Why is Thomas Cook the father of modern tourism?

Thomas Cook (1808- 1892), a British travel agent, was born in Melbourne, England. Pioneer of modern tourism, the first person to organize group tourism. From 65438 to 0828, Cook became a missionary, and later he was an active prohibition worker. Cook organized a self-help tour in Europe to provide travel assistance and hotel accommodation services for self-help tourists. /kloc-In the middle of the 9th century, Thomas Cook founded the world's first travel agency-Thomas Cook Travel Agency (namely Tongjilong Travel Agency), which marked the birth of modern tourism. /kloc-In the second half of the 20th century, inspired by Thomas Cook's own initiative and his successful tourism career, some organizations similar to travel agencies were first established in Europe, making tourism a more extensive economic activity in the world.

Personal record

184 1 On July 5th, Thomas Cook chartered a train to transport 570 people from Leicester to Loughborough for 22 miles. The group charges a shilling per person, provides free lunch and ham snacks, and is accompanied by a band to sing hymns. This short trip marks the beginning of modern tourism and sightseeing. Since then, he took the lead in formally establishing Tongjilong Travel Agency in Britain, specializing in service business. Thomas Cook and his travel agency are very famous in the British Isles. Therefore, Thomas Cook is recognized by the world as the originator of commercial tourism.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/845, Thomas Cook was appointed as the team leader, organized a leisure sightseeing group of 350 people to travel to Liverpool, and compiled a travel guide.

185 1 year, Cook organized the "Crystal Palace in London" World Expo, with more than165,000 participants.

1855, Cook organized a tour from Leicester, England to Paris, France, staying in Paris for four days, including accommodation and round trip to Paris, totaling 36 shillings. In fact, this is also the beginning of organizing package tours abroad in the world.

By 1864, the number of tourists organized by Thomas Cook had exceeded1000000.

1872, Thomas Cook became a self-employed tour guide and started a 70-day round-the-world tour for the first time. 10 people participated.

1878, Thomas Cook retired, and his business was taken over by his son Joel Masol Cook. (1939, Tongji Long Travel Agency has set up more than 350 branches around the world).

1872, he founded the earliest traveler's checks, which can be used in major cities all over the world. Tongji Long Travel Agency also published the earliest travel magazine in the world, which was translated into seven languages and reprinted as many as 17 times.

Tourism has always been a personal consumption activity based on individuals in history. For the first time in the world, it appeared in the form of an organization, directly linked to the transportation industry, and the person who started tourism was Thomas Cook of Britain. On July 5th, 184 1, he organized 570 people to attend the prohibition meeting by chartered car. Although this group trip is a non-commercial "amateur activity", it is open to the public, which increases Cook's interest and confidence in organizing tourism activities and lays the foundation and provides experience for him to set up a travel agency in the future. After years of preparation, he officially founded the world's first travel agency-Thomas Cook Travel Agency (now Tongji Long Travel Agency) on 1845, which became the beginning of travel agency business. After the establishment of the travel agency, on August 4th 1845, a leisure and sightseeing tour group was organized for the first time, that is, a trip from Leicester to Liverpool, with 350 participants. Cook himself made a careful plan for this group trip, personally inspected the tourist routes in advance, determined the tourist attractions along the way, and agreed with the innkeepers around the country on the accommodation and other matters for tourists. After he came back, he edited and published the "Liverpool Travel Handbook", which was distributed to tourists and became an early travel guide. 1846, he organized another 350 people to travel to Scotland under the guidance of a tour guide. Wherever the tour group went, it was warmly welcomed. Since then, the name of Thomas Cook Travel Agency has become very famous in the British Isles. 185 1 year, he organized 165000 people to visit the first World Expo held at the Crystal Palace in London. Four years later, the World Expo was held in Paris, France, and he organized more than 500,000 people to visit it, which made the tourism industry break the national boundaries and go to the world for the first time. By 1864, he had established Thomas Cook & Sons Company, started the tourism industry in an all-round way, and made a series of preparations for going global. 1872 Cook organized nine travelers of different nationalities to travel around the world for the first time, which lasted for 222 days. The success of this round-the-world trip has been praised by the whole world. Then, he established his own system in Europe, America, Australia and the Middle East. 1880, he opened the door to India, expanded the Egyptian market, established the world's first travel agency, and was hailed as the founder of world tourism.