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Trade in the Eastern Hemisphere

Travel Guide

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Planning a long distance trip to an unknown place can be confusing and frustrating. Therefore, people hire travel agents to help them more easily figure out their travel plans. By sorting through and organizing the massive amounts of information to find the best possible travel scenario, travel agents can become the essential ingredient to a perfect trip. For example, travel agents might recommend the best route to take, the best activities to participate in, and the best places to lodge. They can also calculate the trip's cost, and give travelers a sense of what to expect along the way.

For this assignment, imagine you are a modern-day travel agent for someone wanting to travel from China to the Mediterranean Sea. Apply the information you have learned from this topic about land and sea routes, as well as ideas, goods, and technologies that are unique to the places your traveling client will pass through in order to best help develop a successful and enjoyable experience.

The following steps will help you complete this assignment:

  1. Plan the route your client will need to take, starting his/her journey on the coast of China and arriving in Europe on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. What is left up to your choosing is the route your client will travel, which must include three overnight stops on the way to the Mediterranean. Be sure to include a detailed itinerary.
  2. Write a three-to-four sentence description of what your client can expect at each of the three stops he/she will be making. Include relevant religious beliefs, foods, goods, technologies, and historical information, for instance, that exist in each particular region. The more details you include, the more comfortable your client will feel as he/she travels to these new places.

Before you begin, access the Travel Guide Checklist to be sure you include all of the items required for full credit. If you use resources outside of this course to complete the assignment, please submit a Works Cited document. If you need assistance, visit the Student Resources section for information on citing any resources that you use.

 

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