Author : Linda L. Lowry
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1593 pages
File Size : 47,70 MB
Release : 2016-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1483368939
Taking a global and multidisciplinary approach, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism examines the world travel and tourism industry, which is expected to grow at an annual rate of four percent for the next decade.
Author : Pan American World Airways, Inc
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 1190 pages
File Size : 17,9 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780070484337
Author : John Block Friedman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 29,83 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 113559094X
Trade, Travel, and Exploration: An Encyclopedia is a reference book that covers the peoples, places, technologies, and intellectual concepts that contributed to trade, travel and exploration during the Middle Ages, from the years A.D. 525 to 1492.
Author : Jafar Jafari
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134735324
In fewer than three hundred years tourism has become a global service industry of great economic, cultural and political importance. Published to critical acclaim, the Encyclopedia of Tourism - now available as a Routledge World Reference title - is the definitive one-volume reference source to this challenging multisectoral industry and multi disciplinary field of study. Comprising over one thousand entries, this volume has been written by an international team of contributors to provide a comprehensive guide to both the manifest and hidden dimensions of tourism. It explores the wide range of definitions, concepts, perspectives and institutions and includes: comprehensive coverage of key issues and concepts definitions of all terms and acronyms entries on the significant institutions, associations and journals in the field country-specific tourism profiles, from Greece to Japan and Kenya to Peru thorough analysis of the trends and patterns of tourism development and growth. The extensive cross-referencing and comprehensive index will assist the reader in making links between the diverse aspects of tourism studies, and the suggestions for further reading are invaluable.
Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 17,31 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781579584245
Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.
Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1641711302
After 40+ years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite memories together into one inspiring, award-winning collection: For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories. Join Rick as he's swept away by a fado singer in Lisbon, learns the dangers of falling in love with a gondolier in Venice, and savors a cheese course in the Loire Valley. Contemplate the mysteries of centuries-old stone circles in England, dangle from a cliff in the Swiss Alps, and hear a French farmer's defense of foie gras. With a brand-new, original introduction from Rick reflecting on his decades of travel, For the Love of Europe features 100 of the best stories published throughout his career. Covering his adventures through England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and more, these are stories only Rick Steves could tell. Wry, personal, and full of Rick's signature humor, For the Love of Europe is a fond and inspirational look at a lifetime of travel. Winner of the 2022 Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award: Best Travel Book, Silver
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Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Author : Leslie Colvin
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 22,18 MB
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 9780794527846
Simple, yet informative text combines with extraordinary photographys, maps, animal facts and classification charts.
Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781574886412
By intelligence officials for intelligent people
Author : Dimitrios Buhalis
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 3904 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2022-07-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781800377479
The Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing is, quite simply, the definitive reference work in the field. This is the largest tourism management and marketing ontology that has ever been put together and offers a holistic examination of this interdisciplinary field. Bringing together a wealth of expertise, a team of international authors from all parts of the world shed light on the current state of tourism research and practice around the globe and provide unique insights into the field. Carefully curated by leading tourism scholar Dimitrios Buhalis, the Encyclopedia is an invaluable resource for academics, students and practitioners and provides the ideal starting point for any research journey. The concise entries present an accessible and condensed overview of each topic and the selected references that follow each entry suggest directions for further detailed exploration. Key Features: - Over 1000 entries - Entries organized alphabetically for ease of navigation - Fully cross-referenced - Concise, structured entries by the world's foremost scholars in tourism - Selected references for further study - Inclusive global authorship team. Contact us for a quote.
