Which of the following statements are incorrect about the origin and growth of international tourism industry (A) Thomas Cook arranged the first package tours in 1841, taking travellers from Leicester to Loughborough in U.K. (B) The growing appreciation for variety in the cultural landscape in large European cities such as Paris, Rome and London among tourist and other citizen played a role in expansion of tourism (C) The end of world war II provided the greatest impetus to tourism (D) Jet plane failed to herald the new era in International tourism (E) Boeing 747 in 1970 did not attract much international tourism Choose the correct answer from the options given below:?

Option 3 : (D), (E) only 

Correct Answer: (D), (E) only.The origins of tourism by the early 21st century, international tourism had become one of the world's most important economic activities.

• Tourism is the act, and process of spending time away from home in pursuit of recreation, relaxation, and pleasure, while making use of the commercial provision of services.
• As such, tourism is a product of modern social arrangements, beginning in western Europe in the 17th century, although it has antecedents in Classical antiquity.
• The 747 went into service in the early 1970s, at a time of major societal change.
• It drove exponential growth in air travel, tourism, and connections between people around the world.
• In its first year, a fully-loaded 747 cut the cost of flying a passenger by half.
• Flying became instantly more accessible.​

• A decade earlier Boeing’s 707 had ushered in the Jet Age, but with four fuel-thirsty engines and room for fewer than 200 passengers, fares were beyond the budget of most vacationers.
• The 747 introduced economies of scale that, for the first time, allowed millions of people to travel nonstop over great distances.
• It changed global air travel forever.
• Jet Plane succeeds in a new era in international Tourism, and passengers rapidly change their destination. that is why D and E are correct.

• In 1841, young Thomas Cook arranged an 11-mile train journey for a motley group of passengers from Leicester to Loughborough. And it marked the beginning of a chapter in history. He went on to introduce a railway tour of Europe.
• International tourism has grown very fast since the second world war. Today, tourism has become a part of everyday life for most people and is now a major source of employment in developed countries. The growth of the tourist industry after the second world war can be linked with increasing wealth, increased mobility, improvements in accessibility and transport, more leisure time, product development and innovations, improvements in technology, changes in lifestyles and fashion, increased awareness of other places and the need for ‘green’ tourism.