Role of cultural geography in promoting tourism

Abstract

Tourism and geography are interwoven intimately. With the emphasis on exploring the environment as a way to understanding it, both disciplines may assist each other provided that the particular characteristics can be adequately recognised and analysed. The tourist's understanding of the world is fundamentally linked to a desire in approaching a unique reality. Tourists are looking for entertainment and fun, seeking to escape everyday life and job. Moreover, travel allows you to encounter other realities, with special reference to unique landscapes, lifestyle and even food. Although the whole personality of the visitor is involved, the approach to remote locations and cultures is primarily sensory and emotional. The entire process is thus just partially logical and requires no regular or systemic approach. In addition, tourism is mostly targeted at producing pleasant feelings or at least improving personal development. Once confined to a limited number of rich and privileged individuals, the tourist industry is now popular with industrialised nations in particular owing to better income and more free time. The development of tourism is also dependent to existing infrastructure for transport and accommodation.