Travel guide books were written with the objective of helping tourists get along in a relatively new destination. Travel guide books also save the tourist from getting a culture shock by giving him as much information as possible. Travel guide books provide information about the travel destination, places to stay, how to travel, what to do, popular attractions, activities, food information, near by attractions and a lot more to a tourist.
Travel guide books online
As an alternative to buying travel guide books a tourist can also gather information online about the travel destination by referring to online travel websites. These websites provide information about all possible travel destinations and are mostly free. But to get comprehensive information about a specific travel destination, the best thing to do is to refer travel guide books. Some good websites that offer information on travel guide books are lonelyplanet.com, Amazon.com, letsgo.com, frommers.com, ulyssesguides.com, roughguides.com, nationalgeographic.com and footprintbooks.com.
In addition to providing information about books these websites also allow you to buy travel guide books online.