‘Tourism and Travel’ Archives
The Political Costs and Benefits of Tourism
The Political Costs and Benefits of Tourism Whereas the virtues of international tourism have been extolled as a major force for peace and understanding between nations (World Tourism Organization, 1980; 1982; Litvin, 1998; Leitner, 1999), the reality is often far removed from this utopian image. Long-haul travel between developed and [...]
The Scope of Ecotourism
The Scope of Ecotourism Ecotourism is the sector of the international tourism industry that has shown the fastest growth since the mid-1990s. The value of this sector to the economy of a developing country like Ecuador is significant, but difficult to measure with any precision. According to the Travel Industry Association of America, 83 per [...]
Rio
Rio Rio de Janeiro is one of the world’s great tourist cities for the following reasons: It provides the best-known images of Brazil, a country that is widely regarded as exotic, with a ‘liberated’ lifestyle, and an economy full of promise for the future. The spectacular beauty of its setting, between one of the world’s finest [...]
Bali and Lombok
Bali and Lombok Bali and Lombok are the best known of the holiday islands of Indonesia, and are readily accessible from Australia and Japan, their principal tourism markets. Bali is separated from Java to the west by only a narrow stretch of water, whereas Lombok to the east is more remote and less developed. Bali has a long-established [...]
Bahamas
Bahamas Bahamas, The, independent state, comprising an archipelago of about 700 flat, low-lying islands, 30 of them inhabited, in the western Atlantic Ocean, extending about 800 km (500 mi) between a point southeast of Palm Beach, Florida, and another off the eastern tip of Cuba. The Bahamas may be best known as the setting for one of the [...]
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro Mount Kilimanjaro, part of Africa’s Eastern Highlands, is a mountain located in northeastern Tanzania, near its border with Kenya. The highest mountain on the continent, it actually consists of two peaks, seven miles apart and connected by a ridge. Kibo is the higher peak at 19,341 feet above sea level; Mawensi is 16,893 [...]
Fraser Island
Fraser Island Fraser Island is an island off the southeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, separated from the mainland by the Great Sandy Strait and Hervey Bay, facing the town of Maryborough. Fraser Island is the world's largest sand island. It is about 110 km (about 70 mi) long and ranges in width from about 7 to 23 km (about 4.5 to 14 [...]
South Sandwich Islands
South Sandwich Islands These islands are the island arc above the Scotia Arc subduction zone. The plate tectonic geometry is complex. The arc is formed as the South American plate is driven beneath the tiny Sandwich plate on its east side. A small mid-ocean ridge separates the Sandwich plate from the Scotia plate to the west. East-west trending [...]
The Impact of Tourism on Venice
The Impact of Tourism on Venice As a destination Venice has many strengths but it also has weaknesses. Opportunities for developing the tourism product are strictly limited, and the unique qualities of the resource are under threat for a number of reasons. Venice�s popularity is itself a major problem. More than 50 000 visitors arrive in [...]
The Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands lie in the western Mediterranean some 200 kilometres from mainland Spain. They include four holiday destinations; Mallorca (better known in the UK as Majorca), Minorca, Ibiza (known as Eivissa in the regional Catalan language) and Formentera. Mallorca and Ibiza are nowadays associated with the excesses [...]
