ORIGINS OF THE LODGING
INDUSTRY
, The History of Tourism
As seasons changed and animals migrated, people traveled to survive.
These early travelers moved on foot, they were limited to quite small geographical
areas.
In this time, travel may remained a localized experience, but people by nature are
interested.
Travelers climbing a mountain and crossing rivers to satisfy their own sense of
adventure and curiosity as they sought a glimpse of the unknown
Phoenicians, Olmecs, early Chinese traveled for trade and military control
As civilizations became established and spread geographically, travel become
necessity.
, Terms
Phoenician- a member of a Semitic people inhabiting
ancient Phoenicia and its colonies. The Phoenicians
prospered from trade and manufacturing until the capital,
Tyre, was sacked by Alexander the Great in 332 BC
Olmec- a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the
coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of
Mexico ( c. 1200–400 BC), who established what was
probably the first developed civilization of Meso-America.
INDUSTRY
, The History of Tourism
As seasons changed and animals migrated, people traveled to survive.
These early travelers moved on foot, they were limited to quite small geographical
areas.
In this time, travel may remained a localized experience, but people by nature are
interested.
Travelers climbing a mountain and crossing rivers to satisfy their own sense of
adventure and curiosity as they sought a glimpse of the unknown
Phoenicians, Olmecs, early Chinese traveled for trade and military control
As civilizations became established and spread geographically, travel become
necessity.
, Terms
Phoenician- a member of a Semitic people inhabiting
ancient Phoenicia and its colonies. The Phoenicians
prospered from trade and manufacturing until the capital,
Tyre, was sacked by Alexander the Great in 332 BC
Olmec- a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the
coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of
Mexico ( c. 1200–400 BC), who established what was
probably the first developed civilization of Meso-America.
