Atlas Of Travel And Tourism Development

Download or read book Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development written by Myra L. Shackley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From travel in the ancient and classical world, to the growth of underwater tourism in the Great Barrier Reef and the influence of the Gulf War on regional tourism, Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development is a new departure from conventional texts, providing a unique overview of the growth of the tourism industry." "Divided on a regional basis, the text explores how the development of tourism destinations is related to history. It looks at the roots of tourism and how destination awareness has changed, from fourth century BC guidebooks to the wealth of information available for today's travellers. It takes the reader on a journey around the world from the forum in Rome, to Uluru in Australia, Westminster Abbey in London and the pyramids in Giza."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development written by Myra Shackley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-14 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From travel in the ancient and classical world to the growth of underwater tourism in the Great Barrier Reef and the influence of the Gulf War on regional tourism, the Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development is a new departure from conventional texts, providing a unique overview of the growth of the tourism industry. Divided into three sections, the text looks first at the past, examining the influence of global geography on travel patterns, and provides an overview of the history of travel and tourism. It then moves onto the present, using a regional framework to demonstrate how the physical and historical geography of each area is related to tourism development. The final section provides a forecast of future trends for the next two decades.

Download or read book The Tourism Area Life Cycle: Conceptual and theoretical issues written by Richard Butler and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is divided into five sections: the conceptual origins of the TALC, spatial relationships and the TALC, alternative conceptual approaches, renewing or retiring with the TALC, and predicting with the TALC. It concludes with a review of the future potential of the model in the area of the destination development process.

Download or read book American Map Road Atlas written by American Map Corporation and published by Langenscheidt Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005-08-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas with digital cartography details North America, including city vicinity maps, national park maps, and an adventure travel section to help you plan vacations.

Download or read book Tourism Development After the Crises written by Peter Keller and published by International Progress Organization. This book was released on 2011 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HauptbeschreibungGlobal imbalances and crises which occurred more frequently and at shorter intervals made international tourism demand more volatile. This book, edited by Peter Keller and Thomas Bieger, provides a unique analysis of the recent financial crisis on world tourism and particularly the development models which contribute to reduce poverty. The volume is based on the knowledge of a network of more than 300 researches and includes experiences from Europe, Africa and Asia. It focuses on the latest economic crises as a framework for analyses and as a real life case study.

Download or read book Tourism and Trails written by Dallen J. Timothy and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trails and routes have been indispensable to travel and tourism over the centuries, helping to form the basis of mobility patterns of the past and the present. This book is the first to comprehensively examine these tourism trails from a tourism and recreation perspective. This cutting-edge volume is global in scope and discusses a wide range of natural, cultural and developed linear resources for tourism and recreation. The book is suitable for both researchers and students who are interested in cultural heritage-based tourism, recreation and leisure studies, landscape and change, human mobility, geography, environmental management, and broader interests in destination planning, development and management.

Download or read book World Geography of Travel and Tourism written by Alan A. Lew and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Geography of Travel and Tourism takes an alternative approach to current tourism geography offerings, which offer a plainly topical approach. The authors have included major themes, models and issues from a topical perspective, and positioned them in a place and regional context. In this way, this text places traditional human and physical geography at the core of our understanding of international tourism destinations and issues. * Develops a theoretical framework and regional context for the study of international tourism * Contributions from leading academics provide regional expertise * Fully supported by author-designed and maintained website