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Escorted tours are a form of tourism in which travelers are escorted in a group to various destinations, verses a self-guided tour where the tourist is on their own. Escorted tours are normally conducted by a tour director who takes care of all services from the beginning to end of the tour. Escorted tours also normally include the flights, hotels, transportation, transfers to the airport/hotel, most meals and the sightseeing events. Escorted tours are often conducted by motor coach and usually no more than 3 nights are spent in each location visited. They are usually fast-paced and prices include most everything.

The famous Italian poet Francesco Petrarch has been called "the first tourist" because of his love of travel and his extensive traveling throughout Europe in the Fourteenth Century.^{[1] [2]}

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