Cook Thomas (w3144)
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- Description: Thomas Cook revolutionized travel by creating modern tourism and founding the world's first travel agency. Born into a working-class family in Melbourne, Derbyshire, he left school at age 10 to work as a gardener's assistant. A devout Baptist missionary and temperance advocate, on July 5, 1841, he organized his first excursion: a railway journey from Leicester to Loughborough for 570 people attending a temperance meeting, charging one shilling per person. This pioneering venture launched the modern tourism industry. Cook introduced revolutionary concepts still used today: the package tour combining transport, accommodation and meals at a single inclusive price, hotel vouchers (1868), and printed travel guides. In 1872-73, he organized the world's first round-the-world tour, covering over 29'000 miles in 222 days. His company established the first tourist offices in Cairo (1872), Jaffa (1874), and Jerusalem (1881), making exotic destinations accessible to Europe's growing middle class. By the end of the 19th century, Thomas Cook & Son had arranged travel to Palestine for about 12'000 people, including German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II. The company pioneered international travel services, issuing the precursor to travelers' checks ("Cook's Circular Notes" in 1874)
- Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: The Pioneer of Modern Tourism
- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1808–1892
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328725
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Brendon, P. (1991). Thomas Cook: 150 Years of Popular Tourism. London: Secker & Warburg.
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