J. M. W. Turner and Tourism, Tintern Abbey ca. 1795

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/j/jmw_turner,_tintern_abbey.aspx

When Wordsworth composes his "Lines" a few miles from Tintern Abbey, he's noting a spot that many readers will know either by first-hand experience or through pictures and accounts transmitted by tourists.  Turner is arguably the most important British artist of the early nineteenth century (if not the century as a whole).  Notice that Turner depicts Tintern Abbey as a not only a fascinating blend of light, life, and history but also a tourist attraction.

There's a nice Norton website about the tourist culture of the later eighteenth century found here: http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nael/romantic/topic_1/welcome.htm