Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CHAPTER
2
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Tourism through the Ages
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Recognize the antiquity of human travel over
vast distances on both sea and land.
Discover the many similarities in travel
motivations, economic conditions, political
situations, attractions, and tourist facilities
during the period of the Roman Empire and
today.
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Understand how these journeys have evolved
from trips that were dif
cult and often
dangerous, to mass travel for millions today.
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Learn about some of the great travelers in
history who wrote astonishing accounts of
exotic places they had visited.
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For generations, travelers have
flocked to the Great Wall of China. At least 2,600 years old and some 3,946 miles long,
it is the only manmade structure on earth visible to the naked eye from the moon.
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