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Tourism changes places
into destinations:
Land --> Landscape
Nature --> recreational
area
City --> Cityscape,
City Bubble
Nature: Example Forest
Stroll
The idea of "rambling", a nature walk
which lasts half a day or so through some forest on Sunday afternoon, seems
natural to us.
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In fact it was invented by M. C.F. Denecourt
in Fontainebleau near Paris in the 1830s. |
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With the help of arrows in blue paint he
provided promenades solitaires in the royal forest which before seemed
inhospitable and impenetrable to urban visitors.
At suitable distances "sights" were
placed, brochures describing the walks and special pamphlets for painter were
provided and - of course - an outdoor restaurant.
The balance between order and adventure
meant that this pastime for urbanites spread rapidly in Europe, helped by the
railway and later the automobile, to transform the land around cities into landscapes
for
"Naherholung".
Nature: Example English Gardens
Rambling areas are cheaper and easier to
provide than "English" (in fact Chinese) Gardens, which try to look natural, but
are in fact completely man-made (as opposed to French parks which celebrate
the triumph of man over nature).
KEW GARDEN:
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Vaux Le Vicomte near
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Schwetzinger Schlossgarten
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