Traveling is an old age concept and has been a part of our cultural and civilization for many thousands of years. Though the history of travel is not exactly known, it is believed to have started some time during the 600 BC in Egypt. This country at that point in time was very famous for holding a number of religious and other entertainment activities for the benefit of society as a whole. This message spread across to nearby countries and locations and many of them flocked to Egypt to witness these activities. Thus started the initial known journey of travel and today traveling has become an integral part of our life.
Over the next few hundred years, people traveled across many parts of the world in search of new foods, new markets for products and services or exploring new countries and territories or simply for capturing new areas and bringing them under their control. People also traveled a lot for pilgrimage and religious purposed and India is such country which has an impressive history of people traveling to spread the message of religion and brotherhood.
The growth of travel along with it brought new employment and job opportunities to many people because of increased commercial and trade activities. Slowly, travel became a good source of income generation and thus came into being what is known as tourism. The world tourism is born out the world “Tour” which means keep moving from one place to another, for whatever reason which is close to such persons.
Hence travel and tourism are great avenues for people to meet, exchange views, and know more about their cultures and above all further business and trade activities. The development of modern technology by way of better communication facilities and better travel and stay amenities has made traveling a pleasure and eventually has contributed greatly for the development of the economies of various countries.