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https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/travelling-for-pleasure-a-brief-history-of-tourism - Intro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Tour - Grand tour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Baths_(Bath) - The growth of spa towns
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\the grand tour started by emerging from an existing custom groups of wealthy young mean by them travelling to parts of Europe for education and cultural purposes. Grand tour was made for educational purposes but only started for young wealthy mean and not women because it then wasn't essential for women at the time but they did later on in the 18-19 century join in. -
The romans were the major proponents of spa bathing they created the spa towns. They built sophisticated bath complexes . The spa towns were created because the romans discovered healing properties in the mineral-rich waters which then become very popular around the world and become a big health treatment for healing. Then it become a tradition of mineral spring for health becoming fashionable. In Britain there are many of bath towns such as Bath in England being the biggest. -
Travel and tourism began in the ancient times with its first journey by going to Egypt and Greece for necessity religion and going for civilization and pleasure utilizing recourses such as ancient roads and which originates in the European grand tour.