Library and supject based (task8)

After I finish the Pre-sessional English I will continue study in Tourism Management.
I went on the Metranet, Library services to find useful links to web based sources linked to my subject area.
The links that I found which will help me a lot to get more information in tourism area are:
1. http://www.unwto.org/index.php
The World Tourism Organisation (WTO)
It publishs tourism statistics and also has links to national tourism orgamisation.
2. http://www.wttc.org/
The World travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)
This website publish a series of country reports, Tourism news and tourism researchs.
3. http://www.abta.com/home
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)
ABTAnet has detail of ABTA2300 members UK travel agents and tour operators. Moreover, it give information on the destinations they feature.

One of the academic article from WTO web is Rapid slowdown of international tourism growth
http://unwto.org/facts/eng/pdf/barometer/UNWTO_Barom08_3_en_Excerpt.pdf
The article gives overview of key trend, tourism data in 2008 and forcast for2009.
This article is quite a long article and give information about the number of international tourist arrival. From looking at the number we can see the trends of tourism. It shows the fact that what is happenning with the industry at the moment.