Travel and Tourism

Find useful UK and worldwide travel and tourism web sites at WebLinks > Travel and tourism. Bus, coach and rail timetables are in the Transport subsection
At Encyclopaedia Britannica online you can find masses of information about countries by searching for them by name or by using the 'World atlas' feature
At Reference books online there are general and specialist encyclopaedias and dictionaries about countries and cultures:

Credo Reference includes books such as 'Cassell's peoples, nations and cultures', 'Holidays, festivals and celebrations of the world dictionary' and the 'Penguin encyclopedia of places'

At Oxford Reference Online you can look up countries in the 'Oxford guide to countries of the world'. Results in Oxford reference online also give you links to recommended web sites

You can search for travel articles in Newspapers
Find related information at the Countries and Maps, atlases and gazetteers sections, and, to help you brush up your languages, see the Dictionaries section
Search the library catalogue to find hotel and bed and breakfast guides, directories of camping and caravanning sites, country guides and more
If you need help to find information, contact us

Road sign warning of camels crossing

A beach

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Page last updated: 18th May 2011