Lonely Planet series

Lonely Planet's famous travel series was created by Tony and Maureen Wheeler in 1972 in Footscray, a western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 650 titles were published and sold in 200 countries around the world, accounting for about a quarter of all English-language travel guides sold. A total of 650 topics have been published in the series, sold in 200 countries and regions around the world, accounting for about a quarter of global sales of English-language travel guides, known as the backpacker's "bible", which was first launched on the Chinese market in 2006.