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School Price: $131.95

Format:
Hardback
8" x 9.75"

ISBN-13:
9780195415568

Publication date:
May 2001

Imprint: OUP Canada


Travel Quest

Travel and Tourism in the 21st Century

Fraser Cartwright, Gerry Pierce and Randy Wilkie

Trillium Listed!

This new full-colour text gives students the opportunity to visit many regions of the world and discover why each is a unique tourism experience.

Readership : G11 Geography students -- Ontario

1. Travel and Tourism
2. Regions and Tourism
3. The Caribbean
4. Eastern Europe
5. Brazil
6. East African Savanna
7. Wild Canada
8. Australia
9. New York City - Tokyo
10. China
11. Antarctica
12. Planning
Maps
Appendix
Glossary
Index

Companion Site
Teacher's Resource Book
Catholic Values Resource

Fraser Cartwright and Gerry Pierce are both with York Region Board of Education.

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Special Features

  • Specifically written to meet 100% of the expectations of the new Grade 11 Regional Geography: Travel and Tourism Curriculum
  • Curriculum strands are identified throughout the text
  • Designed with an "active-learning" approach befitting the new "open" nature of the course
  • A new Geography Skill is introduced in every chapter for students to practice
  • Chapter-end, Culminating Activities draw together skills and concepts introduced in that chapter
  • GIS Activities found throughout the text, and apply GIS to relevant text content
  • High Interest Feature Boxes transport your students around the world:
  • Virtual Tourist - Identifies and briefly summarizes useful Internet sites
  • Traveller's Checks - Provides tips on what to take on a trip to a country or region
  • Great Getaways - Describes a sample itinerary for travel within a region
  • Tech Link - Introduces the latest in geographic technology
  • Fast Facts - Provides a statistical summary of a country or region
  • Take Note - Investigates a controversial issue unique to the region