Links
 This website contains links which are organized alphabetically around a sequence of topics widely applicable to tourism geography courses. Links are also available for career opportunities, sustainable development/geography education, political geography, and more. The sites selected are based on subjective quality measures,  lesson plan adaptability, organization, authenticity, scope, and format.

Immediately beneath this links matrix, are other links relating to popular, professional and academic tourism articles. There is also a link to academic tourism geography and tourism and hospitality programs worldwide.
1

Accessible Travel

     
2 Aerial Archaeology/Underwater Exploration/Space Tourism      
3 Agritourism      
4

Alternative Tourism

      
5 American and Francophone Cultural Affairs      
6 Animated Tourism      
7 Cruise Lines      
8 Culinary Museums      
9 Culinary Tourism      
10 Cultural Heritage and Historical Tourism      
11 Eco/Nature Tourism      
12 Food Festivals      
13 Foreign Films      
14 Geography      
15 Geography Activities, Education & Resources      
16 Geotourism      
17 Jobs      
18 International Development      
19 Languages      
20 Maps, etc.      
21 Medical Tourism Geography      
22 New England Tourism      
23 Online Travel Guides, etc.      
24 Population      
25 Political Geography      
26 Quality Control: Tourism      
27 Reference Tourism Geography      
28 Regional Tourism      
29 Research Institutes      
30 Spatial and Visitor Management Strategies for Destinations      
31 Study/Teach/Work Abroad      
32 Sustainable Development      
34 Sustainable Tourism      
35 Sustainable Tourism Certification Initiatives      
36 Tourism and Hospitality      
37 Tourism Planning, Development, and Management      
38 Tourism Research/Development Organization      
39 Travel      
40 Travel Safety and Security      
41 Travel Search Engines      
42 Travel Writing      
43 Travel, Art and Photography      
44 Virtual Tourism      
45 Weather      
46 Wine Tourism      
47 World Events/News      
48 World Music      

 

Making Connections (student comments):

    Trip Atlas: the world's largest online travel resource

 

Select Geography of Tourism: Popular Articles
Select Geography of Tourism: Academic Journals and Articles
Select Geography and Tourism: University Programs
 

Study/Work Abroad (GEOG 290 – Spring ’08)

Question: Imagine that you were going to participate in a study/work abroad program sometime in your life. First, tell me where you would go and then how study abroad relates to/fits into our class topic, the geography of tourism. Be specific...

Figure 1: Study/Work Abroad Student Selected Geographical Locations

 

Total # of student selected geographical locations = 71

Source: GEOG 290 - Spring '08 Midterm

 

Map 1: Study/Work Abroad Student Selected Locations (GEOG 290 – Spring ’08)

Total countries selected: 21 (9%)

 

Sources:

 

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<img src="http://www.world66.com/community/mymaps/worldmap?visited=CRPRBRPEUYATFRDEGRHUISIEITESUKAEINJPAUFJNZ"><br/>

<a href="http://douweosinga.com/projects/visitedcountries">create your own visited countries map</a>

 or <a href="http://www.tonjafabritz.com">vertaling Duits Nederlands</a>


 

 


 

Dr. D'Arcy DORNAN, Assistant Professor

Tourism and Hospitality Studies & Department of Geography

Co-Chair, CCSU Global Environmental Sustainability Coalition

Central Connecticut State University

Governor’s Appointee, Advisory Commission on American and Francophone Cultural Affairs

Tel: 1 860 832 2782, Fax: 1 860 832 3140

Email: dornandaj@ccsu.edu, Website: http://www.geography.ccsu.edu/dornan/

Global Environmental Sustainability Coalition: http://www.ccsu.edu/ccsuclimate/symposium.htm

P Before printing, think about the environment