A journey is a journey made to a point more 

or less distant personal purposes (tourism) or professional 

(Business). The journey has grown considerably and democratized 

during the twentieth century avecl'avènement of modern transport 

and more rapid and comfortable, the railway first and then 

automobile and the airplane. 

A circular journey that brings the traveler to his starting point is a "journey". 

People traveling are called "travelers", or in some modes of transport "passengers". 

historically 

motivated by practical reasons (trade, exploration, ...), the travel 

changes in the nineteenth century with the arrival of tourists ("idiot 

travel "as it is called without malice Jean-Didier Urbain), which 

travels for pleasure. 

Motivations become from there 

more complex and rooted in history and in the 

myths perpetuated by literature (Marco Polo, Jules Verne, Robinson 

Crusoe, ...). This literature of adventure is also developing 

strongly in the nineteenth century. 

However, at the same time that the World "is 

shrinking "due to rapid transportation, identification 

in various forms (maps, images, information, ...) 

increases, leaving less room for the surprise of the traveler. Marc Augé 

thus saith the impossible journey, "one that we will never 

Moreover, one who could help us discover new landscapes and 

other men. "

Currently, the extension of travel poses 

problem of responsible tourism as well as the change 

climate, transportation is a major contributor to 

the greenhouse gas effects 

emissions and furthermore increasing 

constant