Travel Geography

by R.Burton (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1991

  $127.02

  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
  1994

  $3.25

  This edition had been updated to cater for vocational course requirements. It explains the distribution of tourism in the different regions of the world, looking at the geographical, social, political and economic circumstances that generate and control tourism. resources for tourism, transport networks and future developments. In the following chapters four main regions are identified: Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the Americas and the Pacific and Australasia. Major tourist attractions and resources of each destination are covered and an in-depth explanation of why tourism develops in certain areas and not in others is provided. and diagrams of each region discussed, and includes learning objectives and student activities to help students assess and develop skills of information location and interpretation. It is designed for students of travel and tourism.