Tourism Geography

Tourism geography is a subdiscipline of human geography that studies travel and its effects on locations.

Review | The Best American Travel Writing 2020

G.T. Dempsey

Travel writing as it should be – we are invited to learn from the setting of lessons by the learned and the observant.

Most Tourists Don’t Stray Far From the Road When Taking Photos in National Parks

Caitlin Dempsey

Cartography students mapped out 800,000 geotagged photos posted to Flickr to analyze how far those pictures were taken from a road.

Review | The Best American Travel Writing 2019

G.T. Dempsey

The 'Best American Travel Writing 2019' features pieces on either dangerous places or the pursuit of the exotic as well-informed as they are well-written. 

African elephant, Madikwe Game Reserve. Photo: flowcomm, CC BY 2.0

Are Safaris the Best Answer for Elephant Conservation?

Geo Contributor

Tourism can be a great conservation tool as long as it is monitored closely.

A person holding a camera up to the screen.

Geography of the Film Industry

Mark Altaweel

Human geographers have studied how the film industry has developed in different countries and regions within countries.