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The genre of travel writing covers a range of different subgenres. Some forms are meant to be purely informative or educational, such as guide books. Others follow a narrative format, such as travelogues, that describe the writer's personal travels and experiences.

A travelogue can be defined as a record made by a voyager, generally in diary form. A travelogue contains descriptions of the traveler's experiences, and is normally written during the course of the journey, with the intention of updating friends or family on the journey.

Photograph of a man and woman in the Sierra Nevada mountains looking at a book.
Travel writing
Diagram of Travel writing and its most common sub-genres. Clockwise from top left: Descriptive/Evocative (travel book); Narrative/Evocative (travel literature); Narrative/Instructive (travel journal); Descriptive/Instructive (guide book).; Sub-genres of travel writing

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Africa

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South Africa

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Central Africa

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Indian Ocean

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Americas

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Caribbean

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Central America (other)

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Mexico

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South America

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United States

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Asia

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China

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India

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Nepal

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Saudi Arabia

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Tibet

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Central Asia (other)

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South-East Asia (other)

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Europe

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Ireland

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Britain

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France

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Germany

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Italy

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Northern Europe

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Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East

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Oceania

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Australasia

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Indonesia

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Melanesia

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Polynesia

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Global

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