The Contribution Of The Ancient Roman Empire Towards The Development Of Travel And Tourism

The Ancient Roman Empire, one of the great and powerful ancient civilization span between  the period of 27 BC to 476 AD. By the 8^th BC and 1^st  AD, Rome grew from a little colony to an empire. It was one of the first civilizations to establish a government. As a result of this, they became united and powerful which led them to war with smaller states. These states when conquered became their territories. Trade, exchange of goods and wars, motivated travel and Tourism in the Roman Empire.The followings are some of the factors that promoted travel and tourism in the Ancient Roman Empire and the ways in which they contributed to the development of travel and tourism.

Principles of Ecotourism

Ecotourists in  Musomagor forest (Ghana)

In recent times, the quest for alternative forms of tourism to replace the traditional mass tourism phenomenon has resulted in new forms of tourism being proposed. Since the traditional mass tourism phenomenon was seen as being environmentally degrading, lacks respect for local culture, causes leakages and encourages the use of natural resources in an unsustainable manner, new forms of tourism were proposed to serve as an alternative to mass tourism. Prominent among these alternative forms of tourism is ecotourism.