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Secretary: C. Michael Hall
Tourism Programme
University of Canberra, P.O. Box 1, Belconnen, A.C.T. 2616, Australia
FAX: 61-6-201-5119; E-MAIL: CMJH@COMSERVER.CANBERRA.EDU.AU

When the first issue of this newsletter was distributed early last year, it was not certain that there would be a second issue. Among other things, I needed some assurance that there was sufficient interest in it to warrant its continuation. That condition has been amply met. The distribution list continues to grow larger as individuals communicate with me to have their names added. Many readers of the first issue have expressed interest in its continuation. While that is encouraging, each mailing and each new name strains the financial capacity to print and distribute the newsletter.

The production and mailing of this issue have again been possible through the generosity of Allan Williams, Gareth Shaw, and Andy Griffiths (University of Exeter). Future issues may be distributed by Dr. Anton Gosar of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, by Dr. Felix Jlg of the Wirtschafts Universit„t in Vienna, Austria, and by Dr. Jerzy Wyrzykowski of the University of Wroclaw, Poland, each of whom has kindly volunteered to do so. For the longer term, I am seeking information about comparative mailing costs in various countries, so that we may use a distribution point where the costs are minimized. If readers have information of that sort, please let me know.

Already, a good many readers are communicating with others by way of electronic networks of one sort or another. I foresee that, in the not too distant future, this newsletter will be distributed by both electronic and traditional media. Internet and e-mail have both been suggested as ways of economizing on distribution costs. If you have access to such a network and would prefer to receive future issues of this newsletter in electronic form, please send the following message to me by e-mail, FAX, or ordinary mail: I would like the contents of TOURISTinfo to be available to me at the following electronic mail address.

I am delighted to be able to issue this issue of the newsletter in both English and French, thanks to the generous offer of Professor Jean-Michel Dewailly and his colleague Dr. Dominique Creton at l'Universit‚ des Sciences et Techniques de Lille Flandres Artois, France, who have translated this entire issue into French. Unlike this issue, which contains all of the material in both languages, future issues will be available in one language or the other. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A FUTURE ISSUE, YOU MUST LET THE EDITOR KNOW WHETHER YOU WANT THE ENGLISH VERSION OR THE FRENCH VERSION. If you do not respond to this request, the editor will assume that you do not wish to continue receiving the newsletter at all. Use the address, FAX number, or e-mail address at the head of the newsletter.

I am grateful to those who have submitted material for inclusion in this newsletter. Please keep sending information that needs to be shared worldwide. There are hundreds of people who want to know about events, publications, appointments, conferences (both before and after the fact), etc. The deadlines for submission will be March 31 and September 30 each year.

Although one or two individuals have suggested a new name for the newsletter, there are many more who are already referring to it by the name on the first issue, Hence, to avoid confusion, it will remain TOURISTinfo until there is an uprising against it.

- Frederick M. Helleiner

RURETOUR Meetings and Publications

During 1992-4 a RURETOUR group has met twice -- at Sorrento and Alicante -- to discuss the role of tourism in Urban and Regional Restructuring in Europe, under the aegis of the European Science Foundation's RURE programme. The group of 15 researchers has produced two publications: a special theme issue of Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie on tourism, to be published in late 1994 or early 1995; and a book on The Geography of European Tourism, to be published by Wileys in the Spring of 1995. Both volumes are edited by Armando Montanari (Naples) and Allan Williams (Exeter).

Professor Bernard Barbier of Marseille, France has sent background information on the World Heritage Convention, which links together 136 nations in the common goal of preserving irreplaceable testimonies of past civilizations and natural landscapes of great beauty and significance. He is undertaking research on heritage matters and will report on it at a future conference of the I.G.U. Study Group.

Professor Dr. Christoph Becker, Chair of the German- speaking Working Group on the Geography of Leisure and Tourism has supplied a five-page document entitled "sustainable Development with Tourism," in which four aims are stated. I shall send you this document on request, in either English, French, or German.

The program is offered by Sir Sandford Fleming College at its Haliburton Campus, located in the heart of one of Ontario's most popular tourist regions. Students will study at the Wigamog Inn, one of the region's leading year-round resorts. Limited student accommodation will also be available at the Inn. Contact: The Registrar's Office, Sir Sandford Fleming College, Box 8000, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, K9V 5E6; telephone: (705) 878-9300 or (705) 324-9144; FAX: (705) 878-9312.

IGU Study Group Regional Symposium on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism in Australia, New Zealand, the South-West Pacific & South-East Asia. 2-3 September, 1995
University of Canberra, Canberra Australia

Potential Topics include:
- Sustainable Tourism & Recreation
- Cultural & Heritage Tourism
- Nature-Based Tourism and Recreation
- New Approaches to the Methodology & Theory of Tourism & Recreation Geography
- Tourism & Regional Development
- Rural Tourism and Recreation
- Any Relevant Area of the Geography of Tourism & Recreation

Post and Pre Symposium field trips will be available.

For further information please contact:
Dr. C. Michael Hall
Tourism Programme
University of Canberra
PO Box 1
BELCONNEN ACT 2616
Australia
Phone: 61 6 201 2465
FAX: 61 6 201 5119
email:cmjh@comserver.canberra.edu.au

REINER JAAKSON, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Phone: 416- 978-3375; FAX: 416-978-6729; e-mail: JAAKSON@GEOG.UTORONTO.CAN.
I am studying the development of tourism in Estonia during its transition from a centrally planned, Soviet economy, to a market economy. At present, state property and enterprises, such as hotels, are being privatized. In most cases, this consists of sale to foreign investors. The prestige hotel `VIRU' in Tallinn, one of the few which had made a profit last year, was recently sold to a foreign company. Foreign tourism to Estonia is heavily concentrated in the capital city, Tallinn (over 90%) and is of very short duration (average stay is between one and two days). I am examining the potential for market based, foreign ecotourism to Estonia, particularly marine tourism to the Estonian archipelago in the Baltic Sea.

BRIAN DORAN, 11 Barrack Green, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland. Phone: 353 21 774926; e-mail: BDORAN@IRUCCVAX.UCC.IE.
I am a postgrad student (at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) examining the role of tourism in the economic and social development of rural communities. Sustainable development utilising the natural and cultural resources of rural communities is a critical component of my research.

CLAUDIO MINCA, Universit… Degli Studi di Trieste, Dipartimento di Scienze Geographiche e Storiche, 34127 Trieste, Italy. Phone: 040/54886; FAX: 040/6763176.
In the past 5-6 years Geography of Tourism has been my major scientific concern. For this reason I spent a 7 months study stay at the University of Calgary as a guest of the WTERC. My research is focused on destination image and on the spatial evolution of tourism in contemporary society.

VLADIMIR KOZLOV, Institute of Geography RAS, Center on Geopolitical Research, Staromonetny Per. 29, Moscow 109017, Russia. Phone: (7095) 238-18- 77; FAX: (7095) 230-20-90.
In the Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage I work in the Group of Complex Regional Programmes. I took part in research work in regions with great cultural and natural importance. The subjects of my research work are:
- Conception of recreational development of Russia in the new social and economical conditions.
- Recreational use of countryside in Central Russia.
- Changes in the settlement system under influence of recreation.
- Socio-economic development of the regions with great cultural and natural importance.

RMY KNAFOU, Pr‚sident de la Commission Fran‡aise de G‚ographie du Tourisme et des Loisirs, 24, Boulevard des Batignolles, 75017 Paris, France. Phone: (1) 43.29.79.93 et 46.33.74.31; FAX: (1) 43.29.65.29.
Je pr‚side le Comit‚ scientifique d'un organisme charg‚ de contribuer … r‚fl‚chir … la mise en place d'une structure internationale dans le massif du Mont Blanc, tenta de concilier am‚nagement et protection.

YUKIKO NUMATA BEDFORD, Ph.D., Professor of Geography, Setsunan University, 17-8, Ikedanaka- Machi, Neyagawa-Shi, Osaka, Japan 572. Phone: (0720) 26-5101; FAX: (0720) 26-5100.
I would like to learn from you how to manage time to create leisure (time). The topic is very current here in Japan, as you may know that Japanese must learn to work less or more efficiently (timewise) and enjoy more leisure time.

On August 6, 1994, twenty-five tourism geographers from eleven countries gathered in Lillehammer, Norway for a week-long seminar on tourism, organized by Thor Flognfeldt, Jr. In addition to papers and discussions, there were excursions both in the vicinity of Lillehammer (including many of the 1994 Winter Olympic venues) and to other tourist centres such as Lom, Rŝros, Lake Femund, and Elverum. During the excursions, presentations were made by regional tourist officials and opportunities were provided to sample a variety of forms of tourist accommodation. The papers and discussions were grouped into three workshops, with the following themes:
- The Impacts of Mega-events (wars, Olympic games, EXPO's)
- New Roles of Museums in the Tourism Product
- Sustainable Tourism (with examples from France, Poland, Norway, the eastern Alps, and North America).

A selection of the papers will be published, probably in a new journal entitled Progress in Tourism, Recreation, and Hospitality.

The 28th International Geographical Congress The Hague, Netherlands: August 5-10, 1996

The 1996 quadrennial congress of the International Geographical Union will include in its program, among other things, a "state-of-the-art" lecture on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism: Development and Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage, to be given by Professor Richard W. Butler of the University of Western Ontario. Professor Butler was the unanimous choice of those attending the seminar in Norway, described above. There will also be a general session on Coastal Areas: A Resource for Tourism, at which Professor Erdmann Gormsen of the University of Mainz, Germany will be giving an invited lecture. The theme of the Congress is Land, Sea and Human Effort. "Tourists," according to the brochure distributed by the Congress Secretariat, "particularly in Europe and North America, flock to seaside tourist resorts to `get away from it all': many people living in those coastal areas depend on tourist trade for their livelihood, which is extending to ever more distant parts of the globe." The Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism is attempting to arrange additional sessions and a field trip related to its interests (to be organized by Professor Adri Dietvorst). Authors of papers are encouraged to use bilingual overhead transparencies.

Poster presentations will be introduced as a valuable alternative to oral presentations, fully equivalent in every respect. Abstracts of poster presentations will be included in the Book of Abstracts. Poster presentations of the Sustainable Tourism Study Group will be incorporated in its program and will be located close to its meeting room. They provide an opportunity for full discussion, without the language difficulty of oral presentations. The more general papers will be selected for oral presentations and the more detailed and technical studies for poster presentations, which will be held at the end of a day in the framework of a social gathering.

Information about the Congress or about the specifications for a poster paper may be obtained from:
Congress Secretariat
IGC'96 The Hague
Mw. R. van der Linden
Faculty of Geographical Sciences
Utrecht University
P.O. Box 80115
3508 TC Utrecht
The Netherlands
Telephone:+31-30-532044
FAX: +31-30-540604
E-mail: Congress Secretariat: IGC1996@frw.ruu.nl

Other Forthcoming Conferences

March 14-18, 1995, Chicago, U.S.A.: Association of American Geographers Specialty Group on the Geography of Recreation, Tourism, and Sport, meeting in conjunction with the I.G.U. Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism:
Development and Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage.
Of particular interest to IGU Study Group members are the following sessions: Tourism in Latin America (8 a.m., March 18); Tourism in Canada and Europe (9:55 a.m., March 18); Culture and Tourism (1:30 p.m., March 18); The Role of Tourism in Economic Geography (1:30 p.m., March 17). The business meeting (5:20 p.m., March 15) will be a good venue for discussion of IGU/AAG concerns relating to tourism research, and will be followed by an informal get-together at a nearby restaurant/bar.
Contact: Professor Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt, Department of Geosciences, P.O. Drawer 5167, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State MS 39762-5167, U.S.. Telephone: 601-325-2905; FAX: 601-325-2907; E-mail: kjma@ra.msstate.edu.

April 24-29, 1995, Tenerife, Canary Islands: World Congress on Sustainable Tourism.
Contact: Secretariat of WCST, Viana 50, E-38201, La Laguna, Teneriffa, Spain. Telephone: 0034/22/60 30 64 and 23 06 88; FAX: 0034/22/20 09 51 and 60 30 74.
July 10-14, 1995, Durban, South Africa: First South African International Geography Conference - Geography in a Changing Society: Critical Choices for Change in Southern Africa.
Contact: The Conference '95 Secretary, Department of Geography, University of Durban Westville, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa. Telephone: 27-31-820-2317/2322; FAX: 27-31-820- 2934 or 27-31-820-2780.

July 16-22, 1995, Sŝo Paulo, Brazil: Congresso Internacional de Geografia e Planejamento do Turismo.
Contact: Coordenador Geral, professor Edwardo Y zigi, Departamento de Geografia da Universidade de Sŝo Paulo, Avenida Lineu Prestes, 338, 05508-900, Cidade Universit ria, Sŝo Paulo, Brazil. FAX: (011) 818.3159.

July 31 - August 5, 1995, Havana, Cuba: Regional Conference of Latin American and Caribbean Countries, International Geographical Union - Latin America in the World: Environment, Society and Development.
Contact: Mme. Z˘sima L˘pez Ruiz, Palacio de las Convenciones, Apartado 16046, La Habana, Cuba. Telephone: 20-4653, 22-6011 to 19, ext. 1514; FAX: 22-8382 or 33-1657; Telex: 511609 palco cu; E-mail: palcoext@ceniai.cu.

August 14-18, 1995, Moscow, Russia: Global Changes and Geography - Conference of the International Geographical Union.
Contact: Secretariat of the IGU '95, Staromonetny 29, Moscow 109017, Russia. FAX: 7-095-230 2090; E-mail: geography@glas.apc.org.

September 2-3, 1995, Canberra, Australia: IGU Study Group Regional Symposium on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism in Australia, New Zealand, the South-West Pacific and South-East Asia.
Contact: Dr. C. Michael Hall, Tourism Programme, University of Canberra, P.O. Box 1, Belconnen, A.C.T. 2616, Australia. Telephone: 61 6 201 2465; FAX: 61 6 201 5119; E-mail: cmjh@comserver.canberra.edu.au.

September 16-20, 1995, Mallorca (Baleares), Spain: 23rd Meetings of the Commission on the Geography of Tourism and Leisure of the French National Committee of Geography.
Contact: Miguel Segui Llinas, Las Mimosas 1, E- 07196 Capdella (Mallorca), Spain or R‚my Knafou, 24, boulevard des Batignolles, 75017 Paris, France.

Fall, 1995, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada: The Travel and Tourism Research Association - Canada Chapter annual meeting.
Contact: Joan Quigley. Telephone: 709-729-2974.

August 5-10, 1996, The Hague, Netherlands: 28th International Geographical Congress.
Contact: Congress Secretariat, IGC'96 The Hague, Mw.R.van der Linden, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31-30- 532044; FAX: +31-30-540604; E-mail: IGC1996@frw.ruu.nl.

Spring, 1997, Lyon, France: Possible meeting of the I.G.U. Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism.
Contact: TOURISTinfo editor.

September, 1998, Lisbon, Portugal: I.G.U. Regional Conference - The Atlantic - Past, Present and Future.
Contact: Professor Doctora Carminda Cavaco, Portuguese National Committee for IGU, Department of Geography, Centro de Estudos Geogr ficos, Faculdade de Letras, 1699 Lisboa Codex, Portugal. Telephone: (351) (01) 79 65469/7940218; FAX: (351) (01) 7938690.

August 13-18, 2000, Seoul, Korea: The 29th International Geographical Congress.
Contact: Organizing Committee of the 29th International Geographical Congress: Seoul 2000, Department of Geography, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. Telephone; +82-2-876-0400; FAX: +82-2-876-0401; E-mail: igcseoul@krsnucc1.bitnet.

As expected (see TOURISTinfo, Number 1), the Executive of the International Geographical Union, at its meeting in Prague in August, 1994, created a new Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism: Development and Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage, with membership as listed in the preceding issue of the newsletter and Dr. C. Michael Hall as Secretary. The mandate of the Study Group extends to 1996, and is subject to renewal. Its goals are as follows:
1. To examine the concept of sustainable tourism development within an international context with reference to spatial attributes, political systems, culture, society, economic development and the environment;
2. To analyse the development of heritage tourism and the impacts of tourist visitation on heritage;
3. To identify the mechanisms by which the concept of sustainable tourism can contribute to the maintenance and positive development of heritage; and
4. To study the implications of changing political frameworks on the sustainability of tourism.

TOURISTinfo will be the official newsletter of the Study Group. The Study Group held a seminar in Norway in August, 1994 and has plans for several more. See other parts of this newsletter for details.

The research program of an international Study Group is difficult to implement because of the logistical problems such as distance and language. My vision of the over-riding goal of the Study Group can be summed up in one word: communication. It is clearly impossible for the entire membership to work together on a single common project. Therefore, within this Study Group, several foci of interest have emerged and are being pursued by sub-groups of full and corresponding members. Four such sub-groups are the following:

1. Theoretical advances in the field of the geography of sustainable tourism, or new directions in the philosophy and methodology of tourism geography. Interest in this topic was stimulated by a paper presented in Lillehammer in August, 1994 by Florence Deprest, of the University of Paris and the subsequent heated discussion among several of those who were present. Professor C. Michael Hall, whose address appears on the front page of this newsletter, will be organizing a session on this theme for the International Geographical Congress in The Hague in 1996.

2. Environmental effects of tourism. Although no one has yet come forward to serve as chair of this sub- group, there is considerable interest in the subject, especially on the part of geographers in the German- speaking countries. In the meantime, Dr. Felix Jlg has volunteered "to act as a kind of address to turn to for this research work" and will "try to bring such a sub-group in motion." His address is Institut fr Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeographie, Peter Jordan- Strasse 6, A-1190, Wien, Austria; telephone: (1) 36 92 099; FAX: (1) 36 92 999 18.

3. The diffusion of museums. This topic grew out of one of the themes of the Lillehammer conference, at which four papers on museums were presented. Dr. Thor Flognfeldt, Jr. is co-ordinating that sub-group, with assistance from Prof. Dr. J”rg Maier. Dr. Flognfeldt's address is: P.O. Box 1004, Skurva, N- 2601 Lillehammer, Norway, and Prof. Dr. Maier may be reached at: Universit„t Bayreuth, Lehrstuhl Wirtschaftsgeographie und Regionalplanung, Universit„tsstrasse 30, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany.

4. An international analysis of the 1996 Olympics. This project is designed to follow up the research in which Professor Valene Smith and others evaluated the 1994 Winter Olympics as to the effect which the media coverage had on the images of Norway held in various countries. The present project will evaluate the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta using similar techniques. Professor Smith's address is: Department of Anthropology, California State University, Chico CA, U.S.A. 95921-0400; FAX: 916-345-3881; telephone: 916-891-1155; E-mail: VSMITH@oavax.csuchico.edu, but a co-ordinator of the project is still being sought.

Researchers interested in participating actively in any of these projects are invited to communicate with those members of the Study Group who are indicated. I hope that a progress report on each one will be available for the next issue of TOURISTinfo.

The Study Group has established contact with regional organizations of tourism geographers in France (Dr. R‚my Knafou), Canada (Professor Allison Gill), U.S.A. (Professor Klaus Meyer-Arendt), Germany (Professor Christoph Becker), and eastern Europe (Professor Stanislaw Liszewski, Lodz, Poland). We have also received correspondence and other information from the Centre for Ecotourism at the University of Pretoria (South Africa), the Tourism Research Group at the University of Exeter (U.K.), the European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) at Tilburg University (The Netherlands), the Centre for Research and Documentation on Leisure, Recreation and Tourism at the Ministry of Culture and Social Affairs in Brussels (Belgium), the Department of Regional and Tourism Geography at the University of Wroclaw (Poland), the Centre for Recreation and Tourism Studies at the Agricultural University in Wageningen (the Netherlands), and the Centre for Tourism Research and Development in Lucknow (India). All of these contacts are useful for facilitating communication. The Chairperson of the Study Group will undertake to provide their names and addresses to anyone interested. Above all, if there are other ideas for research and names of researchers that should become linked with each other, this Study Group will be pleased to receive them.

NEW: Wiley Publishing Co. is introducing a journal entitled Progress in Tourism, Recreation, and Hospitality.

NEW: Forthcoming: a new series in tourism entitled Tourism Dynamics: The Challenges of People and Place. The editors are seeking manuscripts for possible publication by the University of Pennsylvania Press in an international interdisciplinary series that focuses on a range of research approaches and on the problems and issues in tourism and their relationships to people and places. The series is aimed primarily at the undergraduate and graduate market in both academic and professional programs, with a secondary focus on professionals in the tourism and related industries.
Contact the Co-editors:
Professor Valene L. Smith, (address listed above) or Professor Paul F. Wilkinson, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3, Telephone: 416-736-5252; FAX: 416-736-5679; E-Mail: ES050006@ORION.YORKU.CA.

FORTHCOMING: Tourism Recreation Research, a multidisciplinary semi-annual journal that focuses on research problems in various recreational environments, announces the following issues and editors:
Vol. 20, No. 1, 1995 - Eco-Tourism - Dr. Betty Weiler, University of Newcastle, Australia
Vol. 20, No. 2, 1995 - Tourism Education and Human Resource Development - Professor J.R. Brent Ritchie, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Vol. 21, No. 1, 1996 - Tourism in East & Southeast Asia - Dr. Alan Lew, Professor of Geography, North Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ (USA).
Subscription Rates: Foreign US$100, India: Rs.500. Prepaid order requested. Back issues are available.
Write to: Editor, TOURISM RECREATION RESEARCH, A-965/6, Indira Nagar, Lucknow, India 226 016.

NEW: Conditions of the Foreign Tourism Development in the Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Leszek Baraniecki. The first two volumes, published in 1992 and 1993, contain papers presented at international seminars held in Borowice and Miedzyg˘rze, Poland, respectively.

NEW: Jean-Michel Dewailly and Emile Flament, G‚ographie du Tourisme et des Loisirs, Sedes, 88, boulevard Saint-Germain - Paris Ve, France, 287 pp.

FORTHCOMING: Greg Ashworth and A.G.J. Dietworst, eds., Tourism: Spatial Transformations, CAB publishers, 1995.

NEW: Tourism and Sport in Europe (11 articles dealing with 7 European countries). Special issue of the journal Hommes et Terres du Nord, 1993. Order from: Prof. Jean-Michel Dewailly, Institut de G‚ographie, Universit‚ des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France; Telephone: 20.43.46.82; FAX: 20.43.44.41 (100 French francs, payable to Hommes et Terres du Nord).

New: Georges Cazes, 1992, Fondements pour une g‚ographie du tourisme et des loisirs, Br‚al, 1, rue de Rome, 93561 Rosny cedex, France, 189 pp.