Tourism geography investigates the relationship between culture and tourism. Issues and trends in the management of tangible and intangible assets, such as interpretation, globalization and cross-cultural values are investigated. The course covers major tourism and recreation issues on a global scale and how they apply to different regions of the world. The class takes a geographical perspective, which includes relationships between physical (geology, climate, vegetation) and cultural (historical, cultural, economic) aspects of places around the globe. Global marker.