Travel Geography

by R.Burton (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $5.87

  This is designed for BTEC National Travel and Tourism students; COTAC students; AEB basic test in travel geography and SCOTVEC students. It covers objectives of the BTEC National Travel and Tourism guidelines for Travel Geography option unit and travel geography content of COTAC syllabus. region covered and has coverage of all the most popular tourist destinations including long haul. for travel and tourism students. Introductory sections cover tourism in the world context, tourist resources and transport networks. Subsequent chapters cover the main tourist areas from Europe, North and South America and the Caribbean to Africa, Australia and the Far East. Each chapter is supported by learning objectives and student activities to aid student assessment and to develop skills of information location and interpretation.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.25

  Provides a comprehensive coverage of the distribution of tourism in the different regions of the world looking at geographical, social, political and economic circumstances that generate and contriol tourism.
  
  Introductory sections cover the pattern of tourism worldwide, geographical resources for tourism, transport networks and future developments. The book is divided into chapters covering four main regions: Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the Americas and the Pacific and Australasia. All the major tourism attractions and resources of each destination are covered as well as an in-depth explanation of why tourism develops in certain areas and not others.