheel, little improvement in speed was realized at first. u The Assyrians, from 900 to 612 BC , developed a network to facilitate travel within the Assyrian Empire for military use. Roads leading to areas of economic, political, and military importance were paved and stone bridges were constructed over strategic river crossings. u The Persians, following the Assyrians, contributed to travel mainly in the expansion of the empire and in improvement in the travel infrastructure. u Roads were expanded and refine  New kinds of wagons were developed – classical four wheeled, closed carriages for the wealthy and elite THE ROMAN ERA u The Romans’ keen sense of military and administrative organization brought under control, politically and culturally. u The Romans had the ability to build superior transportation networks. u Three factors emerged during the Roman Era that were important contributors to tourism : common, coinage, language and legal system u Roman coins were the only medium of exchange the traveler needed to carry since they were accepted throughout the empire. u Greek and Latin were the principal official and business languages, enabling the traveler to communicate relatively easily in any part of the empire u The legal system provided protection from foreign courts and jurisdiction. u Romans developed the concept of a leisure holiday that allowed Romans free time to travel. u They travel for enjoyment and to visit friends u
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