Worldwide Destinations: The geography of travel and tourism

by Boniface; Brian

• ISBN13: 9780080970400
• ISBN10: 0080970400
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-06-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism is a unique text that explores the demand, supply, organisational aspects and resources of every tourism destination in the world. This fifth edition is brought up to date with key features such as: an exploration of current issues such as climate change, economic capacity, "grey" tourism and social impacts new full colour interior, packed iwth helpful pedagogic features, including discussion points and assignements to encourage greater student involvement a companion website is now available at www.routledge.com/cw/boniface and includes interactive, multiple-choice questions for students to test their own learning The book provides thematic chapters at the beginning which detail the geographical knowledge and principles required to understand how to approach the analysis of destinations. The further division of the book into thematic and regional chapters enables the student to carry out a systematic analysis of a particular destination. Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism is an invaluable resource for studying every destination in the world as well as the demand, resources and future of the geography of tourism. This thorough guide is a must-have for any tourism student.

Author Biography

Brian Boniface, M.A. (University of Georgia) is a tourism consultant. Chris Cooper is Professor and Director, Christel DeHaan Tourism and Travel Research Institute, Nottingham University Business School. Robyn Cooper is a graduate student at the University of Leicester.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. vii
List of tables	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
The Geographical Principles of Travel and Tourism	p. 1
An introduction to the geography of travel and tourism	p. 3
The geography of demand for tourism	p. 18
The geography of resources for tourism	p. 35
Climate and tourism v	p. 58
The geography of transport for travel and tourism	p. 77
The Regional Geography of Travel and Tourism	p. 103
Europe	p. 105
An introduction to the tourism geography of Europe	p. 107
An introduction to the tourism geography of Britain	p. 117
The regional geography of tourism in Britain	p. 133
The tourism geography of Ireland	p. 158
The tourism geography of Scandinavia	p. 171
The tourism geography of the Benelux countries	p. 192
The tourism geography of Germany, Austria and Switzerland	p. 204
The tourism geography of France	p. 223
The tourism geography of Spain and Portugal	p. 243
The tourism geography of Italy and Malta	p. 272
The tourism geography of South-Eastern Europe	p. 290
The tourism geography of Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS	p. 314
The Middle East and Africa	p. 343
The tourism geography of the Middle East	p. 345
The tourism geography of Africa	p. 365
Asia and the Pacific	p. 401
The tourism geography of South Asia	p. 403
The tourism geography of East Asia	p. 423
The tourism geography of Australasia	p. 462
The Americas	p. 485
The tourism geography of North America	p. 487
The tourism geography of the Caribbean Islands	p. 522
The tourism geography of Central and South America	p. 537
Tourism futures	p. 566
Appendix: Maps and spatial awareness	p. 579
References	p. 585
Useful sources	p. 587
Selective place name index	p. 598
Subject index	p. 607
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