Comprehensive Analysis: Historical Development of Tourism Industry

This report analyzes the historical development of the travel and tourism sector, tracing its evolution across different eras. It begins by examining early forms of travel, such as those undertaken by nomads in search of food and shelter, and the emergence of pilgrimage tourism. The report then explores key periods, including the 14th, 18th, and 19th centuries, highlighting the changing motivations for travel, from trade and cultural exchange to leisure and entertainment. It discusses the impact of technological advancements, such as the development of railways and aircraft, on the industry's growth and the diversification of services offered to travelers. The analysis covers the expansion of the tourism industry and its varied offerings, including online booking, package tours, and specialized travel experiences, providing a comprehensive understanding of the sector's historical trajectory.

In the early age, cultural aspects, learning languages and travelling challenges restricted (Capacci, Scorcu and Vici, 2015). In 14 century
Christopher Columbus sailed westward and vasco da gama cruised to country for earn money then business travel has been integral part of
tourism industry(Cave and Brown 2012).
Early tourism started with Nomads who travelled around the world in search of
food and shelter. Main intension of this traveller is to gathered food and traded around the world and gave rise to the barter system (Capacci,
Scorcu and Vici, 2015). 1500 BC is marked as the era when the Europeans visited pyramids and thus developed the tourism for pilgrimage. Early
tourism started with Nomads who travelled around the world in search of food and shelter. Main intension of this traveller is to gathered food
and traded around the world and gave rise to the barter system (Capacci, Scorcu and Vici, 2015). 1500 BC is marked as the era when the
Europeans visited pyramids and thus developed the tourism for pilgrimage.
Historical Development of Travel and Tourism Sector
Travelling is a leisure and fun activity whereby the travellers explore the world out and tour operators are concerned with managing and
organizing certain facilities for their benefits. The particular sector has evolved since the period of time and is creating wide range of jobs
and other exercises to provide the customers with long lasting experience.
T&T 2000 Years Ago
In this period of time, nomads were the main travellers and
they roam around to other places in search of shelter and food.
At that time, interest of making pilgrim's journey gave rose to
the travel and tourism sector (Becker, 2016). These tour
operators engaged themselves in creating such pilgrimage
systems through the means of barter system. People love to
spend their summer vacation at coast and sea-sided region.
These sector made arrangements for the sleeping and eating
area for the travellers.
18th Century
This has been entirely different perspective of travel and tourism sector wherein people
started making journeys for the purpose of culture and health (Xiang, Magnini and Fesenmaier,
2015). They engaged themselves in visiting different continents for the purpose of getting
knowledge and further studies. The interest of art, monuments and other ancient stories have
given rose to the make voyages. It bought a new as well as fresh air in Europe thereby
flourishing the country with lot more visitors and acting as a growth of the economy.
19th Century
The modern era has caused a wide range of expenditure by the people in the leisure and
entertainment activities. With the increasing personal disposable income of the citizens they are
spending large amount of money in travel and tourism sector. The industry has expanded in the
past years and providing varied kind of services to the visitors (Sirgy and Uysal, 2016). With the
innovation and development of railways and aircraft's, it has facilitated the travellers to visit to a
different continent in just few hour as well as at economical cost. It also created varied job
opportunities for the people in form of transport, accommodation, leisure and entertainment. Apart
from it, this sector is rendering numerous services in form of online booking, packages, fun,
resorts, couple or family tour and many more.
Early 14th Century
It has been ascertained that in the respective year
people were more dedicated and interested towards
learning new and innovative languages, trying to get
knowledge about different aspects as well as travelling
to other country's so as to know more about that
region (Evans, Stonehouse and Campbell, 2012). But
all these were restricted at that time and there was no
chance for the people to make voyages. Thereafter, in
the mid of 14th century, Columbus Christopher sailed
to Vasco da ganna ad westward. The main purpose of
this voyage to gain revenue by making business
transactions. Therefore, it gave rise to the people
travelling to other country so as to make money for
themselves.