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The reviewer also stated that the book "promises to become the standard guide on Singapore." [5] A reviewer from The Straits Times wrote: "I should say that it is just the sort of book that a tourist wants when he sets out to do sightseeing, and the only improvement that might be made is the provision of a much more detailed index." [6]
Compared with other guides such as Murray's, Cook's aimed at "a broader and less sophisticated middle-class audience." [1] The books served to advertise Cook's larger business of organizing travel tours. [1] The series continues today as Traveller Guides issued by Thomas Cook Publishing of Peterborough, England. [2]
Singapore Ducktours (part of RATP Group). Visitor arrivals to Singapore has been increasing since the country's independence in 1965. [2] As compared to a total of 99,000 visitors recorded in 1965, Singapore attracted approximately 19.1 million visitors in 2019 with receipts at S$27.7 billion, according to preliminary figures by the Singapore Tourism Board.
The first Let's Go guide was a 25-page mimeographed pamphlet put together by 18-year-old Harvard freshman Oliver Koppell and handed out on student charter flights to Europe. In 1996, Let's Go launched its website, Letsgo.com , while publishing 22 titles and a new line of mini map guides.
Portrait of publisher John Murray III, 19th century. Murray's Handbooks for Travellers were travel guide books published in London by John Murray beginning in 1836. [1] The series covered tourist destinations in Europe and parts of Asia and northern Africa.
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Not For Tourists (abbreviated NFT) is a series of guides to major cities. Unlike traditional tourist guide books, NFT guides are designed for people who live in or commute to their subject cities. [citation needed] As such, they differ in several ways from the typical guide book. In addition to highlighting landmarks, restaurants, bars, stores ...
A guide book to the 1915 Panama–California Exposition An assortment of guide books in Japan. A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". [1] It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities.