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scoundrels. Today, wars, unrest, and terrorism are similarly detrimental to tourism. Peace, prosperity,
effective marketing, and reasonable travel costs remain the essential ingredients needed for the
universal growth of travel.
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KEY CONCEPTS
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accommodations
air travel
American Express
attractions
automotive travel
early beginnings
early roads
Egyptians
Grand Tour
Greeks
Olympic Games
Pan American Airways
Phoenicians
Polynesians
rail travel
Robert Smart
Romans
Silk Road
stagecoaches
Sumerians
Thomas Bennett
Thomas Cook
travel agents
water travel
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INTERNET EXERCISES
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The Internet sites mentioned in this chapter, plus some
selected additional sites, are listed for your convenience on
the companion Web site for this topic,
www.wiley.com/college/goeldner
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2.
What is the prognosis for the amusement park industry
in the United States today?
ACTIVITY 2
Site Name:
National Trust for Historic Preservation
ACTIVITY 1
Site Name:
URL:
www.preservationnation.org
Background Information:
The National Amusement Park Historical
Association
URL:
The National Trust for Historic
Preservation is a privately funded nonpro
t organization
that provides leadership, education, and advocacy to save
America
www.napha.org
Background Information:
The National Amusement Park
Historical Association (NAPHA) is an international orga-
nization dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of
the amusement and theme park industry
s diverse historic places and revitalize our
communities.
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past, present,
Exercises
1.
and future.
What are National Trust historic sites?
Exercises
1.
2.
Where does the National Trust get its operating funds?
Trace the evolution of the amusement park from medie-
val Europe to the present day.
3.
Does the National Trust decide which buildings are
historic?
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QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
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1.
Of what value is learning the fundamentals of tour-
ism
functions the same today? Their ethics? (When
discussing, include tour escorts.)
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s long history?
2.
Do today
s travelers have motivations and concerns
similar to those of travelers who lived during the
classical era?
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5.
Describe the parallels that exist between tourism in
Roman times and that of today.
6.
Why have the Olympic Games survived since 776
B
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C
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What were the principal travel impulses of such early
sea explorers as Columbus, Cabot, Balboa, Magellan,
and Gosnold?
4.
Give some examples of how guides operated in early
tourism. Why were they so important? Are their
3.
7.
In the twenty-
rst century, how consequential for the
international traveler is an ability to converse in foreign
languages?
8.
Can one
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s money be converted to that of any other
country?
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