Garden Tourism

Garden Tourism
Author: Richard Benfield
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1780641958

Garden visitation has been a tourism motivator for many years and can now be enjoyed in many different forms. Private garden visiting, historical garden tourism, urban gardens, and a myriad of festivals, shows and events all allow the green-fingered enthusiast to appreciate the natural world. This book traces the history of garden visitation and examines tourist motivations to visit gardens. Useful for garden managers and tourism students as well as casual readers, it also examines management and marketing of gardens for tourism purposes, before concluding with a detailed look at the form and tourism-based role of gardens in the future.

Gardening on the Edge

Gardening on the Edge
Author: Peter Clough
Publisher: Alison Hodge Publishers
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2004
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780906720332

The subject of this book is gardening. The publishers have provided no further information on this title.

The Cornwall Gardens Guide

The Cornwall Gardens Guide
Author: Douglas Ellory Pett
Publisher: Alison Hodge Publishers
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2006
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780906720486

'The Cornwall Gardens Guide' is a comprehensive guide to the gardens of Cornwall. It includes 120 gardens, public and country parks that open regularly, and a supplementary list of significant historic gardens that are accessible only occasionally.

World Tourism in the New Millennium

World Tourism in the New Millennium
Author: Zishan Parks
Publisher: Scientific e-Resources
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2019-04-20
Genre:
ISBN: 1839474416

Since the beginning of time humans have traveled. Food, water, safety or acquisitions of resources (trade) were the early travel motivations. But the idea of travel for pleasure or exploration soon emerged. Travel has always depended upon technology to provide the means or mode of travel. The earliest travelers walked or rode domesticated animals. Tourism is a collection of activities, services and industries that delivers a travel experience, including transportation, accommodations, eating and drinking establishments, retail shops, entertainment businesses, activity facilities and other hospitality services provided for individuals or groups traveling away from home. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) claims that tourism is currently the world's largest industry with annual revenues of over $3 trillion dollars. Tourism provides over six million jobs in the United States, making it the country's largest employer. Presenting models and techniques for tourism forecasting at the outset, the book "e;World Tourism in the New Millennium"e; makes elaborate discussion on current and future scenario of tourism in North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. This unique presentation on current and future tourism scenario is a must for students, teachers, tour consultants, tour guides, tourists and general public.

The Devon Gardens Guide

The Devon Gardens Guide
Author: Rosemary Lauder
Publisher: Alison Hodge Publishers
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2004
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780906720349

A comprehensive visitor's guide to some 130 gardens in Devon. Illustrated with colour photographs, it includes a general introduction to the geology, climate and garden history of Devon; a list of nurseries and garden centres in the county, and a calendar of opening times. It is suitable for garden-lovers, whether visitors to the county or locals.

The Gardens of England

The Gardens of England
Author: George Plumptre
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Gardens
ISBN: 9781858946023

In England, garden-visiting is a national obsessions. More than 80 years ago, the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) was founded with the aim of raising money for charity by opening gardens of interest to the public. This book gives you the opportunity to enjoy 50 of the country's greatest gardens from the comfort of your armchair.