Tourism 

For background information on Tourism, there are many reference sources available in both print and electronic format. Use these resources to clarify the meaning of your topic and to check for synonyms (similar words) for your topic words.

The Library's web page listing Electronic Reference resources could also be of value, especially Electronic Subject Dictionaries and Encyclopedias relating to Tourism.

Compendium of Tourism Statistics

Travel Trade Year Book

World Development Report

Year Book Australia

Yearbook of Tourism Statistics (WTO)

Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism 2005

Dictionary of Travel and Tourism Terminology 2005

Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality 2003

Tourism: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences 2004

Encyclopedia of Ecotourism 2001

Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology 1996

Encyclopedia of Tourism 2000

Encyclopaedia of Travel Literature 2002

International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management 2005

VNR's Encyclopedia of Hospitality & Tourism 1993

World Travel Atlas 2002

World Travel Atlas: The Atlas for the Travel Industry 1999

The Library only purchases a very limited range of travel guides.

Other guides are available online:

Fodor's Travel Online

Let's Go Travel Guides

Lonely Planet On-Line

Rough Guides Travel

World Factbook