TOURISM

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Principles, Practices, Philosophies

Charles R. Goeldner
J. R. Brent Ritchie
TWELFTH EDITION
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CHAPTER 2

Tourism through the Ages

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 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Recognize the antiquity of human travel over vast distances on

both sea and land.
• Understand how these journeys have evolved from trips which
were difficult and often dangerous to mass travel for millions
today.
• Learn about some of the great travelers in history who wrote
astonishing accounts of exotic places they had visited.
• Discover the many similarities in travel motivations, economic
conditions, political situations, attractions, and tourist facilities
during the time of the Roman Empire and that of today.

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 SEVEN WONDERS OF THE
ANCIENT WORLD
1. Great Pyramids of Egypt (including Sphinx)
2. Hanging Gardens of Babylon
3. Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus
4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia
5. Collosus of Rhodes in the
Harbor at Rhodes
6. Great Lighthouse (Pharos)
in Alexandria, Egypt
Photo courtesy of PhotoDisc, Inc./Getty
7. Temple Artemis at Ephesus Images.

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 NEW WONDERS OF THE WORLD

• The Great Wall of China

• The ancient city of Petra in Jordan
• The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro
• Machu Picchu in Peru
• The Maya ruins of Chichen Itza
in Mexico
• The Colosseum in Rome
• India’s Taj Mahal
Photo courtesy of the United Nations.

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 HISTORIC TRANSPORTATION

• Stagecoach Travel
• Water Travel
• Rail Travel
• Automobile and Motor
Coach Travel
• Air Travel

Photo courtesy of Tuolumne County Visitors

Bureau.

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