Tourism geography

The tourism geography , and geography of tourism , is a sub-discipline of geography and it ranks among traditional for economic geography . It records, describes and explains the spatial structures of tourism in destinations around the world , as well as the tourism processes and functions they generate. As the geography of leisure and tourism , it deals with leisure activities as well as tourism .

development

Geography has been concerned with tourism since the beginning of the 20th century. In 1905 the term "tourism geography" first appeared.

Interdisciplinarity

Since tourism science is characterized by great interdisciplinarity, it is difficult to make boundaries within this science. There is a risk of overlap in all sub-disciplines, which can, however, produce new insights.

literature

• C. Becker, H. Hopfinger, A. Steinecke : Geography of leisure and tourism. Balance sheet and outlook. Oldenbourg, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-486-58434-9 .
• J. Schmude, P. Namberger: Tourism geography . WBG, Darmstadt 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-21994-0 .
• H. Hopfinger: Geography of leisure time and tourism. In: Hans Gebhardt, Rüdiger Glaser, Ulrich Radtke, Paul Reuber (eds.): Geography. Physical geography and human geography. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8274-1543-1 , pp. 712-733.
• A. Steinecke: Tourism. A geographic introduction. Westermann, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-14-160285-9 .
• K. Wolf, P. Jurczek : Geography of leisure and tourism. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8001-2539-0 .
• Tobias Reeh, Gerhard Ströhlein (ed.): Places, ways, visions. Current approaches in tourism geography. (= ZELTForum - Göttingen writings on landscape interpretation and tourism. Volume 6). Göttinger Universitätsverlag, Göttingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-941875-98-2 (online , PDF; 3.1 MB)
• Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment. Routledge. (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ H.-D. Haas, S.-M. Neumair: Tourism Geography. Definition in the Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden.
2. ↑ A. Steinecke: Tourism. A geographic introduction. Westermann, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-14-160285-9 .