Welcome

Browse the depth and breadth of what's on offer on this subject at your library. This page aims to be a guide to finding travel guides, books and other material at the library and online. Enjoy!

eBooks

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• Overdrive eBooks
• Getting started with our eBooks

Recent print books

Travel Websites

New Zealand

• Tourism New Zealand
  The official site of Tourism New Zealand, a great source of information for both visitors and locals.

General

• Official advice for New Zealanders living and travelling overseas
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Information on countries, travel documentation and risks. Includes a section on Health & Travel
• CIA The World Factbook
  Browse by country and click on the 'Travel facts' for a country to see useful information
• Trip Advisor
  Comprehensive links to articles, guidebooks, travel businesses, plus informative and entertaining user comments.
• Sustainable Tourism
  Internet resources on eco-tourism, part of the Global Development Research Center website.
• World clock
  What time is it in Minsk?

Online Travel Guides

• Bradt Travel Guides
• Fodor's
  A solid travel site compromised by the amount of advertising.
• Footprint Handbooks
• Insight Guides
• Let's Go
  Featuring the full-text of Let's Go guides to countries and major cities, including walking tours, history, transport to and within cities, and the usual food, shopping and accommodation listings.
• Lonely Planet
  A website for the most popular travel guides at WCL, serving the budget conscious and those interested in adventuresome travel.
• Rough Guides
  General travel information plus extensive histories and well selected recommended readings under many destinations.
• Time Out
  Informative guides "to the world's top 34 cities", with topical articles and up-to-date night-life listings from its London and New York magazines.