"Explains the historical roots of Caribbean tourism and follows a well-traveled sea route linking the U.S. east coast with the island of Cuba and the Isthmus of Panama to describe how the history of U.S. imperialism became the heart of the region's modern tourism industry."

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Battlefield Tourism, from One (Post)War to the Other, France–Spain. Touring from the Great War to the Spanish Civil War -- Chapter 3. War Tourism in Italy (1919–1939) -- Chapter 4. Spanish Civil War and Francoism for Tourists: The History Told in Travel...

We present a new, global data base on tourist destinations. The data base differs from other data bases in that it includes both domestic and international tourists; and it contains data, for the most important destinations, data at national level as well as at lower administrative levels....

The holiday destination choice is analysed for tourists from 45 countries, representing all continents and all climates. Tourists are deterred by distance, political instability and poverty, and attracted to coasts. Tourists prefer countries with a sunny yet mild climate, shun climes that are...