Use of opportunities of Google maps when studying interesting natural objects on discipline "Tourism geography"

The article considers opportunities of applying Google Maps when studying tourism objects at Geography direction lessons of the geographical faculty in Bashkir State University. The material accumulated and processed by the authors can be applied online during the lectures, tutorials and seminars. The authors provide both theoretical and practical recommendations, showing opportunities of online tours to study the following tourist and recreational regions: British, Alpine, French, Germany and Benelux countries. The authors give detailed description of the regions for the readers (as information consumers) to percept the text information and assess the opportunity of online tours to the above mentioned locations.