TOURISM MAPPING: AN OVERVIEW OF CARTOGRAPHY AND THE USE OF GIS

Abstract

Tourism able to greatly assist in developing economy as it also contributes to other sectors. One of the most important tools in promoting tourism is tourism map. Tourism mapping is important to provide guidance to tourists in identifying and finding the best tourism spots in the area. However, most tourism maps were not produced using the correct concept and the right tools. The effect of this would lead to lacking of information or misleading to the tourist. This paper discusses, based on literatures, the concepts of creating a tourism map through cartography, and introduces the idea of using GIS technology as one of the methods to produce tourism map effectively and efficiently.