Ireland Map
AREA: 243,977 sq. km. (94,200 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than Oregon. CITIES: Capital London (pop. about 6.9 million in 1979). Other cities Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, …
Category: Vacations
Europe Travel Destinations
What does the average American tourist want to do and see? What is important to the middle-class traveler from New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles? Temple Fielding, whose travel …
Caribbean Map Tourist Attractions
EFFECTS OF GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY Climate and topography favor tourism in most of the Caribbean. A general pattern of sunshine, easterly breezes, and puffy cumulus clouds prevails. Rainy seasons …
Russia
Russia is really a nation of nations The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics with a variety of ethnic cultures under the Soviet banner. Actually there are some 185 different …
Europe Guide for Tourist
European weather varies widely depending upon latitude, altitude, and the presence of large bodies of water. Of particular importance to Western Europe is the Atlantic Drift (the diffusion of …
Bahamas Map
The island of Eleuthera typifies the Family Islands. Flying over Eleuthera at ten thousand feet it is seen as a long, skinny strip of land hooked at both ends …
THE BAHAMAS
The Bahamas receives 70 percent of its income from tourism and gets more visitors than any of the Caribbean Islands. There are few economic choices. The soil supports few …
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
Not far away are the British Virgin Islands with Roadtown, the capital, on Tortola Island. Of the thirty-six islands only sixteen are inhabited; they comprise a long chain of …