In the 19th century, travel became much more popular and faster. When the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays at the seaside. Some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtier.

　　Travelling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were built. People began to travel more to faraway countries.

　　The 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary people. Planes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used them.

　　Thus tourism grew. In 1949, Russian journalist Vladimir Raitz started a company called Horizon Holidays. The company organizes everything梡lane tickets, hotel rooms, even food梐nd tourists pay for it all before they leave home. The package tour (n 包办旅行) and modern tourism industry was born.

　　The first travel agency in China was set up as early as 1949.But tourism did not take off until 1978.In 2002, the industry was worth 500 billion yuan and became an important part of China’s social development.

　　1.In the early times, the travelers_______ .

　　A.all came from China

　　B.were very young and strong

　　C.had lots of money

　　D.travelled by boat

　　2．_______ played the most important role in the tourism development.

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