PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF CARTOGRAPHY IN TOURISM

Abstract

A map is a document and an instrument of multidisciplinary significance, which, among other things, has a distinct functionality in the field of tourism. The article covers the principles and methods of mapping in tourism.
The aim is to provide tourism workers with more precise information about the principles of cartographic expression, so that they are able to demand more appropriate requirements in the process of the immediate development of a specific tourist map. In this context, the inevitable cartographic elements, cartographic means of expression and the most appropriate cartographic methods for making a tourist map are emphasized. Some short remarks regarding the use of tourist maps are also included in the text.
Key words: tourist map, cartographic mapping, cartographic expression.