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Geography of travel & tourism
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4th ed.
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Australia : Thomson Delmar Learning, 2003
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9780766832565

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If you are adventurous in your travel or are interested in knowing more than what is found in travel brochures, this book makes for interesting reading. It gives a basic geographic overview of the world and each major geographic region, providing insights about the geographic character of specific regions to show how it establishes a setting for tourism. All regions or countries have a brief overview of the cultural, physical, and tourism characteristics of the region or country. The cultural characteristics are in the form of cultural capsules pertaining to the people and some tips as to personal actions that are acceptable and others to be avoided.Following the analysis of the geographic character the text discusses the tourist attractions in each of the regions, focusing on the geographic features that are important for creating a desire to visit that region. The authors highlight the most significant attractions, which combine with the geographic facts of the region to form the uniqueness of the area for visitors. In some cases there are differences of opinions concerning which are the major attractions, but those presented in the text provide an overview of the character of each specific tourist destination region. Tourists themselves also create geography. An area with few tourists is different in character from an area with large numbers of visitors. The origin of tourists also affects the environment; as for example visitors from Great Britain create a different environment than those from France because of their differing expectations and resultant services.


Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
About the Authorsp. xi
Chapter 1 Geography and Tourism: The Attraction of Placep. 1
The Elements of Geographyp. 2
Themes of Geographyp. 4
Location: The Where of Geographyp. 4
Place and Space: The Why of Geographyp. 5
Movement within Placesp. 18
Regions: Organizing the Geography of Tourismp. 20
Chapter 2 Patterns and Processes of World Tourismp. 23
Defining Tourismp. 23
Factors Influencing Tourismp. 24
Historical Development of Travel and Tourismp. 25
Early International Tourismp. 27
The Character of International Tourismp. 28
The Influence of Tourismp. 35
Conclusionp. 40
Chapter 3 Geography and Tourism in North Americap. 43
Physical Characteristicsp. 45
Tourism Characteristicsp. 48
Canadap. 49
One Country, Two Peoples: French Separatism in Canadap. 50
Tourism Destinations and Attractionsp. 54
Tourism in Canada: Provinces and Territoriesp. 55
The United Statesp. 64
New Englandp. 67
Mid Atlanticp. 69
South Atlanticp. 72
East South Centralp. 76
East North Centralp. 79
West South Centralp. 82
West North Centralp. 84
Mountainp. 87
Pacificp. 91
Chapter 4 Geography and Tourism in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbeanp. 101
Introductionp. 101
The Physical Environmentp. 103
Cultural Characteristicsp. 107
Tourismp. 108
Middle Americap. 109
Mexicop. 109
Belizep. 114
Guatemalap. 116
Hondurasp. 119
El Salvadorp. 121
Nicaraguap. 122
Costa Ricap. 124
Panamap. 125
Caribbeanp. 127
Greater Antillesp. 130
Cubap. 130
Cayman Islandsp. 131
Dominican Republicp. 132
Haitip. 133
Jamaicap. 134
Puerto Ricop. 136
Lesser Antillesp. 138
United States Virgin Islandsp. 138
British Virgin Islandsp. 139
Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, and St. Kitts-Nevisp. 140
French Antillesp. 141
Martiniquep. 142
Guadeloupep. 142
Netherlands Antillesp. 143
Dominicap. 144
St. Luciap. 145
St. Vincent and the Grenadinesp. 145
Grenadap. 146
Other Islands of the Caribbeanp. 147
Barbadosp. 147
Trinidad and Tobagop. 148
The Atlantic Islandsp. 149
Turks and Caicos Islandsp. 149
The Bahamasp. 150
Bermudap. 151
Chapter 5 Geography and Tourism in South Americap. 155
Introductionp. 155
Landformsp. 157
Climatic Patternsp. 158
Divisions of South American Tourismp. 158
The Andes Countriesp. 158
Venezuelap. 159
Colombiap. 161
Ecuadorp. 163
Perup. 166
Boliviap. 168
Chilep. 171
Middle-Latitude South Americap. 173
Argentinap. 173
Paraguayp. 175
Uruguayp. 177
Brazil and the Guyanasp. 178
Brazilp. 178
Guyanap. 180
Surinamep. 182
French Guyanap. 183
Chapter 6 Geography and Tourism in Western Europep. 187
Introductionp. 188
Physical Characteristicsp. 189
Tourism in Western Europep. 191
Irelandp. 191
The United Kingdomp. 194
Francep. 199
Monacop. 204
Belgiump. 204
The Netherlandsp. 206
Luxembourgp. 208
Germanyp. 209
Austriap. 213
Switzerlandp. 215
Liechtensteinp. 219
Chapter 7 Geography and Tourism in Northern Europep. 223
Introductionp. 223
Physical Characteristicsp. 225
Tourism Characteristicsp. 227
Denmarkp. 228
Finlandp. 231
Swedenp. 233
Norwayp. 236
Icelandp. 238
Chapter 8 Geography and Tourism in Southern Europep. 243
Introductionp. 243
Physical Characteristicsp. 245
Greecep. 248
Cyprusp. 253
Italyp. 254
Spainp. 259
Gibraltarp. 262
Andorrap. 263
Portugalp. 264
Maltap. 267
Chapter 9 Geography and Tourism in Central Europe and the Balkan Statesp. 271
Central Europe: Contrasts in the Former Communist Realmp. 272
The Modern States of Central Europe and the Balkan Statesp. 273
The Physical Georgraphy of Central Europep. 274
Tourism in Central Europe and the Balkan Statesp. 276
Polandp. 278
The Czech Republic and Slovakiap. 282
Hungaryp. 284
Romaniap. 286
Yugoslavia and Montenegrop. 288
Sloveniap. 289
Croatiap. 290
Bosnia and Herzegovinap. 292
Bulgariap. 293
Albaniap. 294
Conclusionp. 295
Chapter 10 Georgraphy and Tourism in Russia and the Countries of the Former Soviet Unionp. 299
Introductionp. 299
The Geographic Base of the Countries Created from the Former Soviet Unionp. 303
Climate: Tourism in Harsh Landsp. 306
The People of the Countries Created from the Former Soviet Unionp. 308
Foreign Tourismp. 308
Internal Tourism in the Former Soviet Unionp. 310
Location of Tourist-Related Activities in the Former Soviet Unionp. 311
Tourism: Problems and Potentialsp. 314
Armeniap. 314
Azerbaijanp. 316
Belarusp. 318
Estoniap. 319
Latviap. 321
Lithuaniap. 323
Moldovap. 324
Ukrainep. 325
Russiap. 327
Georgiap. 334
The Central Asian Countries Created from the Former Soviet Unionp. 336
Chapter 11 Geography and Tourism in the Middle East and North Africap. 343
Introductionp. 343
Geographic Characteristicsp. 344
Climate Characteristicsp. 346
Organization of Lifep. 347
Tourism in the Middle Eastp. 348
Egyptp. 349
Israelp. 351
Jordanp. 354
Lebanonp. 356
Syriap. 357
Turkeyp. 360
Iranp. 362
Iraqp. 363
Afghanistanp. 365
Arabian Peninsulap. 365
Tourism in North Africap. 365
Moroccop. 366
Tunisiap. 368
Algeriap. 370
Libyap. 371
Chapter 12 Geography and Tourism in Subsaharan Africap. 377
Introductionp. 377
Physical Characteristicsp. 378
Tourism in Africap. 380
West Africap. 380
East Africap. 383
Southern Africap. 386
Central and Interior Africap. 392
Chapter 13 Geography and Tourism in East Asiap. 397
Introductionp. 397
Tourism in East Asiap. 400
Japanp. 400
South Korea (Republic of Korea)p. 406
North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)p. 409
Taiwan (Republic of China)p. 410
Hong Kongp. 412
Macaup. 415
China (The People's Republic of China)p. 415
Mongoliap. 424
Chapter 14 Geography and Tourism in South and Southeast Asiap. 431
Introductionp. 431
Physical Characteristicsp. 431
Population Problemsp. 435
Tourism to South and Southeast Asiap. 436
Bangladeshp. 436
Bhutanp. 438
Myanmar (Burma)p. 439
Indiap. 440
Maldivesp. 446
Nepalp. 446
Pakistanp. 449
Sri Lankap. 450
Southeast Asiap. 452
Indonesiap. 452
Malaysiap. 457
Philippinesp. 459
Singaporep. 461
Thailandp. 463
Indochina--Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laosp. 466
Chapter 15 Geography and Tourism in Australia, New Zealand, and the Islands of the South Pacificp. 473
Introductionp. 473
The South Pacific Islands and Their Physical Characteristicsp. 474
Physical Characteristics of Australia and New Zealandp. 475
South Pacificp. 477
Polynesiap. 477
French Polynesia (Tahiti)p. 478
American and Western Samoap. 480
Tongap. 481
Cook Islandsp. 482
Melanesiap. 483
Fijip. 483
New Caledoniap. 485
Vanuatup. 486
Solomon Islandsp. 486
Papua New Guineap. 487
Micronesiap. 487
New Zealandp. 488
Australiap. 492
Glossaryp. 501
Bibliographyp. 514
Indexp. 519