Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-188) and index.
Cover -- Table of contents -- List of Plates -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Setting the scene -- Creating destination awareness -- Travel in the ancient world -- The classical world -- Medieval trade and travel -- Roots of modern travel and tourism -- Industrial revolution -- The twentieth century -- And in the future? -- 2 Middle East and North Africa: ancient empires -- Egypt -- The Arabian Peninsula -- The worlds of the Bible -- Greeks and Persians -- Bridges to Europe -- North Africa -- 3 Africa: slavery and safari -- Europe and Africa -- early history -- West Africa -- trans-Saharan trade and early empires -- East Africa -- the original safari destination -- South Africa -- 4 Asia: culture and colonialism -- India -- The Silk Road -- The Himalayas -- China -- Japan -- South-East Asia, Indonesia and Malaya -- 5 Europe: change and continuity -- The age of rail -- The age of air -- Contemporary Europe -- 6 North America: expansion and revolution -- Discovery and colonization -- The making of modern America -- Tourism in North America today -- 7 South America and the Caribbean: Aztecs to Antarctica -- Pre-colonial times -- Colonial times -- Post-colonial times -- Antarctica -- The Caribbean -- 8 Australia and the Pacific: outback and outriggers -- Australia -- New Zealand -- The Pacific Islands -- Notes -- Index -- Last Page.
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From travel in the ancient and classical world to the growth of underwater tourism in the Great Barrier Reef and the influence of the Gulf War on regional tourism, the Atlas of Travel and Tourism Development is a new departure from conventional texts, providing a unique overview of the growth of the tourism industry. Divided into three sections, the text looks first at the past, examining the influence of global geography on travel patterns, and provides an overview of the history of travel and tourism. It then moves onto the present, using a regional framework to demonstrate how the physical and historical geography of each area is related to tourism development. The final section provides a forecast of future trends for the next two decades. * A unique pictorial history of global travel and exploration * Easy-to-use maps that chart development of tourism * Explains the growth of tourism destinations and trends in a geographic and historic global context.