 Tourism – a more recent and transient form of migration.  Old reasons of traveling were only because of military conquests, religious pilgrimages, trade, and diplomacy.  Most people did not travel because transportation was slow, expensive, and inconvenient.

 Mass tourism was created by industrial society.  Tourism became a growing industry in Western Europe and the U.S. during the mid 19 th century.  Thomas Cook created the first travel agency in 1850 while Karl Baedeker and his son took advantage of the economic benefits of tourism.

 In the early and mid 1800’s more people were going on vacations because of pleasure.  Pleasure zones were created in Britain, Coney Island, and Varna.  The package tour was created after World War 2, which allowed people to travel all around the world.

 Travel and tourism had become the two major industries on the planet.  The total economic value of goods and services in 1996 estimated to be $3.6 trillion, and this service gave work to approximately 255 million people.  Tourism created low-paying jobs, and most of the profits went toward the places were tourism is located.