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Tourism and Hospitality This bibliography lists some of the most important specialized tourism and hospitality information sources, as well as a number of relevant indexes, available in the Gelman Library. Other relevant data sources are listed on the Marketing, International Marketing, International Economic Statistics and Indicators, and U.S. Economic Data research guides. This guide is arranged in the following sections:

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Specialized Information Sources (International)

Compendium of Tourism Statistics. Annual. 1983-
Location: REF G 155. A1 T5896 (EARLIER EDITIONS IN STACKS)
Published by the World Tourism Organization, this "provide[s] in condensed form the basic statistical series on national and international tourism supply and demand in the various countries and regions of the world."

Yearbook of Tourism Statistics. Annual. 1988-
Location: G 149. I73

Travel Industry World Yearbook. Annual. 1983-1986, 1989-
Location: G 155. A1 B54

Barometer of Travel and Tourism. 1989-1992, 1996, 1998
Location: G 155. A1 C87
Formerly entitled Current Travel and Tourism Indicators and Travel and Tourism Barometer.

World Tourism Organization
Location: http://www.world-tourism.org/
This web site provides some statistics via the link "Facts & Figures" on the right side of the page.

World Tourism Organization E-Library
Location: ALADIN
This provides the full text of WTO documents.

World Travel and Tourism Council.
Location: http://www.wttc.org
Under Economic Research, one can retrieve statistics on the travel and tourism industry in regions of the world and countries. Under Media Centre, one can retrieve press releases.

Budgets of National Tourism Administrations, 1993-1997
Location: G 155 .A1 B82 1999

National and International Tourism Statistics, 1974-1985
Locaton: G 155 .A1 0734 1989

World Travel and Tourism Review. Annual. 1991-1993
Location: G 155. A1 W67

Tourism Policy and International Tourism in OECD Member Countries. Annual. 1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1979, 1981, 1983-1993/1994
Location: G 155. A1 066
Published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, this covers such topics as international tourist flows, government policy and action, and types of transportation used for member countries of the OECD, which are the advanced industrialized nations.

Tourism Market Trends: Africa. Annual. 1999, 2001-.
Location: G 155 .A35 T67
A World Tourism Organization Publication

Tourism Market Trends: Americas. Annual. 1998, 2001-.
Location: G 155 .A45 T68
A World Tourism Organization publication

Tourism Market Trends: Europe. Annual. 2001-.
Location: G155 .E85 T67
A World Tourism Organization publication

Tourism Market Trends: East Asia and the Pacific. Annual. 1995, 1998, 2001-.
Location: G 155 .E13 T67
A World Tourism Organization publication

Tourism Market Trends: Mibrle East.
Location: G 155 .N33 T68
A World Tourism Organization publication

Tourism Market Trends: South Asia. Annual. 1998-.
Location: G 155 .E14 T67
A World Tourism Organization publication

Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory.
Location: http://www.towd.com This provides links to web sites for, "official government tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of commerce, and similar agencies."

Travel and Tourism Data by Raymond Baron.
Location: G 155. A1 T6557 1989
This "provides guidelines for the collections and analysis of tourism and travel data which, if adopted, will lead to a more uniform system of tourism statistics," "assembles data on international tourism from over 200 countries," and "indicates where abritional and updated information on tourism trends can be obtained".

Specialized Information Sources (United States)

Economic Review of Travel in America. Annual. 1982/83-
Location: G 155. U6 E32

National Household Travel Survey
Location: http://nhts.ornl.gov

"[A] combined effort of Federal Highway Administration's Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey...and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics American Travel Survey...which were conducted separately in previous years."

American Travel Survey.
Location: http://www.bts.gov/publications/1995_american_travel_survey
Provides, "detailed information on long-distance travel in the U.S., states and metropolitan areas.

Office of Travel and Tourism Industries.
Location: http://tinet.ita.doc.gov
This U.S. government website provides various tourism statistics.

Domestic Travel Market Report. Annual. 1990-1991, 1993 - 1998, 2000, 2002 -
Location: G 155 .U6 T87
Published by the U.S. Travel Data Center this contains such statistics on travel as mode of transportation and purpose, as well as duration of tri ps.

Mid-Year Travel Market Report. Annual. 1994-2000.
Location: G 155 .U6 T872
Published by the U.S. Travel Data Center this contains such statistics on travel as mode of transportation and purpose, as well as duration of trips.

Tourism's Top Twenty. 1984, 1992, 1996
Location: G 155 .A1 T5928

Travel Market Report. Quarterly. Spring, 1990, Autumn, 1990, 1991-Summer, 1992.
Location: G 155. U6 T872
Published by the US Travel Data Center, this contains such statistics on travel as mode of transportation and purpose, as well as duration of trips.

Travel Market Close-up. 1987-1989.
Location: G155 .U6 N3842
Published by the U. S. Travel Data Center. It merged with Travel Executive Briefing to form Travel Market Report.

Travel Market Close-up, National Travel Survey Tabulations. Winter, 1987/1988-Autumn, 1989.
Location: G 155 .U6 N384
Published by the U. S. Travel Data Center. Superceded by Travel Market Report: National Travel Survey Tabulations and Analysis.

Travel Executive Briefing (Quarterly). 1987-1989.
Location: G 155 .U6 N385
Published by the U. S. Travel Data Center. Superceded by Travel Market Report.

National Travel Survey. 1983-1987.
Location: G 155 .U6 N383
Published by the U.S. Travel Data Center, this was superceded by Travel Executive Briefing and Travel Market Close-up.

National Travel Survey. 1980-1983, 1986-2nd Quarter, 1987.
Location: G 155 .U6 N3832
Published by the U. S. Travel Data Center, this was superceded by Travel Executive Briefing and Travel Market Close-up.

Market Share Indicator. Annual. 1998-1999.
Location: G 155 .U6 T6876
Produced by the Tourism Industry Association of America and Tourism Industries, this, "calculates the USA portion of a particular country's total long-haul travelers," for twenty countries. It also analyzes, "economic factors which influence consumers' travel decisions."

Travel Industry Association of America.
Location: http://www.tia.org/home.asp
This home page provides statistics under "Research" and information on relevant public policy issues. There are links to other sites.

Travelers' Use of the Internet. Annual. 1997, 1999 -
Location: G 155 .U6 T76

Historic/Cultural Traveler. Irregular. 2001, 2003
Location: G 156.5 .H47 H5

Transportation in America: A Statistical Analysis of Transportation in the United States. Annual. 1983-1989.
Location: HE 203. T73

Office of Airline Information.
Location: http://www.bts.gov/programs/oai
This site provides airline statistics, including U.S. international passenger data.

Summary and Analysis of International Travel to the United States. 1978, November 1993, December 1994.
Location: G155 .U6 U57B. (1978 edition in WRLC Storage)

Impact of Travel and Tourism on the U.S. and State Economies. Annual. 1976, 1982 - 1985, 1987, 1989 - 1990, 1993 - 1999, 2002 -
Location: G 155. U6 I48
Provides data on the effect of travel on each state. Formerly entitled Impact of Travel on State Economies.

Survey of U.S. State and Territory Tourism Office Budgets Annual. 1983/84-1996/97, 1999/2000-.
Location: G 155. U6 U59
Previously entitled Survey of State Travel Offices and Survey of U.S. State and Territory Tourism Offices.

Indexes

Because tourism and hospitality draw form many disciplines, listed below is a variety of indexes within different emphases but all of which do have some coverage of tourism and hospitality from their own perspectives. This is not a comprehensive list of such indexes. The first two listed are devoted exclusively to tourism, hospitality, and related areas.

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Leisuretourism.com. 1976-.
Location: ALADIN
Indexes hospitality, leisure, recreation, sport, tourism, and cultural industries literature, including books, chapters within books, and periodical articles.

Bibliography of Hotel and Restaurant Administration. Annual. 1980-1985.
Location: TX 911.3 .M27 B52 (1980-1984 on microfilm)

Sports Business Research Network. 1995 -.
Location: ALADIN
Covers literature about the sporting goods and sports marketing industries.

ABI Inform. Monthly. 1970-
Location: ALADIN
This is a business and economics database containing excellent abstracts of the articles that are indexed.

Business and Industry. Daily. 1994-
Location: ALADIN
Covers "leading trade magazines, newsletters, the general business press and international business dailies" from different countries and in a number of languages. For all articles there are substantive abstracts in English and the full text is available as well for most of the English language articles. This is a particularly good source for information about companies, industries, products, and services.

Business Source Premier
Location: ALADIN
Similar to ABI Inform (above).

Business Source Premier
Location: ALADIN
Similar to ABI Inform (above).

Economist Intelligence Unit
Location: ALADIN
This indexes various publications of the Economist Intelligence Unit that discuss business and economic topics in various countries. The EIU Executive Briefing (see below) is not included

EIU Executive Briefing. Weekly. Latest Year.
Location: ALADIN
Provides news on industry trends, management thinking, and global markets. Either type subject in the upper right box or click on Advanced Search next to the box. Travel and Tourism is one of the industries listed. This is not an index but a single publication.

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe.
Location: ALADIN
This provides full text of articles of a great many newspapers and business and general periodicals. It is particularly good for news items.

Factiva.
Location: ALADIN
This provides full text of articles of newspaper and business periodical articles.

ProQuest Research Library Plus. 1970-
Location: ALADIN
This is a multi-disciplinary periodical index with much full-text available. It also indexes some television and radio transcripts.

Academic Search Premier.
Location: ALADIN
This is a multi-disciplinary index with much full-text available.

Periodical Index. 1983-1993
Location: ALADIN
This consists of six indexes, to all of which either Gelman Library or the Burns Law Library also have paper subscriptions: Business Periodicals Index (from July, 1982),General Science Index (from May, 1984), Humanities Index (from February, 1984), Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (from January, 1983), Social Sciences Index (from February, 1983). Thus this is a multi-disciplinary data base.

Business Periodicals Index. 1958-1971.
Location: Z 7164. C81 B983

General Science Index. 1978-1998
Location: Q 1 .G46

Humanities Index. 1974-1998
Location: AI 3 .R493

Readers' Guide Retrospective. 1890 - 1982.
Location: ALADIN
This indexes general interest, popular, and news magazines. Online version of item below.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.1900-1999
Location: REF AI 3. R48
This indexes general interest, popular, and news magazines. Print version of item above.

Predicasts F&S Index Europe. 1978-1994.
Location: HF 1040.9. E8 F14
This indexes articles dealing with business in Europe. Articles are arranged by company, by product or service, and by product or service within country or region. One line descriptions of the articles are included.

Predicasts F&S Index International. 1969-1994.
Location: HG 4503. F8
This indexes articles dealing with business outside Europe and the US. Articles are arranged by company, by product or service, and by product or service within country or region. One line descriptions of the articles are included.

Predicasts F&S Index United States. 1967-1994
Location: HG 4961. F8
This indexes articles dealing with US business. Articles are arranged by company and by product or service. One line of descriptions of the articles are included.

International Development Abstracts. Bi-monthly. 1996-
Location: HC 59.69.I57
There is a separate section on tourism. This is included in Geobase (see below).

International Political Science Abstracts. 1989 -
Location: ALADIN
Covers almost 900 journals. Relevant to tourism policy.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. 1975 -
Location: ALADIN
This provides international coverage, mainly of periodical literature, relevant to tourism policy.

PAIS International. 1915-
Location: ALADIN
This combines the English language and foreign language editions of the Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin. It indexes and abstracts periodical articles, books, and government documents concerning public policy. The abstracts are in English.

Policy File.
Location: ALADIN
This indexes and abstracts a wide range of public policy literature, including studies by think tanks, and links to full text on-line when available.

World Bank e-Library
Location: ALADIN
"...an online, fully cross-searchable portal of over 4,000 World Bank documents. The collections consists of over 1,600 World Bank publications and over 2,400 Policy Research Working Papers, plus each new book and paper as they are published.

"See also www.worldbank.org for abritional access to free WorldBank publications."

Environmental Universe
Location: ALADIN
This consists of five sections. Environment Abstracts indexes scholarly journal articles and conference papers (some good subject headings are: corporations, env management corporate, multinational corp, and small businesses). News, Journals & Commentary indexes and provides the full text of relevant news sources, law reviews, law treatises, and law reporters (that provide legal news). Codes & Regulations provides, "federal and state codes and federal agency regulations." Case Law & Agency Actions provides case law and agency decisions at the federal and state levels. Waste & Materials provides, "federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information."

Geobase. Monthly. 1980-
Location: ALADIN
This indexes periodical articles dealing with ecology, geography, and geology.

Geographical Abstracts: Human Geography. Monthly. 1989- 1999
Location: G 1. G453

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Casino Gaming Dictionary by George Fenich
Location: GV 1301 .F46 1996

International Dictionary of Event Management by Joe Jeff Goldblatt and Kathleen S. Nelson
Location: GT 3404 .I57 2001; also in Special Collections

Dictionary of Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism (3rd edition) by Charles Metelka
Location: G 155. A1 M443 1990

Dictionary of Hotels, Tourism, and Catering Management by P. Collins
Location: G155.A1 C534 1997

Dictionary of Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality (3rd edition) by S. Medlik
Location: REF G 155.A1 M397 2003

Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America
Location: REF GV 53 .E53 2004
This deals with subjects historically. There are some relevant articles (e.g. "Tourism," "Backpacking and Hiking"). Each article has a bibliography.

Encyclopedia of Tourism edited by Jafar Jafari.
Location: REF G 155 .A1 E4295 2000. Also available electronically
There is a combined author and subject index.

International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management
Location: REF TX 905 .I68 2005. Also available electronically.

Glossary of Hospitality Terms by American Hotel and Motel Association
Location: TX 911.G567 1995

Travel Dictionary by Claudine Dervaes
Location: G 155. A1 D47 1998. Also in Special Collections

VNR's Encyclopedia of Hospitality and Tourism edited by Mahmood A. Khan
Location: TX 905. V57 1993
This is divided into three parts: foodserve management, hotel management, and travel and tourism. There are author and subject indexes as well.

Ecotourism Specialized Sources

Ecotourism: an Annotated Bibliography. (1st edition)
Location: Special Collections G 155.A1 E284 1992

Ecotourism: an Annotated Bibliography for Planners and Managers. (3rd edition)
Location: G 155.A1 E4 1993

Ecotourism: an Annotated Bibliography for Planners and Managers. (4th edition)
Location: Special Collections G 155.A1 E4 1997

Ecotourism Bibliography: An Information Source Guide by C. Goeldner.
Location: G 155 .A1 Z94 1997

Ecotourism Explorer
Location: http://www.ecotourism.org
This site is produced by the International Ecotourism Society and includes, amongst other items, research papers and market data. The easiest way is to click on index.

Ecotourism Society Collection. 1986 -
Location: Gelman Special Collections Department
This consists of the library of the Ecotourism Society along with yearly supplements. It consists of books, articles, pamphlets and brief documents. A finding aid can be found by clicking on site index on the library home page and then on Special Collections.

Encyclopedia of Ecotourism edited by David B. Weaver
Location: G 156.5 E26 E53 2001
There is a subject index.

Sustainable Development of Tourism: An Annotated Bibliography.
Location: G 156.5 E26 S88 1999

Other Reference Sources

Bibliographies on Tourism and Related Subjects
Location: G 155 .Z99 J23 1988

Collection and Compilation of Tourism Statistics.
Location: G 155 .A1 C54 1995
A World Tourism Organization technical manual.

Collection of Domestic Tourism Statistics.
Location: G 155 .A1 C5322 1995
A World Tourism Organization technical manual.

Collection of Tourism Expenditure Statistics.
Location: G 155 .A1 C544 1995
A World Tourism Organization technical manual.

Concepts, Definitions, and Classifications for Tourism Statistics.
Location: G 155 .A1 C63 1995
A World Tourism Organization technical manual.

Directory of Multilateral and Bilateral Sources for Financing of Tourism Development
Location: G 155 .A1 D568 1996

National Parks: Index. Biennial. Latest only Retained.
Location: REF E 160 .N25
Published by the National Park Service.

Provisional Guidelines on Statistics of International Tourism.
Location: G 155 .A1 U4 1978
A United Nations document.

Travel Industry Association of America: Travel Industry Awards for Excellence and Odyssey Awards Collection. 1994 -
This consists of materials submitted to the TIAA's annual Odyssey Awards competition. The awards recognize marketing and advertising campaigns, development of employees, education of citizens and government leaders about the economic and cultural importance of travel, and facilitation of the travel experience for travellers.

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