Travel - General

Tourism demand is the foundation on which all tourism-related business decisions ultimately rest. Governments and companies such as airlines, tour operators, hotels, cruise ship lines, and recreation facility providers are interested in the demand for their products by tourists. The success of many businesses...

Recent developments in tracking technologies have opened up new possibilities for research into tourist spatial behavior. This book examines the various technologies available to track pedestrians and motorized vehicles as well as the moral, ethical and legal issues arising from the utilization of data...

This timely volume provides a critical look at tourism in order to ascertain its potential as a social force to promote human rights, justice and peace. It presents an alternative characterisation of the possibilities for peace through tourism: embedding an understanding of the phenomenon...

Just a generation ago the notion that holidays should be invested with ethical and political significance would have sounded odd. Today it is part of the lifestyle political landscape. Volunteer tourism is indicative of the growth of lifestyle strategies intended to exhibit care and...

Themes in Geographic Thought, first published in 1981, explores in breadth and depth the interrelationships among the history of Geography, geographic thought, and methodology, specifically focusing on the interactions between geographical research and various contemporary philosophical schools: positivism, pragmatism, functionalism, phenomenology, existentialism, idealism, realism...

This book represents an important contribution to the ongoing process of resituating the "Grand Tour" as part of a wider context of travel and topographical writing.Author: Rosemary SweetISBN-10: 0367344564ISBN-13: 9780367344566Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/23/2019Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d

Sailing Naked, a memoir surrounding Kristina's life and relationship with her father, a Hungarian Freedom Fighter turned political refuge, is a literal and metaphorical glimpse at their loving yet tumultuous relationship. Despite immigrating to the US on a VISA in recognition of his service...

Author: John O'NeillISBN-13: 9798243491518Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/11/2026Pages: 76Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d

Author: Douglas W. WamsleyISBN-10: 1939995477ISBN-13: 9781939995476Publisher: American History PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2025Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

Author: Randall ArthurISBN-10: 0985025794ISBN-13: 9780985025793Publisher: Life Image PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/15/2026Pages: 668Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.68lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.47d

I was looking for a sailor to take me away on an adventure.You can die making love, playing tennis, shoveling snow, mowing the lawn-or walking through Arrivals at an airport, like my husband, Lars. The morning of the day he died I dreamed that...

Friedl Gastro - 50 Anecdotes Between Ale, Flame and Ocean is a humorous, insightful, and wonderfully irreverent collection of true stories drawn from over thirty years in the culinary world and life at sea. Author Manfred Marc Umfahrer - known for his successful satire...

Author: Franziska AachenISBN-13: 9798274826730Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/16/2025Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d

Simple prompts and ample space ensure a satisfying experience as you chronicle your travels in this keepsake journal. Crisp writing pages provide plenty of space for noting each location, the date, weather, and your reflections. Premium 120 gsm paper takes pen or pencil beautifully....

Prisoner of the White Lines is a travel memoir. R. E. Urycki's account of hitchhiking through Europe, Africa, Israel, and Alaska is a sojourn back to a time long gone, what the author describes as "a golden era of travel." Beginning in 1969, the...

A masterwork of historical non fiction that reads with the clarity of today's scholarship and the gravity of yesterday's pages. England In America, 1580-1652 opens a window on the Elizabethan to early colonial era, tracing voyages to America, settlement patterns, religion and empire, and...

Tbilisi's nightlife pulsates, but for outsiders, navigating it can be tricky. The Kindjal, a traditional dagger, embodies Georgian warmth, but also hints at their history. This guide equips you for an authentic and respectful Georgian night. Skip overpriced tourist traps. Seek out local haunts...

Enter the world of dance and follow Pamela on her travels as she dances in 21 countries across two decades.Find out what goes on behind the curtain as she faces a range of obstacles - from successes to stage fright, difficult directors and gruelling...

This book explores trade routes along the Eastern Adriatic coast based primarily on the evidence of numerous 1st and 2nd century shipwrecks. All the known shipwrecks are catalogued, and the different cargoes as well as the ships' equipment, mostly amphorae and pottery, is discussed....

Career development in the tourism and hospitality industry has attracted greater attention, leading to a higher recognition of the relevance of formal and industry-specific education and training. New career opportunities emerge as new challenges arise, urging for ongoing and renewed debates surrounding higher-level skills...

Patrick, a Londoner, grew up through the blitz, was evacuated, bombed out, did two years mandatory army service in the English-occupied area of Germany, became a professional engineer, married a super girl, immigrated to Canada, Australia and finally settled in beautiful Vancouver. They learnt...

Booming Mainland Chinese outbound travel is one of the most exciting phenomena in the world tourism industry's recent history. From 2000 to 2010, Chinese outbound travel increased at a compounded annual rate of 18.5 percent, and it is forecasted that by 2020 China will...

Tourism is one of the leading industries worldwide. The magnitude of growth in tourism will bring both opportunities and problems to source and destination markets in years to come, especially in the internal and external exchange of information in the industry. Information and Communication...

Stewart Edward White was an early 20th century American author. From 1900 until 1922, he wrote fiction and non-fiction about adventure and travel. After 1922 he and his wife wrote many books on channeling and the spirit world. White's readers enjoy his salted in...

""Report of a Tour in Eastern Rajputana V6"" is a book written by A. C. L. Carlleyle, originally published in 1878. The book is a detailed account of the author's tour in Eastern Rajputana during the years 1871-72 and 1872-73. The author provides a...

""A Practical Treatise On Seasickness: Its Symptoms, Nature And Treatment"" is a book written by George Miller Beard in 1881. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the phenomenon of seasickness, including its symptoms, causes, and treatments. The author draws on his own experiences...

Pristine River Journey!!! Join the author as he descends one of the most remote and pristine rivers in North America. Canoeing from the mountain headwaters past thousands of migrating caribou, vast ice fields, herds of Dall Sheep, and the Valley of the Wolves, the...

Critical human activities take place at sea, including trade, tourism, migration, scientific exploration and resource exploitation. This book offers a novel and important contribution to an ever-emerging cross-disciplinary subject matter and challenges human geography's preoccupation with the terrestrial. Linking to new theoretical debates shaping...

This book is about my excursions to beaches, in particular the Nudist area, Generally the days were very uneventful, just normal people sunbathing, But there were a couple of occasions when a little bit of sexualy activity took place, and the reaction of some...

""The Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn: A Guide"" is a comprehensive guidebook written by Edward Whymper and published in 1897. The book is a detailed account of the valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn mountain range in Switzerland. It provides a wealth of...

This timely and innovative book is a theoretically underpinned yet accessible introduction to entrepreneurship in tourism.The volume takes an intuitive step-by-step approach through entrepreneurship in tourism: it begins with a review of key concepts in entrepreneurship and applies these to tourism; it then tackles...

"The Seaman's Medical Instructor: In a Course of Lectures on Accidents and Diseases Incident to Seamen" by N. D. Falck offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of maritime medicine. Originally published before 1800, this meticulously prepared print edition provides invaluable insights into the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The book addresses the problem of accuracy of spatial databases, and comprises of papers drawn from a wide range of physical and human systems, taking approaches which vary from statistical to descriptive. Together they present both a comprehensive review of existing knowledge, techniques and...

Michel Foucault's work is rich with implications and insights concerning spatiality, and has inspired many geographers and social scientists to develop these ideas in their own research. This book, the first to engage Foucault's geographies in detail from a wide range of perspectives, is...

This volume explores the process of heritage making and its relation to the production of touristic places, examining several case studies around the world. Most existing literature on heritage and tourism centers either on its managerial aspects, the tourist experience, or issues related to...

The complex relationship between heritage places and people, in the broadest sense, can be considered dialogic, a communicative act that has implications for both sides of the 'conversation'. This is the starting point for Heritage and Tourism . However, the 'dialogue' between visitors and...

Expert perspectives on SDI theory and practice The spatial data infrastructure (SDI) concept continues to evolve and become an increasingly important element of the infrastructure that supports economic development, environmental management, and social stability. Because of its dynamic and complex nature, however, it remains...

As research in the geosciences and social sciences becomes increasingly dependent on computers, applications such as geographical information systems are becoming indispensable tools. But the digital representations of phenomena that these systems require are often of poor quality, leading to inaccurate results, uncertainty, error...

Featuring some of the greatest travellers in human history, this survey uses succinct accounts of the most epic journeys in the premodern world as lenses through which to examine the development of early travel, trade and cultural interchange.Author: Stephen Gosch,Peter StearnsISBN-10: 0415229405ISBN-13: 9780415229401Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

It is becoming ever clearer that while people tour cultures, cultures and objects themselves are in a constant state of migration. This collection brings together some of the most influential writers in the field to examine the complex connections between tourism and cultural change...

The purpose of quantitative geography is to train geographers in numeracy and in the vital skills of data collection, processing and interpretation.Introducting Quantitative Geography describes quantification from first principles to cover all the key elements of quantitative geography. No previous knowledge of statistical procedures...

Now fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling text provides students with a vital understanding of the nature of tourism and contemporary tourist behaviour. Author: Susan Horner,John SwarbrookeISBN-10: 0367495635ISBN-13: 9780367495633Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2020Pages: 484Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.86lbsSize: 9.90h x 6.90w x 1.20d

A close relationship exists between GIS and numerous applications, including cartography, photogrammetry, geodesy, surveying, computer and information science, and statistics, among others. Scientists coined the term "geographic information science (GIScience)" to describe the theory behind these fields. A Research Agenda for Geographic Information Science...

Innovation and technological advancements can be disruptive forces especially for conventional business in the hospitality and tourism industries. The book is timely with its critical examination of such forces and how the two industries should strategize and respond to changes effectively. Author: Kayhan TajeddiniISBN-10:...

Tourism can take many different forms and types but increasingly it is viewed as one of the most innovative industries. This book showcases the innovations in tourism through a creativity, sustainability and technology perspective.Tourism Innovation: Technology, Sustainability and Creativity addresses the growing use and...

Geography teachers and school library media specialists will find this resource indispensable for providing classroom lessons and activities in critical thinking for geography students in grades 7-12. It is filled with over 75 primary source Internet sites covering such topics as Places and Regions,...