One of my summer reads is 'Destination Earth' by Nicos Hadjicostis, who describes himself as a 'world traveller'.
He has spent six and a half years travelling the world, and writes about it not so much as a travel writer, but as someone who takes the time to experience the places that he visits.
The book got me thinking about how tourism is defined.
There are some definition suggested in the book.
The author also explores some tools for exploring a place which could be a country or region rather than a small town or all-inclusive report area.
This includes magnification, which all geographers will be familiar with as a concept of scale and having a 'geographical lens' with which to look at the world.
One of my other summer (re)reads was Julian Baggini's 'Welcome to Everytown', which describes life in the average postcode in Britain.
He heads off to the outskirts of Rotherham, and spends six months or so living there and explores various facets of life for the 'ordinary' person. The postcode is S66, which is the postcode where I grew up.
Julian heads to Majorca, which he has previously been to, but tended to stay in somewhere like Palma, which has Gaudi buildings and a little more culture than the leather factory he visits on an organised tour.
He talks about the concept of people being 'hefted' and most comfortable in particular locations.
Travel, and tourism potentially, is an opportunity to break out of this comfort zone.
I have just finished using Fearghal O'Nuallain's resources to plan adventures with Year 7 students.
There have been some wonderful outcomes from this piece of work.
He has spent six and a half years travelling the world, and writes about it not so much as a travel writer, but as someone who takes the time to experience the places that he visits.
The book got me thinking about how tourism is defined.
There are some definition suggested in the book.
The author also explores some tools for exploring a place which could be a country or region rather than a small town or all-inclusive report area.
This includes magnification, which all geographers will be familiar with as a concept of scale and having a 'geographical lens' with which to look at the world.
One of my other summer (re)reads was Julian Baggini's 'Welcome to Everytown', which describes life in the average postcode in Britain.
He heads off to the outskirts of Rotherham, and spends six months or so living there and explores various facets of life for the 'ordinary' person. The postcode is S66, which is the postcode where I grew up.
Julian heads to Majorca, which he has previously been to, but tended to stay in somewhere like Palma, which has Gaudi buildings and a little more culture than the leather factory he visits on an organised tour.
He talks about the concept of people being 'hefted' and most comfortable in particular locations.
Travel, and tourism potentially, is an opportunity to break out of this comfort zone.
I have just finished using Fearghal O'Nuallain's resources to plan adventures with Year 7 students.
There have been some wonderful outcomes from this piece of work.
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