Travel Geography

by Dr Rosemary Burton (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.27

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.27

  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.