Sunday, May 16, 2010

Development of tourism in world

Tourism development is changing process of travel and travel and traveling activities have been changing time to time from one condition to another. Traveling is human behavior and it is also natural phenomena. Men have been traveling since the beginning of human revolution and civilization.
The study of tourism development is consisting of historical context. It can be categorized under three phase.
1) first phase (early to 1840 AD)
2) second phase (1841 AD to 1945 AD)
3) third phase (1945 AD and onwards)

First phase:
The phase of tourism development includes all type of travel activities from the beginning of human evolution to 1840 AD. All travel patterns were basically related to search of food and shelter, trade and commerce and pilgrimage and discovery.
stone age travel
Stone age is before the long time of span time of ten thousand years ago. At that time men invented stone tools and use for hunting purpose. Stone age travel were done for searching of food and shelter. The life style was hunting animals collecting vegetables. Therefore, stone age culture is known as hunting and gathering. At that time of men used to move or travel one place from another place for day to day survival.

Trade and commerce
After the civilization period, men invented industrial goods. People used to travel to exchange and sell their production. Trade and commerce was the strongest force of travel. Gradually, opening of the new trade rules gave anew pattern.

pilgrimage tour
Large numbers of people travel for religious purpose in ancient time. People moved worship to the main shrine such as temples, stupa and gumba e.g. people visited to Lumbini the birth place of Buddha. Since ancient time pilgrimage tour and their activities are supporting the modern cultural and heritage tour.

explore and seeking knowledge
Another motive of travel was seeking knowledge. Number of traveler discovered many new things by exploring. Travelers like Vasco D Gama and Columbus traveled different part of the world and found new land and world.

Second phase (1841AD to 1945 AD)
The second phase of tourism development concerned from 1840 AD to 1945 AD. The period is after industrial revolution to the end of the Second World War. The industrial revolution brought a great change such as social life, economy and lifestyle of the people. It helped in technological development and urbanization process.
The great contribution and achievement of the industrial production was material wealth. Number of workers were involved in different industry. They earned large amount of money. The effect of industry was also mental tension of the people. Travel was only way to relief from mental tension of the people and tiredness. Therefore, numbers of people traveled for the purpose of rest, relaxations and pleasure. The pattern of traveling for pleasure leads to the phenomena of tourism. So, industrial revolution became a back bone of tourism development.
As a component of transportation and accommodation are basic infrastructures for the development of the tourism. Increased the necessity of pleasure zone many holiday resorts and hotel were established for rest, relaxation and pleasure. The pleasure travel was the starting point of modern tourism. The development of railway transportation was another landmark of tourism development. It helped in cheap and easier movement from one place to another. The first railway was started in the year 1830 AD.
People had a great contribution for that development of the tourism. Thomas Cook started organized rail tour in the year 1841 AD at the first time. His concept became popular all over the world. He was the first travel organizer. He visited as many as 570 travelers by chartering rail service. He also arranged travel program by collecting and selling (currency) as a wing contribution provides at the first time by Thomas Cook is known as father of modern tourism and pioneer of travel agent.

a. Organized rail tour
b. Commercial tour
c. Pleasure tour
d. Excursion
e. Educational tour
f. Circular tour
g. Opened bank voucher
h. Started hotel coupon
i. Provided guide book]
j. Provided as travel agency service

Some of the other remarkable contributions are during the second phase of tourism development also known. Sir Henry Lunn developed the concept of sport tourism in Switzerland in 1883 AD. The great revolution of transportation service was developed as a comfort type of railway travel with luxury furnishing and dinning facilities.

Third Phase of tourism development
The third phase of tourism development covered from 1945 AD and onwards. After the end of the Second World War, the world turned toward the peace process and development process especially contribution by united nation.
Third phase of tourism development is an actual era of modern tourism. The world was responsible factors for different development dimension development of industry, transportation, communication, modernization and material wealth etc. were responsible factors which contributes for modern tourism development.


1. Provision motor, car and couch
2. Paid holiday system
3. Mass tourism
4. Air transport and jet travel
5. Globalization of new concept and ideas
6. Introduction of new concept and ideas
7. Identity the new destination and place
8. Established tourist involved organization
9. Government involvement and investment
10. Market or marketing in travel or tourism
11. Development of advance accommodation
Various factors were responsible for modern tourism development. The modernization in tourism is great landmark during the third phase of tourism development.

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