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by Gormo 60 days ago
> no, but in first century bc and after that the roman world was connected enough that rich young romans were doing their version of the grand tour.

So "yes", then.

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The og question is about two centuries earlier. Time matters.
Define tourism, though. Even quit a bit before 300 BC Herodotus did go to Egypt for not particularly practical reasons
To write a travel guide papyrus. :)