GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM

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Instead of a purely recreation-oriented geography of recreation, the author proposes a broadly based geography of tourism that would be concerned with the geographical aspects of all forms of travel on the ground that not only vacation travelers but business travelers make demands on transport facilities, hotels, etc. Tourism is defined in the broadest sense, from travel by rail or air to hiking, boating and camping. Some geographical problems associated with the use of natural landscapes by tourists are discussed. Three general problem areas are suggested: (1) those involving protection of the environment for the benefit of tourism; (2) the protection of the environment against despoiliation by tourism; (3) the use of tourists as allies in the cause of environmental protection. Geographers are urged to take a more direct part in the publication of guidebooks and other tourist literature, which is said to be at a very low level, especially in the area of physical description. Among potential tourist developments in the Soviet Union that have been neglected thus far are the need for national parks, with a variety of uses, and the creation of memorial parks around sites of historical interest.

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