HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF

TOURISM DURING THE ANCIENT

PERIOD
 BABYLONIANS
• Attractions:

• Purpose of Travel – Trading

• Mode of Transportation
Land – By foot and donkey, cart
Sea – Gulf boat, Raft, Coracle

Hanging Garden of Babylon

 Activities/Attractions

EGYPTIANS

• Purpose of Travel – Trading

• Mode of Transportation: The Pyramid Of Giza
Land: by foot, chariot and horses,
donkey and camels
Sea: boat and ferries by the Nile
River

The Nile River

 GREEKS

• Purpose of Travel – Trading, Leisure and Religious Significance

• Mode of Transportation
• By Land – By foot, animals like donkey and horses, chariots
• By Sea – Boats and Ships
• Accommodation – Network of Inns
• Attractions
• House baths were built by 6th century BC near
• Most of the bath were icy water until the
introduction of Laconica Baths. Herodotus
 ATTRACTIONS OF
GREEKS

Acropolis
Panhellenic Games

Pythian Games (Apollo)

- Every 2 years
Nemean Games (Zeus and Heracles)
- Every 2 years
Isthmian Games (Poseidon)
- Every 2 Years
City of Dionysia: Festival Olympic Games (Zeus)
- Every 4 years

Sanctuary of Apollo
 ROMANS

• Purpose of Travel – Trading, Leisure, Religious • Taberna – High Class

Significance and Military
restaurants
• Mode of Transportation
Around 150 BC , network of roads were built • Popinae – lower Class
during this period. Restaurants
• Accommodation
• Seaside resorts and boarding houses
• Caupona – Inns for low class
• Hospitia – rented rooms in private romes
 ATTRACTIONS OF ROMANS

Public House Baths Colosseum

Balnea – small private bathing
buildings
Thermae – large imperial baths