Transportation.

In many books transportation is defined as 'the means to reach the destination and also the means of movement at the destination.' (Cooper et al. 1998) The innovation of the transportation had not only a dramatic effect on the lives of many people, but also on the development of the tourism industry. As the technology of the transportation started to develop in the 19th century, people started to travel and discover new places; to put …

…amenities for tourism, such as hotels, attractions, and information sources were gradually established. A new type of rich merchant class was rising, guide books such as the ones by Thomas Cook were published, and eventually travel was no longer for the rich. Many different classes of people could travel all over the world, and in the near future, with the improvement of the transport technology, space visits will be as common as travelling in airplanes.