standard of not charging the traveler but of arranging the travel agent's commissions from the travel service providers. He always took his own tours first to work out details and to make sure the tours were comfortable and safe (Lizon 9).
Historian Daniel Boorstin states, "When a traveler's risks become insurable he has become a tourist" (O'Gara and Colhoun 54). Thomas Cook helped create the "tour-ist" which evolved into today's thriving industry. This came about during an era when the primary goals of ravel changed from war and trade to education and pleasure. Travel became cheaper and safer so that tourists replaced travelers in the lexicon. Tourists placed themselves in the hands of other who provided transportation, lodging, and local color, and since much of this was choreographed, surprise and adventure became less a part of the experience (O'Gara and Colhoun 54).
In 1855 Cook created the first international travel tour from England to the Paris Exhibition. In 1856 he conducted a grand tour of Europe--so succes
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