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Introduction

The word “Hospitality” was used before the word tourism. Tourism was used to
describe individuals traveling away from home beginning in the 1700s. The
industrial revolution in England, along with the creation of more modern modes
of transportation such as steamships and railways, made travelling easier and
more common, By the middle of 1700s the term hotel came to be used for
lodging in Europe replacing the old idea of inns or taverns there. However,
lodging facilities in America were gaining popularity as inns, The first known
travel agency started by Thomas cook in England, appeared in the mid-1800s
and offered a package that included railways tickets and an accompanying tour
book. According to hurgria, 2007 the origin of the lodge is not very clear.
However, it believes that the Christian bible cites Christ’s birth in the first of an
early inns. Between the 11th and 13th centuries knowing as taverns (inns) service
to the relatively large roads of the roman empire.

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