Tourism and Transportation Quiz

Tourism and Transportation

• Tourism is the movement of people from their usual place of residence to another location (destination) for pleasure, recreation or other purposes.
• Transportation is the movement of goods and people and influences the world economy, including local and international tourism.
• Growth in transportation is directly linked to growth in tourism.
• Transportation is essential for tourism as it enables people to reach their desired destinations.

Transportation Elements

• The Way: Can be natural or artificial. Includes open spaces like air and sea travel or constructed spaces like roads, rails, and canals.
• Vehicles: Can be aircraft, trains, ships, or motor coaches.
• Terminals: Built structures that provide passengers with smooth transfers between different modes of transportation. They can also act as points of transfer between different modes of transport.

Transportation Control and Communication Systems

• Ensure passenger safety.
• Monitoring take-off and landing for airlines, traffic lights and speed limit signs for road transport, and navigation systems for water transport.

Transportation Management and Staff

• Requires a range of staff for effective management.
• Includes all the usual management jobs for efficient operation.

Transportation History

• Early Boats: The first mode of transportation.

  • First boats were logboats made from hollowed-out trees.
  • The oldest known boat is the Pesse Canoe, dating back to 7600 BCE.
  • Rafts have been in use for at least 8,000 years.

• Horses and Wheeled Vehicles:

  • Domestication of horses for transport began around 4000 BCE.
  • The first wheeled vehicles were in use around 3500 BCE.
  • The oldest known artifact depicting a wheeled vehicle is the Bronocice Pot, found in Southern Poland.

• Steam Engines:

  • The Watt Steam Engine (1769) revolutionized transportation.
  • Claude de Jouffroy (1783) built the first steamship, the "Pyroscaphe."
  • Robert Fulton (1807) built the Clermont, the first commercially viable steamship, completing a 150-mile trip from New York City to Albany.

Important transportation inventions:

• First Automobile: Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1769) built the first automobile, but it was impractical.

• Roper Steam Velocipede (1867): Considered by many to be the first motorcycle.

• Submarines:

  • Cornelis Drebbel (1620) created the first navigable submarine.
  • The Turtle (1776) was the first military submarine used in combat.
  • The Plongeur (1863) was the first mechanically powered submarine.
  • The Peral (1888) was the first electric, battery-powered submarine, fully capable for military use.

• Aircraft:

  • The Wright brothers (1903) made the first official powered flight.
  • John Alcock and Arthur Brown (1919) made the first transatlantic flight.
  • Paul Cornu (1907) created the first helicopter to achieve sustained flight.
  • Cornu's helicopter, a small contraption, was able to lift about one foot and stay airborne for 20 seconds.

• Spacecraft and the Space Race:

  • Sputnik 1 (1957) was the first artificial satellite to reach outer space.
  • Yuri Gagarin (1961) was the first human astronaut to go into space.
  • The Apollo 11 mission (1969) landed humans on the moon for the first time; Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the lunar surface.

Test your knowledge on the essential role of transportation in tourism. This quiz covers various elements including transportation modes, vehicles, and communication systems that facilitate travel. Explore how the growth of transportation impacts tourism and the economy.