Useful web sites for Leisure and Tourism
Associations & Agencies
British Hospitality Association
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Royal Anthropological Institute
South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
Gateways
BUBL Information Service Catalogue of selected internet resources covering all academic subject areas including World Travel and Tourism. Try searching in the: subject menu, A-Z menu or the Dewey menu 300,s.
Intute: Social Sciences Previously known as SOSIG. Contains useful links to National and International resources in the social sciences including Environmental sciences. Also hosts online tutorials to get you started on the web.
Yahoo - Recreation and Leisure Studies This site is a major gateway for many related topics and is well worth a browse. Some of the key areas you will find are Tourism Research.
General
Country Reports Country information from around the world aimed at both tourists and students alike.
Dave Harris' Sociology Page A collection on-line teaching materials including reading guides.
Dept for Culture, Media and Sport The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has policy responsibility for museums, galleries and libraries, the built heritage, the arts, sport, education, broadcasting and the media and tourism, as well as the creative industries, the Millennium and the National Lottery.
Euromonitor Global business and marketing information with an emphasis on consumer markets.
EuroParliament The official web site of Europe's largest, directly-elected representative body.
Financial Times We have a subscription to the Financial Times which provides access to all the FT editorial, news data and industry insight. The subscribers area of the site can only be accessed on Machine A in the Electronic Resources Suite on the 2nd floor of the Library.
LTSN - Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism The Learning and Teaching Support Network aims to promote high quality learning and teaching through the development and transfer of good practices, and to provide a 'one-stop shop' of learning and teaching resources and information for the HE. community.
Open University Free resource material from the Open University openlearn website
Sustainable Tourism Sustainable tourism info sheets. Part of the Global Development Research Centre.
Tourism Concern Tourism Concern is a membership organisation campaigning for ethical and fairly traded tourism.
Tourism Research Links Site divided into three main categories with sections on cultural tourism, research (e.g. magazines, conferences) & technology.
Statistics & Market Research
National Statistics The official UK government statistics site.
Statistics on Tourism & research UK (Star) Web Site The official website of the tourism research liaison group of the UK. Includes 'tourism facts' with some UK tourism statistics (mostly from 1988).
Tourist Boards
Southeast England Tourist Board
For an eLearning tutorial that teaches critical evaluation of information found on the Internet then try the Internet Detective website. The website also includes sections on copyright matters, plagiarism and citation/referencing.
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