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Introduction to Tourism
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Definitions Tourism Travel for the purposes of leisure or recreation Tourist Someone who travels to a place outside their usual environment and stays there for less than one year
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What Does It Take to Be a Tourist? Disposable Income Time Infrastructure
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Where would you go and why?
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History of Tourism “Holiday” Derived from the words “holy” and “day” “Pilgrimage” Travel to a sacred place Mecca Required in the Muslim faith Graceland Home of Elvis Presley
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History Cont’d Why did people start traveling? See things Buildings, art, etc. Learn new languages Taste new food
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Grand Tour Rich English men traveled Europe England – France – Switzerland – Italy – Germany – Holland What is the modern equivalent?
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Backpacking! It’s a rite of passage! Source: Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org/)
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Activity Pick a time period outside of the last 100 years and create a tourist brochure that tries to get people to visit, such as: Rome (during empire) Greece (during ancient times) Europe (during black plague) Scotland (during Braveheart days) The more random the better Get creative
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