Art 49
It offers information about contemporary art in Europe. It includes an art calendar with detailed information for exhibitions, artists and galleries. It also presents a list of the top events and museums.
Roller Coaster Database
The rcdb is a comprehensive, searchable database with information and statistics on over 1800 roller coasters throughout the world.
ADVENTURE
Away.com
This web is dedicated to worldwide adventure, sports and outdoor activities. It includes destination guides (United States, Europe, Africa, etc.), interest guides (active, art/culture, water sport, biking, fishing, nature, etc), travel deals, special features, travel photos and free offers).
iExplore
It is entirely dedicated to adventure (activities such as hiking, diving, biking and multi-sport tours) and experiential travel (activities such as cultural, expedition cruising, wildlife safari and culinary tours.
It includes a section with travel guides classified according to destinations or activities. Useful travel guides with an overview of the country, tours, where to go, activities, general info, history, weather, travel tips, dining, shopping, visa and health. Very good.
DATA
Atlapedia Online
Atlapedia Online contains full colour physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
It includes a section of countries A to Z that provides facts, figures and statistical data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, economy and more…
WTO
The WTO World Tourism Barometer is a regular publication of the Market Intelligence and Promotion Department of WTO aimed at monitoring the short-term evolution of tourism and providing the sector with relevant and timely information.
FLIGHTS
You can also find information about flights in the sites mentioned under the heading “General”.
123 THE WORLD
This site includes a list of the most relevant airlines from across the world. The link is to their official websites where available.
AVION EXPRESS
This is site dedicated to find the best fare for you. Here you can book and buy your tickets. You select the destination, class, date of departure and return, number of people, airline or other preferences.
GENERAL
123 World
It includes official Tourism sites classified alphabetically. A click on the country will take you to the official homepage of that particular tourism site.
The main page of this site http://www.123world.com (section of travel and tourism) also includes links to official sites covering airlines, airports, hotels, railways, seaports, tours and travel, world travel or maps.
Expedia
This web includes information about discount airfare, flights, hotels, cars, vacation packages, cruises, destinations and maps.
It also offers a section of traveller tools with travel alert, flight status, airport information deals via e-mail, currency converter, driving directions, the weather and passport information.
Travel notes
It includes essential travel information with detailed country backgrounds, reviewed web sites, and regular travel articles. It also offers a travel distance section containing information about distances between countries, etc.
Travelocity
Information about flights, hotels, cars/rail, vacations, cruises, last minute deals, guides and advice.
It includes a travel information centre with timetables, fare listings, dream maps, travel update, travel tips from A to Z, weather concierge, mobile and eye on the sky.
GUIDES
Europe Travel Guides
Free downloadable travel guides with information about hotels, restaurants, theatres, museums, casinos, car rentals, airline offices and attractions for all European countries and major cities. They´re constantly updated and extended.
Fodor´s Travel online
It includes information for travellers based on Fodor´s travel publications, including destination guides.
Frommer´s
In addition to guidebooks, it includes information about destinations, activities (interests, lifestyles and preparations) and deals.
Lonely Planet
It includes a world guide, forum, travel services, shop, articles on travel and a section with postcards with tips of readers from all over the world. The travel ticker contains information about travel warnings all over the world (floods, landmines, war, etc.). It is updated weekly.
The World Travel Guide Online
It includes a comprehensive description of cities and countries all over the world.
Travel Library
This is an interesting site for independent travellers. It is interactive, allowing travellers all over the world to share their experiences and tips on hotels, holiday destinations, airports, ski resorts and much more. It includes a section of travelogues classified by country.
Virtual Tourist
It includes travel guides as well as hotels, flights, vacations, car rentals and cruises. It also offers a forum and a chat for members (free membership)
HOTELS AND ACCOMMODATION
All rural
It is a web dedicated to rural tourism, bed and breakfast and ecotourism worldwide. It contains a description of the houses, different types of search (map, name/region, passive search, online reservations).
Backpackers
A place to find cheap hostels to sleep worldwide as well as interesting information to travel with a limited budget.
Bancotel
It includes a worldwide selection of hotels from 50€ a double room. It works with a check book that allows its users to stay in the best hotels at the best price.
You can do a destination search or an advance search according to your needs.
Direct-to Hotels
It offers a good selection of hotels based on their charm and comfort in different cities. A good point is that you book the hotels directly without intermediary. It includes interesting deals.
Europe famous hostels
Hostel World
Page dedicated to good-priced hostels around the world. It describes the places and presents an average rating graded by customers (character, security, location, staff, fun and cleanliness). It also presents examples of pre-built trips. Very interesting and useful.
Hotel inspector
It is an interesting page on reviews about hotels. It claims to express “the brutal truth”. A significant drawback is that it offers very few cities reviewed until now.
Hotel Key
It presents a wide selection of hotels worldwide. You can do different types of search and select hotels, beach hotels, apartments and paradores. It includes last minute offers.
Hotel Reservation Service
It includes a selection of more than 180.000 worldwide. An interesting feature of this page is that you pay directly in the hotel. No credit card is necessary. You can do different types of search (specific hotel/chain, map). It also presents special daily offers.
Interhome
20.000 holiday homes and apartments in Europe and Florida.
Last minute
Travel and entertainment deals.
In the travel section it includes flights, hotels, holidays and car hire.
Late rooms
Over 50.000 hotels worldwide with discount late rates. Classified by country and city.
The JP Moser Hotel and Chateau Guide
A guide of hotels and chateaus in Europe. It is not based on advertising but the personal selection of the author.
Tripadvisor
This page offers worldwide information and reviews of vacations, hotels, resorts and travel packages. It is very useful to get the impressions of other travellers about a comprehensive list of hotels and other types of accommodation.
Venere.com
It finds and books you hotels, bed and breakfasts and apartments.
Several languages.
World Executive. Hotels and Resorts Direct.
Hotel discounts and reservations.
It offers information about the major chains and independent hotels. It includes city guides with pictures, travel information, etc. It is possible to make reservations.
LINKS
Planet Rider
The aim of this product is to select the best travel sites on the 'Net.
It includes the following sections:
Destinations: Africa | Antarctica | Asia & the Pacific | Caribbean | Cruises | Europe | North & Central America | South America
Travel Activities: Adventure & Sports | Golf | Fishing | Skiing | Scuba | Art & Culture Guides | Food & Drink | Music
Travel Activities: Adventure & Sports | Golf | Fishing | Skiing | Scuba | Art & Culture Guides | Food & Drink | Music
Maps: Cartography | Maps for Sale | Physical Maps | Regional Maps | Road Maps | Unusual Maps | Vintage Maps | World Maps
Resources: Bargain Travel | Reservations | Business Travel | Travel Store | Weather
Resources: Bargain Travel | Reservations | Business Travel | Travel Store | Weather
For further information about other sites selected by Lonely planet, don´t miss the following suggestions:
MAGAZINES AND NEWSLETTERS
Conde Nast Traveller
It presents information about destinations, travel ideas, articles, editor´s pricks and forums.
Don´t miss the section of word trips and the hidden destination (crosswords).
Travel and Leisure
Monthly online magazine about travel. It includes destinations, hot deals, hotels, weather and special features.
Travel Daily News
Travel Daily News International is a valuable resource for the tourism professional around the world. It is daily updated with news, interviews, research articles, surveys, upcoming events, researches and studies and a 7000 pages archive of the above, on all tourism sectors worldwide. It covers topics such as aviation, hotel and lodging, tour operators, sea travel, ground transportation etc.
MAPS
GOOGLE EARTH
Here you have got a really impressive site.
Google Earth streams the world over wired and wireless networks enabling users to virtually go anywhere on the planet and see places in photographic detail. This is not like any map you have ever seen. This is a 3D model of the real world, based on real satellite images combined with maps, guides to restaurants, hotels, entertainment, businesses and more. You can zoom from space to street level instantly and then pan or jump from place to place, city to city, even country to country.
MAPS.COM
It includes different sections:
1. Geography bookshelf (*maps of the world –political-; *interesting games to check your knowledge about geography: arcade, trivia, map quizzes, puzzles, find it).
2. Physical and political maps.
3. World history maps.
4. Thematic maps
Mapquest
Here you can look for addresses, phone numbers (airports, hotels, restaurants, etc.) maps and directions (driving) in cities. It gives you the map with the information provided. Options: U.S & Canada and Europe.
The World: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
It includes maps as well as detailed information about all the countries in the world (capital, area, population, flag, languages, literacy, religions, life expectancy, government type, currency, GDP (per capita), industry, agriculture, arable land and natural resources).
POSTERS
International Posters
It includes an interesting collection of travel posters that you can copy in your computer. In the search option, type the world “travel” and you will get a beautiful collection of vintage travel posters as well as a representation of modern proposals signed by famous artists.
SPECIALS
Film locations
It includes a virtual trip to the location where many films were shot.
Sabbatical Travel Tips
It includes suggestions to plan a sabbatical year travelling all over the world.
Unmissable
This is a travel agency specialized in rare and exclusive journeys.
TRAVELLERS´OPINIONS
Tripadvisor
It is a very interesting site to get the impressions of other travellers about their experiences in hotels and other holiday products.
Traveller´s Point
This is an independent discussion list of independent travellers. They offer information about many different topics.
WEATHER
All the weather in the world
This is a site about the weather offered by the BBC. It covers all the places on the planet. It contains the necessary information about the weather related to outdoor sports, etc.
Earthweek
It includes the most important climate phenomena in the world: hurricanes, storms, earthquakes, etc.
(Some of these links have been gathered by Elena de Prada Creo)
| Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS)Consejería de Turismo (Gobierno de Canarias) Hoteles Escuela de Canarias Turespaña European Union: Directory of official pages on tourism about its member states and other European countries. World Tourism Organization | |
| RESOURCES ORGANIZED BY SUBJECTS | |
| UNIT 2: THE PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY | |
| HCareers Canada: search for employment in Canada from entry-level to senior management.Travel Industry Jobs: source of travel jobs across the UK | |
| UNIT 3: TRENDS IN TOURISM | Back |
| WTO StatisticsConsejería de Turismo del Gobierno de Canarias | |
| UNIT 4: TRAVEL AGENTS | |
| Association of British Travel AgentsWebsites to practise online reservations: Expedia, Travelocity. | |
| UNIT 5: TOUR OPERATORS | Back |
| Tour operator TUI | |
| UNIT 6: MARKETING & PROMOTION | |
| World Travel Market Turespaña VALS (Values and Life Styles) Survey On-line | |
| UNIT 7: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM | Back |
| Island Forum. Sustainable Tourism in Island Destinations | |
RESOURCES FOR ENGLISH LEARNING | |
Dialang: Free program to self-assess your mastery of various European languages. | |
| PAGES ON THE TEACHING-LEARNING OF ENGLISH | Back |
Englishclub.com: A wide variety of resources. It contains a section about Business English. Dave's Café: One of the most complete websites for teachers and students of English, with a lot of activities. Links of Interest to Students & Teachers of English as a Second Language (run by The Internet TESL Journal) The Linguistic Funland: An extensive range of resources. Aprender-English.net: Resources for Spanish-speakers who are learning English. StudyCom English For Internet: Free English lessons on the internet. Purdue’s On-line Writing Lab: Service offered by Purdue University for the improvement of writing skills. Aloud: Website where you can take free speaking lessons. | |
| DICTIONARIES | Back |
Longman Web Dictionary: monolingual dictionary (English). Word Reference: monolingual dictionary (English) and various bilingual dictionaries (Spanish« English, French« English and Italian « English). | |
| OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES | Back |
Yahoo directory containing online newspapers from all around the world (including business publications). RadioTower: Internet radio stations (there is a business section). | |
