AWESOME DIY Holidays

Travel

• What do you hope to take away from this Sabbatical?

* Be a professional tour guide?

* Open a tour company?

• How often do you travel?

* once a year?

* every school holiday?

Travel

Why people travel?

Scenic Hawaii

Why people travel?

• Get into your groups

• Discuss and write down, on the mahjong paper, the reasons

( from ancient time to present time )

• 10 mins

Why people travel?

Humans have always been on the move. Our skeletons and muscle structures have evolved to facilitate gathering our food, escaping from predators, and to satisfy our animal curiosity.

As our brains grew larger, so did our inquisitiveness, and driven by different reasons, humans began to travel.

Why people travel?• Nomadic hunters and gatherers moved in search of food following seasonally available wild plants and game. • The Ancient man began to build roads to facilitate the movement of troops through empires, and eventually civilians began to travel in caravans. Travel for the purpose of commerce and trade took explorers to strange lands to meet other people, and bring back riches of unfathomable value. • Wealthy Greeks and Romans began to travel for leisure to their summer homes and villas by the sea in cities like Pompeii and Baiae.The freedom of travel in the Roman Empire brought many Jews to flourishing cities of the ancient world, and Jesus himself is thought to have traveled a great deal with his disciples.

Why people travel?

In Medieval times, the most notorious travelers were pilgrims and missionaries. Driven by their religious convictions, pilgrims made dangerous journeys to places like Santiago de Compostela, Canterbury, and Jerusalem while missionaries traveled to heathen areas to evangelize the people, such as the Celts in Ireland.

In the late 16th century it became fashionable for young aristocrats and wealthy upper class men to travel to important European cities as a crowning touch to their education in the arts and literature, designed to enlighten Europe’s young elite.

Why people travel?

Thomas Cook, in 1841, put together the first package holiday in history. He started off with tours in Britain but with his rapid success soon moved unto other European cities, where Paris and the Alps were the most popular destinations Thomas Cook pioneered all the common services that travel agencies undertake for the passenger today: accommodation, travel tickets, timetables, attractions, currency exchanges, travel guides and tours.

Modern Days Reasons why people travel

• Romance- There are thousands of people who are involved in long distance relationships. At some point though, they need to see each other. For the sake of love, people will travel for hours to spend as much time as they can with the love of their life.

• Relaxation- All work and no play is not a good thing. People need to get away from the stress of everyday life, and a nice sunny location with a beach might just be what the doctor ordered.

Modern Days Reasons why people travel

• Family/ Friends -Many people have family/friends that are located in different parts of the world. They need to visit with them even if it's for a short period of time.

• Religion- There are places in the world that hold religious importance for many people. Religious travel is often related to a purpose such as seeing where the last pope was buried, or traveling to the town where Jesus was born.

Modern Days Reasons why people travel

• Honeymoon- You're getting married and are going somewhere special to celebrate. This usually occurs right after the wedding, but there are many occasions where people celebrate a honeymoon years later.

• Education-You're getting your education somewhere other than where you live or you are going away on an educational school trip.

Modern Days Reasons why people travel

• Celebration- Wedding, Anniversary, Birthday, Birth- There's always something to celebrate and it doesn't always happen where you live.

• Medical/Health- Sometimes the treatment you need isn't available in the city/town where you live. Often the best medical care is costly and requires travel to receive it.

• Work- Job requirements might mean a fair bit of travel is involved. Even if the travel is within your own country it still has a purpose attached to it.

Types of travel

• Adventure• Agritourism• Archaeological travel• Bookstore travel• Christian tourism• Culinary tourism• Culture tourism• Dark tourism

Types of travel

• Ecotourism• Garden tourism• Halal tourism• Literary tourism• Medical tourism• Music tourism• Nautical tourism• Pop-culture tourism

Types of travel

• Sacred travel/ Metaphysical tourizm/Spiritualized travel

• Safari• Slum tourism• Space tourism• Sport tourism• Volunteer travel• Water tourism• Wine tourism