Tourism Geography (or the Geography of Tourism) is the study of travel and tourism as an industry, as a human activity, and especially as a place phenomenon. From a geographical point of view, tourism consists of the places of tourist origin (or tourist generating areas), tourist destinations (or places of tourism supply), and the relationship (connections) between origin and destination places, which includes transportation routes, business relationships, and traveler motivations. Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey. ... Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Place is a term that has a variety of meanings in a dictionary sense, but which is principally used as a noun to denote location, though in a sense of a location identified with that which is located there. ...

Geography is fundamental to the study of tourism because tourism is geographical in nature. Tourism occur in places, it involve movement and activities across geographic space (between places), and it is an activity in which both place characteristics and personal self-identities are formed through the relationships that are created among places, landscapes and people. Physical geography provides the essential background against which tourism places are created, and environmental impacts and concerns are major issues that must be considered in managing the development of tourism places. Human geography provides an understanding of the social and economic relationships that exist in providing tourism and recreation opportunities and activities, as well as the special meaning that these places have to individuals. An destination's sense of place is often a key element behind tourism development -- after all, without the uniqueness and diversity of places, tourism could be mundane and uninteresting. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Space Attempting to understand the nature of space has always been a prime occupation for philosophers and scientists. ...

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[Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change] (International Geographical Union) [Recreation Tourism and Sport Specialty Group] (Association of American Geographers) [Tourism Geographies]: An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment (Routledge) [Geography for Travelers] podcast and blog