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Raising competitiveness for the Travel and Tourism Industry
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Raising competitiveness for the Travel and Tourism Industry
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REFERENCESNasr, N. E. S., 2017. Raising competitiveness for the Travel and Tourism Industry (the Case ofEgypt).International Journal of Heritage, Tourism, and Hospitality.10(2/2).Mihalič, T. and et.al., 2016. The influence of the political environment and destination governance onsustainable tourism development: a study of Bled, Slovenia.Journal of Sustainable Tourism.24(11).pp.1489-1505.The era of Grand Tour (between 16th and 17th century) With the beginning of this era, the trend of luxurious travellingwas started by wealthy English travellers. In this era travellingwas developed as a status symbol and it went viral throughout theEurope. The main objective was to experience and study the artand science of different parts of the world. It was also known asthe 'Dark era of Tourism'.The era of Renaissance (between 14thand 16th century) During this era the traders began toexplore and travel farther from theirvillage for trade, because the church andthe kings and queen began to expandtheir territory. The Modern era (19th century to the present) In this era the development of mass tourism took place. Withthe introduction of paid vacations the leisure travel was madepossible for working and middle class people. Thetechnological developments in travel and tourism sector werealso happened in this era, like the advent of jet travel toshorten travel time. The era of mobility (between 17th and 18th century) This was the era of growing economic prosperity. This era is alsoknown for it's increased developments in modes, systems andspeed of travel (rail roads, steam engine ships and roads). Thomascook, known as the father of tourism, organised his first trip fromLeicester to Loughborough in 1841, soon he also organised thefamous 'the round the world trip' in 1972. With the invention ofauto-mobile and air-plane the freedom to travel was expanded.The era of Empires (before 14th century) The beginning of Empire era was started from therise of Egyptians and then to the Empire of Greekand finally ended with the downfall of RomanEmpire. During this time the main purposes fortravelling were religious, educational, commercialand governmental. EVOLUTION OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM
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