Geography of Travel & Tourism - Tapa blanda

Geography of Travel and Tourism, 3rd Edition, is an ideal resource for student, professionals, and anyone with an interest in world geography as it relates to tourism. This book describes the physical, cultural, and tourism characteristics of destination countries and regions, and provides an overview of cultural customs, travel tips, and shopping ideas important to travelers and travel counselors. Key Interent addresses for countries and travel organizations provide readers with the most current information resources for travel geography. Eight new full-color world atlases provide quick reference to important information such as time zone differences, travel patterns, weather patterns, and language and cultural zones.

Tourism is one of the leading industries in the world today. This text is designed to provide students with a working knowledge of world geography as it relates to tourism. It presents a basic geographic overview of the world with cultural, physical, and tourism characteristics for different regions and countries. Tips pertaining to the people, acceptable personal actions, and actions to avoid are contained in cultural capsules. The book also provides a basic understanding of world travel patterns, including the origin, characteristics, number of tourists, and seasonality of travel to a particular region. Major attractions of each region are described, helping students develop a mental map of destinations and regions of interest to them.