Geography 2144A/B Final: Tourism Sample Essays.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2144A/B
• Professor: L.Graham Smith

Document Summary

Intro: tourism in na is very unique from other places (size and diversity*, melting pot society many different cultures, differentiation between attractions and activities, each city has its own variety and uniqueness (ex: manhattan business vs entertainment central in vegas, na: tourist destinations are based on seasonality such as beaches, golding skiing, etc, only 37% americans have passports allows them to be satisfied within the states, personal thought: florida for december break for the beaches, but whistler for skiing, other countries have less diversity than na, smaller populations and fewer cultures and types of people (ex: italy many historical sites, but not as much entertainment as somewhere like vegas, clawsons classification of recreational resources used to make comparison between different locations, there attractions are motivations for travel, cultural/heritage based tourism: an important motivation factor for personal tourism throughout the world, but very diff in us vs other parts of the world.