The History of Tourist Transport After the Modern Industrial Revolution

Gierczak Beata
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Gierczak Beata: Chair of Tourism, University of Economics in Poznań

Polish Journal of Sport and Tourism, 2011, vol. 18, issue 4, 275-281

Abstract: The article focuses on the changes in the development of tourism transportation, which occurred after the invention of the steam engine in 1769 by Watt. The stages in tourism transport after the industrial revolution have been introduced. The article also deals with changes occurred in all modes of transportation, taking into account the speed of the trip, the quality of transport services and the pace of the development of the touristic movement as well as the pro-ecological actions.

Keywords: tourism transport; the industrial revolution in transport; stages in the history of transport; modes of tourism transportation; tourism transport; the industrial revolution in transport; stages in the history of transport; modes of tourism transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2478/v10197-011-0022-6

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