ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the concepts used to understand the relationship between transport and tourism and the characteristics of different forms of tourist transport. There are three distinct methods of human transport: self-propelled modes; augmented modes and fuelled modes. At an international scale, few studies exist to document tourists’ use of different modes of transport. One of the principal changes to take place in the post-war period in both outdoor recreation and domestic tourism is the major effect of the car on patterns of travel: it has made travel more convenient and less dependent upon public transport. The car offers considerable flexibility in the way people can travel and access tourism resources and sites outside urban areas. As Connell and Page illustrated, studying tourist movement to and within a destination, such as a National Park, helps identify the services required based on the timing of tourist visits in terms of seasonality and peak use.
