Thomas Cook

It's only about 180 years old.

So people have traveled for centuries, whether for trade or pilgrimage or education or just general exploring, right? And so what we recognize as modern tourism really emerged in the mid-19th century, around 1841, when Thomas Cook organized travel and commercial group excursions by rail in England.

And later, that was developed into packaged tours that included transportation or accommodation.

in itineraries and so that kind of laid the foundation for the tourism industry as we know it now.