In 1841, Englishman Thomas Cook began the world’s first travel agency. He organized rail trips around England, making all the arrangements and providing good-quality accommodation and food. It was an (1) _________ success.
The idea of (2) _________ for leisure, rather than work, became popular and the “tourist” was born.
(3) _________ people wanted to (4) _________ new things and enjoy a little (5) _________.
In 1856, Cook started his Circular Tour of Europe, and later arranged tours to faraway places like Egypt, India, and the U.S.
In 1872, he was able to offer the world’s first round-the-world vacation—an (6) _________ 212-day (7) _________ by ship across the Atlantic, then by stagecoach from the East coast to the West coast of America, then by ship to Japan, and overland across China and India.
Today, Thomas Cook is one of the World’s (8) _________ travel agencies.