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Tourism and Transportation

Tourism means “Being Else Where”. For that a person needs to travel and in turn for this travel, he or she needs various modes of transportation. Transportation is an act of moving people or things from place to place and it helps people to reach their destinations. Tourism will flourish in places only where there is transportation. Tourists expect themselves to be transported safely, comfortably and quickly.

Some of the facilities are the Eurail pass, tourist cars, CRS, chartered flights, hovercrafts, hydrofoils and other activities of WTO, PATA, and IATA etc. Besides all these facilities the FREEDDOM OF AIR adopted by almost all the countries makes travel easier and quicker by air.

Major airlines usually have more freedom of air .All the major airlines carry approximately 3-3.24 million and plus passengers each year. Upcoming of more low cost airlines makes travel easier for passengers of all sectors of the society.

In addition to all the latest technologies, stunning record of 515.3km/hr by a train that carries passengers to their destinations more safely and quickly, catches our attractions. This train is TGV or RANDE VITESSE (“high speed train”), which is the flagship of French railway technology.

Similarly some of the fastest and furious trains create anxiety in the minds of the travelers who have potentials to pay for and worth receiving it. Fastest cars are determined on their acceleration from o to 60 KMPH.

The next generation tourism would be to nowhere else in the world but to the space. But this type of tourism is exclusively for millionaires and multimillionaires with high paying capacity and health. DENNIS TITO, a California based multimillionaire became the first ever space tourist on April 28, 2001. He was launched into the space in a Russian Soyuz capsule and hence proved that anyone with money, determination and a drive could become an astronaut.

Yet another facility provided by some countries are the TOURIST CARS that is mainly given for group travelers either for excavations, pilgrimage etc. This is mostly found in European countries and some parts of Asia. These tourist cars are provided based on the number of passengers, destination, itinerary etc.

Luxury ships also pledges a dominant place in between all these modes of transport. Several cruise ships, house boats etc gives luxury and comfort for those travelers seeking them with the ability to pay for it .All these technologies and sophisticated machines over placed the old modes of transportation from horses, palanquins, boats etc.