Author: Nicholas T Parsons
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752496042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
The guidebook has a long and distinguished history, going back to Biblical times and encompassing major cultural and social changes that have witnessed the transformation of travel. This book presents a journey through centuries of travel writing.
Overbooked
Author: Elizabeth Becker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439161003
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
"Travel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes $6.5 trillion to the world's economy. To investigate the size and effect of this new industry, Elizabeth Becker traveled the globe. She speaks to the Minister of Tourism of Zambia who thinks licensing foreigners to kill wild animals is a good way to make money and then to a Zambian travel guide who takes her to see the rare endangered sable antelope. She travels to Venice where community groups are fighting to stop the tourism industry from pushing them out of their homes, to France where officials have made tourism their number one industry to save their cultural heritage; and on cruises speaking to waiters who earn $60 a month--then on to Miami to interview their CEO. Becker's sharp depiction reveals travel as a product; nations as stewards. Seeing the tourism industry from the inside out, the world offers a dizzying range of travel options but very few quiet getaways"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439161003
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
"Travel is no longer a past-time but a colossal industry, arguably one of the biggest in the world and second only to oil in importance for many poor countries. One out of 12 people in the world are employed by the tourism industry which contributes $6.5 trillion to the world's economy. To investigate the size and effect of this new industry, Elizabeth Becker traveled the globe. She speaks to the Minister of Tourism of Zambia who thinks licensing foreigners to kill wild animals is a good way to make money and then to a Zambian travel guide who takes her to see the rare endangered sable antelope. She travels to Venice where community groups are fighting to stop the tourism industry from pushing them out of their homes, to France where officials have made tourism their number one industry to save their cultural heritage; and on cruises speaking to waiters who earn $60 a month--then on to Miami to interview their CEO. Becker's sharp depiction reveals travel as a product; nations as stewards. Seeing the tourism industry from the inside out, the world offers a dizzying range of travel options but very few quiet getaways"--
Switzerland
Author: Baedekers Autoführer-Verlag
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and Tyrol
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alps
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Switzerland
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol ... Second edition, revised and augmented
Author: Carl BAEDEKER
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Worth the Detour
Author: Nicholas T Parsons
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752496042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
The guidebook has a long and distinguished history, going back to Biblical times and encompassing major cultural and social changes that have witnessed the transformation of travel. This book presents a journey through centuries of travel writing.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752496042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
The guidebook has a long and distinguished history, going back to Biblical times and encompassing major cultural and social changes that have witnessed the transformation of travel. This book presents a journey through centuries of travel writing.
Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes
Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy, Northern
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy, Northern
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Baedekeriana
Author: Michael Wild
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0956528902
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
By Michael Wild, the Baedeker historian, this is an anthology of articles about, and extracts from, Baedeker guidebooks of the past. There is much to amuse and enlighten the reader, who is taken to Troy, Poland under German occupation, the Berlin to Baghdad railway, India and many other fascinating places which one might otherwise never see.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0956528902
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
By Michael Wild, the Baedeker historian, this is an anthology of articles about, and extracts from, Baedeker guidebooks of the past. There is much to amuse and enlighten the reader, who is taken to Troy, Poland under German occupation, the Berlin to Baghdad railway, India and many other fascinating places which one might otherwise never see.
London and Its Environs
Author: Karl Baedeker
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266473183
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Excerpt from London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers The chief object of the Handbook for London is to enable the traveller so to employ his time, his money, and his energy, that he may derive the greatest possible amount of pleasure and instruction from his visit to the greatest city in the modern world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266473183
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Excerpt from London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers The chief object of the Handbook for London is to enable the traveller so to employ his time, his money, and his energy, that he may derive the greatest possible amount of pleasure and instruction from his visit to the greatest city in the modern world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Paris and Its Environs
Author: K. Baedeker
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368845330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368845330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.