The first vacation
The origin of the holidays is in Ancient Rome with Vacant Days, a word that comes from the root Vacatio and means exempt from the obligation. They still worked but the Romans were free from religious obligations.
The concise emergence of these was not until the Middle Ages, when after the little amount of work that there was, those who applied the laws determined a period of rest. According to the Book of Laws or "Las Partidas", of the King of Spain Alfonso X, the measure was replicated by the clergy.
With holidays, tourism arises, but and how did it arise? This arises as a result of the idea of "going on a trip" that was related to education since, in the 16th century, the British company began to send their adult children Travel. They were sent to Italy, for their art and gastronomic distinction. Cultural trips, called "Grand Tour", were extended to the richest families of the time.
The word “Tourist”
In the book Memories of a Tourist, the French writer Stendhal used the word "tourist" for the first time. In this work, he proposed to portray his own impressions of each place.
The first time the word tourist was used
In the book Memories of a Tourist, the French writer Stendhal used the word "tourist" for the first time. In this work, he proposed to portray his own impressions of each place, without considering the rules imposed on how to write and with the itinerary as a pretext for a personal perception to emerge.
As the railroad and navigation developed, in the 19th century it was also the English bourgeoisie, with money and time, that began to drive travel. This is how the first travel agency was born, which opened the possibility for the less favored classes to travel to different destinations, and thus make it known that traveling was not only for the privileged sectors.
Holidays in the 19th century
Holiday advertising in the 19th century
With the industrial revolution, the improvement of transportation, and access to the bourgeoisie, the first tourism boom occurred in the 19th century, hence the origin of the first tourists who travel for pleasure. A transition is made from the enlightened traveler to the romantic traveler who sought to experiment for the senses, feelings, and to find himself, this one, in particular, was in search of adventure, and exotic experiences. The objective of these trips was to have a beautiful memory and tell others about it.
One of the great destinations was Spain because at that time it seemed very exotic. There was a lot between France and Spain, thus encouraging European travel. From there the difference between north and south began to be denoted, that is, if you wanted to see something to say elegant, the north of the country was fine, but if you wanted to see something more exotic, the ideal was to go down more and more to the south.
Tourism and clichés
Clichés
The first stereotypes or clichés emerged, which rather represented the traveler's perspective compared to his country of origin.
As travel became more popular, the first stereotypes or clichés also emerged, which rather represented the traveler's perspective compared to his country of origin. That is why we can see today for example that whenever we think of Mexico we can imagine "a cactus with a mustache, big hat, and zarape" and for example, if we think of France the first thing that comes to mind is "a person wearing clothes of black stripes, black beret, red neck scarf, baguette in hand ... It may sound funny, but all these ideas that gradually became stereotypes were generated by the great movement of tourist travel.
Women as influencers of travel literature
Many professions emerged and could be exercised, but this was not the case for women, they were not allowed to be anthropologists, cartographers, naturalists, sociologists, or historians, they used travel stories that they were considered a minor genre to talk about these issues.
The nineteenth century was passing and with it, many professions emerged and could be exercised, but this was not the case for women, they were not allowed to be anthropologists, cartographers, naturalists, sociologists, or historians, they used travel stories that they were considered a minor genre to talk about these issues. A very clear example was the detailed cooking stories such as Katharine Lee Bates in her book "In sunny Spain with Pilarica and Rafael", in addition to this she documents popular sayings, songs, analyzes, and phonetics. Another example is the British traveler Luisa Thenseson who makes stories describing plants, types of flowers, vegetation, irrigation systems, type of soil, thus delving into folology and botany. Some of the female travelers even questioned many stereotypes pointed out by male travelers, thus modifying them. Thanks to women travelers we can now count on the wide range of testimonials and such detailed descriptions of many places. They are considered great influencers of literature.
Travel today
Enjoy travels
Today, the tourism industry is the world leader in spending on the Internet of Things, and the ramifications of this transformation are still emerging. Perhaps the global pandemic that everyone already knows about has greatly affected tourism, but it is estimated that very soon, for next year, it will begin to emerge again and by then there will be many offers of new forms of tourism. travel, as is the Micro and Macrostay modality. The Microstays consist of enjoying a hotel in your own city or elsewhere for a few hours and the Macrostays consist of the privatization of a hotel exclusively for you. We invite you to meet them.
