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"Educational journeys" in England
The travels of the educated middle classes imitated those of prominent poets and philosophers, for example Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Charles Baron de Montesquieu, Johan Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johan Gottfried Herder, and many others. -
2nd event that changed tourism development
Hiram Bingham III used to be an explorer and American politician who discovered Macchu Picchu. He also discovered Incas ruins, which is one of the most popular destinations in Peru nowadays. He was helped by some local guides 400 years later than America was discovered by Europeans. -
Historic moments that changed tourism worldwide
The first flight was realised.
Wright brothers were the first people to use it and they were flying it successfully for 12 seconds at first time. Then, it touched down safely. That was the first journey by flight that was realised by humans. -
3rd event that influenced in tourism development.
Although historical sites and unique cultural features had always made Spain attractive to foreign visitors, the tourist boom that began in the mid-1950s was based primarily on the recreational assets of the Mediterranean seashore areas. The country had fewer than 1 million tourists. -
The Foundations of Modern Tourism
In the context of the history of tourism, the term "introductory phase" refers to all the developments, structures and innovations of modern tourism. This period witnessed the beginning of a comprehensive process characterised by a prototypical upsurge in a middle-class culture of travel and its formation, popularisation and diversification. It prepared the way for a mass tourism recognisable to modern concepts of spending leisure time -
The Expansion and Globalisation (1953-1987)
In tourism after the war only came slowly and in Germany, Austria and Switzerland remained confined to domestic destinations. -
1973-1803
The tourist boom had a significant impact on the Spanish economy.It was a welcome source of foreign exchange , it also diverted capital investment and construction efforts away from more stable economic activities.They travelled to Italy or France in search of edification and discussed the knowledge acquired abroad and their experiences in literary works, and travel novels. Educational travel expanded with the inclusion of other strata of the population and shorter trips. -
pre-development phase of modern tourism
It lasted from the18th century to the first third of 19th. During this stage, touristic travel increased highly. Traveling was a demonstrative expression of their social class which communicated power, status, money and leisure. Two characteristics stand out: on the one hand, the search for pleasure increasingly supplanted the educational aspects; on the other, wealthy members of the middle classes sought to imitate the travelling behaviour of the nobles and the upper classes. -
6 th
The distant Canary Islands attracted 13 % of Spain's foreign guests, and land-locked Madrid was host to 8 %Cultural festivals were instituted in Santander and Madrid in an effort to increase the attractiveness of these cities. The seaside resorts continued to dominate the tourist industry, however, despite considerable government effort to stimulate interest in visiting historical and cultural sites. Although areas on the northern coast facing the Bay of Biscay were accessible. -
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the importance of tourism to the Spanish economy was substantial
The most popular resort areas were the Balearic Islands and the Mediterranean coastal areas.
The Balearic Islands generally accounted for about 34 percent of the number of nights foreign tourists spent in Spain