Subject Guides: TOURISM: FURTHER RESOURCES

Further Resources

ABTA - The Travel Association
ABTA is the UK’s leading travel association.
Institute of Hospitality
The professional body for individual managers and aspiring managers working and studying in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry.
The Tourism Society
The professional membership body for people working in all sectors of the visitor economy.
UK, Dept for Business & Trade
UK Government Dept. for Business & Trade site.
World Tourism Organisation (WTO)
Comprehensive collection of international tourism data. Includes: Tourism Statistics Database, covering 145 indicators, Tourism Data Dashboard, World Tourism Barometer.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
The only global business and human rights knowledge hub, delivering up-to-date and comprehensive news and research.
Center for Responsible Travel
The Center for Responsible Travel (CREST) is a globally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming the way the world travels.
Ethical Consumer
UK alternative consumer organisation. It researches the social and environmental records of companies, provides reports online and news and comment on all areas of ethical retail.
Global Sustainable Tourism Council
The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC) establishes and manages global standards for sustainable travel and tourism, known as the GSTC Criteria.

GreenFILE
Research index focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, topics range from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond.

Sustaining Tourism
Resouces for a global sustainable future
UN Sustainable Development Goals
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Go to Resources to find publications, case studies and more from this network of responsible businesses.

UK statistics & data

Data.gov.uk
Public data to help people understand how government works and how policies are made. Datasets available from all central government departments and a number of other public sector bodies and local authorities.

Digimap
View, print and annotate maps online or download data to GIS/CAD software - content includes GB Ordnance Survey, Environment, Geology, Historic, Marine and Society collections of maps and data.
Registration required.

Nomis
Official labour market statistics.
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
This is the gateway to UK National Statistics.
UK Data Service
The UK Data Service collection includes major UK government-sponsored surveys, cross-national surveys, longitudinal studies, UK census data, international aggregate, business data, and qualitative data.

International statistics & data

Comtrade
Comprehensive global trade data platform. The United Nations Comtrade database aggregates detailed global annual and monthly trade statistics by product and trading partner. Data compiled by the UN Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade.
Food and agriculture data - FAOSTAT
Data for 245+ countries & territories, from 1961 to the most recent year available. Includes production, trade, prices, employment, value chain and much more.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) data
Microeconomic and financial data: global, regional and national.
OECD data
Data for the 38 OECD countries on economy, finance, government, employment, innovation, and more.
Trade Statistics - ITC
Trade statistics from International Trade Centre. Also features tools for market access, export potential, trade obstacles, plus interactive trade map.
UN Data
You can find official statistics produced by countries and compiled by United Nations data system, as well as estimates and projections. The domains covered are agriculture, crime, education, energy, industry, labour, national accounts, population and tourism. You can also find indicators such as Millennium Development Goals.

For further sources of national and international statistical data, see the Statistics subject guide

Search Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

For more details on how to search Google Scholar see Link to Google Scholar Search Tips

You can set Google Scholar to Findit@Brighton when you are off campus.

Select Scholar Settings. Under Library links type in 'University of Brighton', check box in results and click Save.