Grand Tour

tourism there would be a lot less economically stable countries, and people would be a lot less cultured. Revenue wise, tourism is a booming industry and has been for many centuries. Since modes of transportation became more available to go to other countries, people’s curiosity got the best of them and they began to travel. People also began to travel as a way to relax, which is how vacations initially got started. As industrialization took off, travelling became more popular as well. For a while, only the wealthy were able to afford the costs but in later years traveling became accessible for a lot more people. During the Enlightenment period, the “Grand Tour” became popular among kings and nobles. The nobles would take a year or two to travel around and learn about other countries. Peter the Great of Russia’s Grand Tour particularly affected him and his country. Due to all of the ideas in the Western world that he had seen, Peter decided to “Westernize” a city and called it St. Petersburg. The Enlightenment thinkers of that period also liked to travel to gather ideas and information to make them more enlightened. In return, all of this travel boosted other countries economies and made them realize that they had sites that other people wanted to see. Since the economy is based on money, this notion also made the countries realize that they could begin charging people to see this sites. Often times tourism is the only industry that a country may have, and without…

Over the summer there was a musical festival that happens at PNC Art Center in Holmdel, New Jersey. The genre of music bands play at Warped Tour is mainly pop punk and alternative with a little bit of screamo. If you attend Warped Tour you will notice the audience to be a mix of teenagers and college students. Bands used instruments such as the guitar, bass, and drums. The music was very upbeat and fast paced which the crowd reacted to in a violent manner. If you attend Warped Tour you will…

this is how he has changed the golfing world. When the Senior PGA Golf Tour started in 1930 and from 1930 to 1979 it wasn’t very popular, the prize purse(prize money) was small and no one really even knew about it. Then Arnold Palmer became eligible and when he played in 1980, the Tour became more popular. When the 1980 U.S. Senior Open came around he has won every tournament so far, but he couldn’t play because…

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Roger Federer (German pronunciation: [ˈrɔdʒər ˈfeːdərər]; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).[2] Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for 302 weeks, including 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from…

Serena Williams Serena Williams was born September 26, 1981, in Saginaw Michigan. At the age of four she started playing tennis, and quickly was found by the tennis academy of Rick Macci, who polished their natural skills and talent. By 1991 she was ranked 1st in the 10 and under division, at the tennis association junior tour. Serena started playing professional in 1995, one year after her sister started playing professional. Four years later she completed her career grand slam in 1999.…

Distillery Tour WHAT: Round up your friends and expand your world of spirits this weekend at the Frankfort Spirits Distillery Tour. You and your friends will have a great time as you enjoy a unique distillery excursion. You will experience firsthand how spirits are made, how to properly taste them, as well as what makes craft spirits special. During your tour, you will get to enjoy a variety of sample-sized handcrafted cocktails as you explore their sensational flavors and properties.…

Johnson's story, we are going to examine a text by Walter Percy called "The Loss of The Creature." In this text, Percy talks about preformulation in symbolic complex. Preformulation is something that is previously formulated by our culture and society. Percy uses the Grand Canyon as an example of preformulation. Garcia Lopez de Cardenas discovered the Grand Canyon and was captivated by the magnificent beauty. Later on the government claimed it as a National Park. "It…

Do you know the woman that won over 20 Grand Slam singles titles and several Olympic Gold Medals? Yes! It’s Serena Jameka Williams the best woman athlete in history! In 1991 she was on the junior United States Tennis Association tour and ranked 1st in the 10-and-under division. When she was 14 Serena turned pro and was NO.99 in the world rankings.In June 2013, Williams took her second French Open title—as well as her 16th Grand Slam singles title—in a 6-4, 6-4 victory over defending champion…

you think Nike pays hundreds of millions to nonathletes, go ahead and keep deluding yourself). He was the youngest to win the Masters, the fastest ever to ascend to No. 1 in the World Golf Rankings and, at 24, the youngest to win the career Grand Slam. You know how many people have twice been named Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year? One. Tiger Woods. Not Jordan, not Ali — Tiger freakin’…