This paper argues for a fresh perspective on the significance of tourism. Its educational origins are recalled, and tourism is seen to parallel the mass media and formal education as a means of world ...

May is often considered the last month of summer in the Philippines. It also marks the onset of fiesta season—a peak travel month when vacationers visit hometowns, attend festivals, and travel to ...

Master’s Degree (Diplom), Geography, Technical University Munich, Germany, 1975 Dr. Rudi Hartmann's teaching and research interests include broadly regional geography and geographic education, tourism ...

Dr. Li Yang is an active researcher in the field of travel and tourism. Her research career has focused on tourism planning and development issues with an emphasis on ethnic tourism. Subjects have ...

In 2023, around 25 million people arrived from overseas and spent a record 5.3 trillion yen ($34.2 billion) in Japan. And this year, the pace is even faster. Accumulated foreign tourist arrivals ...

Poor geography knowledge is a bane of nearly every destination's existence. Natural disasters are an unfortunate opportunity for tourism officials to educate travelers, even if many will always ...

Geography and Tourism On the Summer Palace (The Present Chinese World Cultural Heritage Series) Dou Zhongru and Liu Caijie Beijing: New World Press, 2004. 197 pages; with illustrations. ISBN ...