If the question originally was directed to you, they want YOUR personal motive, not anyone else's. But for many it is a matter of 'the study of history helps you to understand present developments, situations and conflicts'.
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One good reason given for studying history is that the further back into the past you can see, the better you may understand how the future will unfold.
One word....GREED.
One reason to learn the history of tourism might be because tourists like to go to historic places, and the destinations of earlier tourists in history are probably great for more than one reason.
You don't HAVE to, but if you are planning on working in the computer field and want to avoid some of the mistakes made in the field in the past you might want to consider it. Also it can be interesting.
Buffalo herds didn't actually cease to exist, but they almost went extinct because they were one of the main food sources for the American Indians. Also, at on one point in history, Americans started to kill them too and that's why the population of the buffalo slowly decreased. :]
There is one reason on why farmers went to Massachusetts to Rebel. The main reason why they moved was because of the taxes on their whiskey.