tailieunhanh - Ebook Introduction to Hospitality (7th edition - Global edition): Part 2

(BQ) Part 2 book "Introduction to hospitality" has contents: Tourism; recreation, attractions, and clubs; gaming entertainment; meetings, conventions, and expositions; leadership and management. | Find more at CHAPTEr 9 tourism CHAPTEr 10 recreation, attractions, and Clubs CHAPTEr 11 Gaming entertainment pa r t iii Tourism, Recreation, Attractions, Clubs, and Gaming Find more at Find more at Chapter 9 Tourism LEArNiNG oBJECTiVES After reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: • Summarize the historical impact of transportation on tourism. • Define tourism and describe the important international tourism organizations. • Describe the benefits and prospects of tourism. • Describe the economic impact of tourism. • Identify the promoters of tourism. • Summarize the sociocultural impact of tourism. • Describe ecotourism. 383 Find more at 384   PART III  Tourism, Recreation, Attractions, Clubs, and Gaming Highlights of Tourism It is difficult to determine when tourism began because, centuries ago, very few people traveled for pleasure or business as they do today. We can trace some travel destinations since ancient times as follows: • In the fourth century . (before Christ), work started on the Great Wall of China and continued for centuries until the 1600s. Although not a tourist destination (or attraction) back then, it certainly is today. • In 776 ., athletic games were held on the plain of Olympia in Greece (the modern Olympic Games were inspired by these games), and presumably people traveled there to participate or to watch. • The Romans liked to visit the Bay of Naples, so they built a road there from Rome in 312 . (anno Domini, after Christ). The road was 100 miles long and took four days by litter to get there (in which a nobleperson sat on a platform and was carried by some unfortunate servants). • Religious pilgrimages to Rome and the Holy Land (now Israel) began in the 1200s, so inns sprang up to feed and accommodate the pilgrims. • Marco Polo became the first noted European business traveler as he pioneered trade .