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THE NEW EUROPE
CHAPTER 6
INTERNATIONAL
TRAVEL
OBJECTIVES:
• Describe and evaluate the development of
the European Union
• Discuss the impact of the European Union
• Identify and describe the variety of
destinations and itineraries in Europe
Europe Unification
• After WWII
• Efforts started around 1952
• 1957 Treaty of Rome established
the European Economic
Community (EEC)
• Based on Free Trade within
Western Europe
• Union expanded over the next
decades
The European Union
• The countries realized that working
together they all made more money and
their economies grew
• EEC leaders met in
Maastricht,Netherlands and established
the Masstricht Treaty setting up the
European Union with common security,
common policies, and common
immigration policies
• Brussels was at the center and became
the “capital”
Goals of the European Union
• Break down political and
economic barriers
• Create one inner market for labor,
business, goods, and monetary
funds
• Make it where labor, business,
goods, money could move from
one country to another
• Establish one common language
and one monetary unit for all
countries
European Union
Financial Concerns
• Exchange rates could cost you
lots of money when traveling
from one country to another
because of changing money
• The EURO dollar would keep you from
having to convert your funds to that of the
country you were going into
• International borders will effectively
disappear-free travel like the U.S. states
Travel Procedures
• If you travel into any EU country
• Customs checks would be done only once
• No country-to-country customs
• No immigration procedures from country-
to-country
• One standard visa for all the EU countries
• One immigration control for all countries
Travel Competition
• Airfares are becoming more competitive
• Some have been cut in half
• Government control has relaxed
• Carriers in the EU have been able to set their own
rates within the EU
• Some countries are turning their airlines over to
private firms-forming corporations
• The all are trying to establish that no one country
will have a monopoly on trade or air service
Rail Travel
• Trains allow the traveler to be more
relaxed, see more of the country side
• Among Europeans, train travel
is a way of life-to school, to
work, visiting friends,
family-often the first choice of travel
• Many times trains are very crowded
• Many routs are faster than planes
European Rail Pass
• Most flexible and economical
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Europe has 10,000 miles of tracks
Trains go everywhere
Some trains are slow, others are high speed
11 different types of rail passes
Many provide unlimited travel
Eurailpass and the Europass
• Eurailpass: most popular, offers unlimited
rail travel within seventeen countries, has
free bus, ferry and steamer transportation
for journeys on the rivers, lakes, highways
• Europass: offers unlimited rail within five
countries, 3 countries for 5-7 days, 4
countries for 3-10 days, 5 countries for 1115 days, has same bus, ferry and steamer
bonus
BritRail Pass
• Great Britain does not participate in the
Eurailpass or the Europass program
• Britrail Pass must be purchased if traveling
within Great Britain, ferries cost extra
The Channel Tunnel
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Called the Eurotunnel or the Chunnel
31-miles long
Connects England and France
Goes under the English Channel
Eurostar is high seed train going through
Chunnel-186 MPH
• Jointly owned by France and England and
Belgium
Le Shuttle
• ½ hour train service between Calais, France
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and Fokeston, Great Britain
Transports vehicles and their passengers
Vehicles can be bus, car, RVs, bicycles,
motorcycles, van, motor coach
Traveler must stay with vehicle
Carries 180 vehicles every 20 minutes
Major Destinations
• The Mediterranean: 300 days of
sunshine a year, historic places,
beautiful waters, art, architecture,
• The Riviera: from Toulon, France
to La Spezia Italy, Europe’s most
visited bathing places, fishing,
colorful towns, French Riviera,
Italian Riviera, Spanish Riviera,
• Morocco: in the Atlas Mountains
Major Destinations
• Greece: Mainland and islands,
ancient civilization, ruins,
Acropolis, Parthenon, Isle of Crete,
• Turkey: Kusadasi, Temple of
Artemis, Constantinople, Istanbul,
• Israel: Jerusalem, Holy Land,
religious tours, Damascus,
Wailing wall, Bethlehem
The Orient Express
• Rail service started in 1883
• Was the fastest and most
luxurious route between
Europe and the East-for
wealthy
• Popular for secret agents
Spies’ Train
• Dismantled during WWII
• Now back in service, crosses
Europe from East to west
with many great stopping points
Outstanding Cities
Rome
Milan
Venice
Famous Waterways
• The Rhine River:
flows from southeast
Switzerland in the
Alps mountains to
the North Sea in the
Netherlands, natural
border between
France and Germany,
pristine mountains,
romantic cities,
thousands of years
of history
Famous Waterways
• The Danube: river cruises, Second longest river
in Europe, after the Volga River, 1,800 miles
long, begins in the Black Forest of Germany,
goes through Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria, Romania and into the Black Sea,
terraced vineyards, castles, river towns, steep
slopes, Budapest
Northern Europe
• Known as Scandinavia
• Like traveling back in time,
Vikings, majestic mountains,
calm fjords, glaciers, cold-real
cold
• Land of the Midnight Sun
• Sun never sets above the
Arctic Circle for 2 months in
summer
• Arctic Circle follows the 66
degree latitude, 1650 miles form
the North Pole
Lapland
• Northern most parts of
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Norway, Sweden,
Finland, and Kola
Peninsula of Russia
Lapp culture
Herding reindeer
Dress in Traditional
Sami attire, live in
reindeer skin tents
Originated in Russia
and migrated through
Finland