As the year 1997 draws to a close, I am preparing to turn over responsibility for the chairing of the Study Group to my successor, Professor C. Michael Hall of New Zealand. Although the transition will take place in mid-1998, this is the last issue of TOURISTinfo which I am editing. Please send materials for publication in future issues directly to Professor Hall, whose new address appears on the masthead of this issue.
I am pleased to have had the honour of chairing the Study Group for the past several years, and am confident that its future is in good hands. The membership stands at 246, including both full members and corresponding members in 42 countries. Many of the members are active contributors to TOURISTinfo and to the Study Group's website, and/or contribute by participating in Study Group meetings or by corresponding with me. Although all of these contributions have fostered the health of the Study Group, I am particularly grateful to those who have worked actively behind the scenes to develop a program of goals for the Study Group, to host its meetings, to set up and maintain its website, to translate and produce the newsletters (including this one, for which Nacima Yelles and Marilyn Miller are to be thanked), to edit publications of the Study Group, and to assist me in many other ways, not the least of which is to provide moral support and re-assurance that the Study Group is on the right track. To all of these persons I express my sincere thanks. I hope that those who read this message will continue to provide support to Professor Hall, and I wish the Study Group well for the rest of its term.
I believe that one of the highest priorities for the next two years will be the preparation of a submission to the I.G.U. Executive Committee for the creation of a Commission to carry on the work of the Study Group. That will require input from the members, both through offering ideas and suggestions and, equally importantly, through lobbying their respective national committees to support the establishment of a Commission when the I.G.U. meets in Seoul in the year 2000.
December 2-5, 1997 - Trails, Tourism and Regional Development, an international conference on Trails, Heritage, Back Country and Rural Tourism within the context of their potential contributions to regional development, sponsored by the Centre for Tourism, University of Otago. Dunedin, New Zealand in association with the I.G.U. Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism, Cromwell, Central Otago, New Zealand.
December 4-6, 1997 - I International Workshop on Tourism Research: TURCARIB'97, Santiago de Cuba City. Contact: Dra. Maria Teresa Inciarte, Manduley No. 308, Esquina 13, Vista Alegre, CP90400, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; telephone: (53-226) 4-1458 4-1081; FAX: (53-226) 4-1579; e-mail: tur@megacen.ciges.inf.cu.
December 8-11, 1997 - Symposium on Cultural Approaches in Geography, co-sponsored by the I.G.U. Study Group on The Cultural Approach in Geography and the I.G.U. Commission on Urban Development and Urban Life, Paris, France. Information from: Mme Gautron, Laboratoire "Géographie et cultures", 191 rue Saint-Jacques, 75005, Paris, France. Tel.: (33) 1 44 32 14 42; FAX: (33) 1 44 32 14 38.
December 8-12, 1997 - I.G.U. Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism and Regional Science Association International and Pacific Regional Science Conference and Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association: "Regional and Urban Development in the Pacific Rim: Analysis, Policy and Practice." Wellington, New Zealand. Information available from Professor C. Michael Hall, Tourism and Services Management, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand; FAX + 64 +4 471 2200; telephone: +64 +4 4955233 #8998; e-mail: michael.hall@vuw.ac.nz.
December 15-18, 1997 - World Congress and Exhibition on Ecotourism - WORLD ECOTOUR `97, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Conferences, round tables, technical sessions, workshops, exhibition. Information from Mark Carlyon, Director of BIOSFERA, Caixa Postal/P.O. Box 2432, CEP 20001-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Telephone: (021) 221-0155; FAX: 221-0155, 221-7626; e-mail: biosfera@mtec.com.br.
April, 1998 - Tourism and regional and local development (in Morocco and in developing countries), Fifth Moroccan-German scientific colloquium, Rabat, Morocco. Information from: Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, BP 1040, Rabat, Morocco.
April 6-7, 1998 - International Conference "Statistics in the Process of Globalisation of Tourism". Opatija, Croatia. The goal of the conference is to compare data requirements in different branches of tourism science with statistical data availability and to find out lacks and shortcomings. The papers will mainly refer to Central European and Mediterranean countries. Information available from: Faculty of Hotel Management Opatija, CRO-51410 Opatija, Ika 42, Croatia. Telephone: +51 292 633; FAX: +51 291 965.
May 25-29, 1998 - Education and Training in Integrated Coastal Management: The Mediterranean Prospect, Genoa, Italy. Secretariat: ICCOPS, c/o The University of Genoa, Department Polis, Stradone di S. Agostino, 37, 16123 Genoa, Italy. Tel./FAX: +39 (10) 209-5840; e-mail: ICCOPS@POLIS.UNIGE.IT.
May 27-31, 1998 - Seventh International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Columbia, Missouri, U.S.A. Information from: Prof. R. Neil Moisey, School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A. Tel: (573) 882-9518; FAX: (573) 882-9526; e-mail: moisey@showme.missouri.edu.
June 7-10, 1998 - TTRA Travel Research Workshop, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. The theme for this year's conference is "Branding the Travel Market." The theme refers to brand awareness, brand loyalty, brand recognition, and so forth. The 1998 conference will feature approximately eighteen papers presented in seminar format (see the Call for Papers distributed by Norma Nickerson and Neil Moisey available at www.ttra.com) and thirty additional "meet the author" presentations in poster format. Poster presentation materials should be submitted by those researchers whose MATERIALS LEND THEMSELVES TO VISUAL RATHER THAN VERBAL COMMUNICATION. Submit poster session materials in triplicate by January 9, 1998 to: David B. Klenosky, Dept. of Health, Kinesiology, and Leisure Studies, Purdue University, 1362 Lambert, West Lafayette, IN 47907, U.S.A. Voice: (765) 494-0865; FAX: (765) 496-1239; e-mail: klenosky@purdue.edu.
June 16-18, 1998 - Harnessing the High Latitudes - People and Places, a conference to explore the links between tourism and related development and environmental/ecological protective management in cold climate areas, supported by the I.G.U. Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism. Organizer: A.W. Noble, School of Management Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 5XH, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1483-300800, ext. 3094; FAX: +44 1483-259387; e-mail: A.Noble@surrey.ac.uk.
July 16-20, 1998 - The Big Ghetto: Gender, Sexuality and Leisure, Leeds, U.K. A Conference of the Leisure Studies Association; Incorporating the 2nd International Women and Leisure Conference. Professor Sheila Scraton (Chair, LSA Conference 1998) may be contacted at: Leeds Metropolitan University, School of Leisure and Sports Studies, Beckett Park, Leeds LS6 3QS (UK). FAX from UK: 0113 283 7575; FAX from elsewhere: +44 113 283 7575; e-mail: S.J. Scraton@lmu.ac.uk.
August 27-31, 1998 - I.G.U. Study Group on the Geography of Sustainable Tourism, Estoril, Portugal. Information from Prof. Caminda Cavaco, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Alameda da Universidade, 1699 Lisboa Codex, Portugal. Tel: 351 1 7965469; FAX: 351 1 7938690; e-mail: ceg@mail.telepac.pt.
September, 1998 - I.G.U. Regional Conference - The Atlantic, Past Present and Future. Lisbon, Portugal. Information available from: Professor Doctor Carminda Cavaco, Portuguese National Committee for IGU, Department of Geography, Centro de Estudos Geográficos, Faculdade de Letras, 1699 Lisboa Codex, Portugal. Telephone: (351) (01) 79 65469/7940218; FAX: (351) (01) 7938690.
September 9-12, 1998 - Rural Tourism Management: Sustainable Options. Near Ayr, Scotland. Abstracts of papers accepted until February 1, 1998. Information from: Mike Burr and Fiona Carswell, Conference Organisers, Leisure and Tourism Management Department, SAC, Auchincruive, Ayr, Scotland, KA6 5HW. Telephone: +44 1292 525143 or 525027; FAX: +44 1292 525055; e-mail: leisure@au.sac.ac.uk.
Autumn, 1998 - Conference on the connection between environmental history and outdoor recreation in a comparative perspective. Participants are sought in particular from southern and eastern Europe. Information from: Petra Rantatalo, Umeå University, Department of History of Science and Ideas, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden (telephone: 090-17 97 34; FAX: 090-14 33 74; e-mail: pearao95@student.umu.se).
August 13-18, 2000 - 29th International Geographical Congress. Seoul, Korea. Information available from: Organizing Committee of the 29th International Geographical Congress: Seoul 2000, Department of Geography, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea. Telephone: +82-2-876-0401; e-mail: igcseoul@plaza.snu.ac.kr.
RUPERT HOLZAPFEL is a geographer currently writing his Ph.D. thesis with the focus on developing research and decision-making strategies as indicators for sustainable tourism. He will probably narrow it down to tracks and trails, looking at a particular one in New Zealand. He is looking for anything, in particular a bibliography, on what has been done already. He may be reached at Department of Geography, Massey University, PO Box 11222, Palmerston North, Aotearoa/New Zealand; e-mail: spiridon@iconz.co.nz.
DR. ROSS K. DOWLING is Vice-President of the Ecotourism Association of Australia and Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Environmental Science at the College of Business, The University of Notre Dame Australia, P.O. Box 1225, Fremantle, WA 6959, Australia. He is helping to prepare a "Management Plan for Sustainable Tourism for the Abrolhos Islands" and a "Coastal Management Plan for the Town of Cambridge." He was recently mentioned in a local newspaper article on "Nature, Key to Tourism," which discussed the potential for the development of ecotourism in the South West of Australia. He may be reached by telephone at: IDD+61(08)9239 5638; by FAX at: IDD+61(08)9239 5640; by e-mail at: rdowling@nd.edu.au; by website at: http://www.nd.edu.au.
FRANCESCO VALLERANI is a lecturer in Human Geography at the Dipartimento di Geografia of Padova University in northeastern Italy, who has recently written a book on ecotourism planning in Eastern Veneto inland. He writes, "I have been dealing with the relationship between Landscape and Sustainable Tourism since 1990 and this year I am managing a seminar course on "Ecotourism", based upon propaeditical and field work items. I am actually concerned in studying the opportunities of ecotourism in Venice inland in order to investigate new strategies to balance recreation needs with the impacts of hard urbanisation, both industrial and agricultural. In this context I am also analysing the potentials of new sustainable ways to be a tourist in a territory strongly affected by relevant cultural and natural heritage. As far as this topic is concerned, I would like to be in touch with you and with the study group on the "Geography of Sustainable Tourism". Please let me know what are your interests and the specific issues you are facing." He may be reached at the following address: Dipartimento di Geografia, Università degli Studi di Padova, 35123 Padova, Via del Santo, 26, Italy; telephone: 049/8274.079 (100); FAX: 049/8274099.
KLAS SANDELL, Department of Physical Education and Health, University of rebro, Sweden and Department of History of Science and Ideas, Umeå University, Sweden, has a focus on human ecology, attitudes towards nature and development strategies. He is carrying out research with regard to out-of-doors and environmental history in 20th century Sweden. He is especially interested in aspects of public access, the Nordic tradition of outdoor recreation ("friluftsliv") and the relation between contact with Nature and environmental engagement. Also, he is working with outdoor life as a research area and an academic subject for the Department of Physical Education and Health, University of rebro. He may be reached at the following address: Kjesäter, S-643 92 Vingåker, Sweden; FAX: +46-151-51 13 57; e-mail: Klas.Sandell@hoe.se.
JAN BRUNS is a geography student at the University of Hamburg, Germany who is writing his thesis on sustainable tourism in the Caribbean and the role of NGO's. His e-mail address is fg5a087@atlantis.geowiss.uni-hamburg.de.
ALLAN WILLIAMS of the Tourism Research Group at the University of Exeter is initiating a new research project on the role of privatisation in the tourism sector in the wider processes of economic transition in the Czech and Slovak republics. The principal research officer will be Dr. Vladimir Balaz of the Slovak Academy of Science, and the project is funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council. He is also completing a three-year project on international retirement migration from the UK to Southern Europe, in collaboration with Russell King and Tony Warnes. There are important tourism dimensions to this form of population mobility and he would welcome contact with other researchers with an interest in this topic. He can be reached at the Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter UK EX4 4RJ; telephone: +44 (0) 1392 263337; FAX: +44 (0) 1392 263342; e-mail: A.M.Williams@exeter.ac.uk.
MICHAEL FAGENCE is engaged in a study of the impacts of tourism development on Amish and Mennonite communities (in USA and Canada), and of the interaction of those communities with tourism (i.e., the willingness to become involved with the tourist activity in some way). He writes, "In connection with this I've spent time in the Amish region of Lancaster County (PA) and the Mennonite region of Waterloo County (Ontario). I've been given considerable assistance to find published sources on these interlinked issues (by librarians, by Internet, and by helpful colleagues on one or more lists). This means that the general literature on Amish/Mennonite has been well-covered; in addition, I have good sources on both Lancaster County and Waterloo County. A recent scan of Current Contents was not too helpful in listing recent (i.e., post-1993) sources; however, that may not be because there are few; rather it might be an indictment of my search processes. Therefore, I am throwing myself to the mercy of subscribers to this list. Even if you suspect you may recommend something I may have already accessed, or that someone else "will be sure to list it, so I won't" please respond with as many suggestions as you can. In particular, I am keen to: 1) probe journals which are in the domain of geography, as well as social anthropology; 2) find names of people who have been or are involved in some research into Amish and Mennonite communities; 3) find reference to journals which have so far escaped my net. This research topic seems confronted by a series of walls of 'no information' or of information which is locked away in almost secret sources, little-used/referenced journals and so on. So if there is anyone 'out there' who feels able to help, please do so. My gratitude will be unbounded." He also asks for published or Internet sources on cultural impact assessment (i.e., the impact of tourism development on culture), and case studies of (a) developed countries (e.g., North America and/or Europe); (b) developing countries (preferably in Asia/Pacific); (c) impacts on indigenous peoples (also preferably Asia/Pacific); (d) impacts on minority groups (including religious minority groups such as Amish, Mennonite). The basic requirement is for accessible sources, but even the suggestion of whom to contact would be useful. He may be reached at the Department of Geographical Sciences and Planning, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; FAX: 61-7-3365-6899; e-mail: m.fagence@mailbox.uq.edu.au.
PETER JORDAN is a member of the editorial board of the journal Tourism and Hospitality Management. His e-mail address is: y225ldaa@vm.univie.ac.at.
YONGSEOK SHIN is a graduate student interested in sustainable tourism. He writes, "I have to define the following words: sustainable tourism, eco-tourism, alternative tourism, soft tourism. If you have any opinions or materials concerned, please help me. I'm looking forward to sharing any ideas with you." Mailing address: Shin, Yongseok (graduate student) Kwanak-ku, Shilim 9 -dong, San 56-1 (zip: 156-742), Dept. of Geography (graduate school), Social Sciences College, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; Telephone: +82-342-706-0476; FAX: +82-2-876-9498; e-mail: swow@chollian.net.
ROBERT KASPAR writes, "Just a short update on my Ph.D. on the "Development of Wintersports Mega. -Events towards the Environment" with Prof. Jülg. I extremely appreciated his supervision and can only speak of him with pride. My studies are now history and the Ph.D. a finished piece of work. The IGU session has been interesting to attend and the contact with Prof. Hall remains at a high level. I now work for the Salzburg 2006 Winter Games bid committee." His address is: Dr. Robert Kaspar, Salzburg 2006 Bid Committee, Julius-Raabplatz 1, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria. Telephone: (++43) (0) 662-2006; FAX: 2006-10; e-mail: rkaspar@sbg.wk.or.at.
ALOIS CLEMENS writes, "I am sending you this message from the Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra Gorda en Mexico. We have a very interesting project here and I would like you to know about it. Recently we have been nominated Reserva de la Biosfera as a result of 10 years of work from the NGO Grupo Ecologico Sierra Gorda. We are initiating an ecotourism project in the park and profits go to conservation and community development projects. But we have not been able to carry out good carrying capacity research. And it is difficult for us to have control over several things. How do we prevent our success from hurting ecosystems? Can we control building activities in the area so that they become ecologically sound? To attract people from far-away places we are connecting to tour operators and other reserves. It is not always easy to combine public and private interests. Other things we do are reforesting about 1000 ha each year, and giving away trees to private landowners (among other ways). The park is 383,000 ha." He may be reached by e-mail at: sierrago@sparc.ciateq.conacyt.mx.
The European Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) was established in 1991 to develop transnational educational initiatives in tourism and leisure. Initial funding for ATLAS came from the ERASMUS Bureau. ATLAS provides a forum to promote staff and student exchange, transnational research and to facilitate curriculum and professional development. It currently has 115 members in 20 countries.
What are the Objectives of ATLAS?
* To promote the teaching of tourism, leisure and related subjects throughout
Europe.
* To encourage the exchange of staff and students between member institutions.
* To promote links between professional bodies in tourism, leisure
and associated subjects and to liaise on educational issues, curriculum
development and professional recognition of courses.
* To promote transnational research which helps to underpin the development
of appropriate curricula for transnational education.
What does ATLAS do?
ATLAS promotes links between member institutions through regular meetings
and information exchange. The main activities of ATLAS are:
* Publication of the ATLAS course handbook.
* In 1996 a series of nationally-based seminars and conferences was
organised by national co-ordinators in different countries, focusing on
common issues of transnational education.
* A major transnational research project on cultural tourism in Europe,
funded by the EC. The Cultural Tourism project is currently developing
a transnational database, which will be available as a research resource
for ATLAS members.
* ATLAS is also compiling a directory of tourism and leisure researchers
in collaboration with the LORETO documentation centre in Brussels.
* Regular publication of the ATLAS newsletter.
Please send your questions or remarks about ATLAS to Greg Richards, ATLAS Co-ordinator at: Richards@kub.nl. For any comments about the homepage (http://cwis.kub.nl/~fsw_2/vtw/atlas/atlas.htm), please contact Leontine Onderwater at Leontine. Onderwater@kub.nl.
The following news release was issued in Wellington, New Zealand on June 5, 1997:
Tourists in Antarctica may outnumber all other visitors to the continent, but their impact on the environment and on historic sites is reduced by the limited time they spend on the ice, says a visiting conservator and historian.
"When you look at the number of hours that the tourists spend ashore, plus the time spent by scientists and their logistics staff, you will find that of all the human presence in Antarctica, tourists make up only half of 1 percent," said Bob Headland.
"Very few tourists actually sleep ashore, or even eat ashore," said Mr. Headland, who is making a speaking tour of New Zealand, sponsored by the British Council.
"It's a continent bigger than Europe or Australasia, but it's only got the population of a small village."
And many of the tourist operators were catering to relatively affluent tourists who were environmentally sensitive and would not condone abuse of historic huts or the environment.
"To be a tourist in the Antarctic you've got to have the incentive, the time and the money," he said.
But one aspect of tourism yet to be adequately addressed were uncontrolled visits by private yachts, which often carried animals such as dogs and cats.
Mr. Headland spent three years, including two winters with the British Antarctic Survey at South Georgia, and he has also travelled around the continent several times as a speaker aboard Russian icebreakers converted into tour ships.
Mr. Headland said in most cases he favoured preservation of historic human sites such as Captain Robert Scott's Hut and others in the Ross Dependency.
But he said Australian plans to spend $A2 million ($NZ2.2 million) to preserve the historic Mawson's Huts in Antarctica faced a terrible battle with the elements.
Radio New Zealand are doing a 30-minute documentary on Antarctica. Professor Michael Hall writes, "I may be able to purchase it and make copies at minimal cost if people are interested." His address is at the beginning of this newsletter.
Michael Hall writes, "It is with interest that I've been reading the latest AAG Newsletter with its discussion of CONTINUITY AND CHANGE: REDISCOVERING GEOGRAPHY: NEW RELEVANCE FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY (National Academy Press, 1997). It's discussed both under the President's column and also under a heading entitled 'hot geography'. The book seems to be getting a lot of hype. However, on a quick glance I don't see tourism and recreation or even a geography scholar in the field being mentioned. I would be grateful if our American colleagues could inform us of the extent to which tourism and recreation studies have been rediscovered as part of this wider rediscovery of geography in the United States."
Profiles in Indian Tourism, edited by Shalini Singh and Tej Vir Singh. Profiles in Indian Tourism presents a shared endeavour of multi-disciplinary scholars from India and overseas who have spent years of field research in various aspects of Indian tourism. The book is a modest effort of the Centre for Tourism Research & Development, Lucknow (India) to prepare a state of the art and the direction of tourism research in India. Particular care has been taken to select themes that focus on the problems of tourism development in the environmentally sensitive regions and heritage resource areas. Contact for details: Editor, Tourism Recreation Research, A-965/6, Indira Nagar, Lucknow, 226016 India; FAX: (91) 0522-381586.
Two new issues of Tourism Recreation Research have appeared in 1997. Vol. 22, No. 1 deals with Tourism and the Host Community and is edited by Prof. Kadir H. Din of Malaysia. Vol. 22, No. 2 deals with Sport and Tourism and is edited by Prof. Terry Stevens of Wales (U.K.).
Francesco Vallerani, La Scoperta dell'Entroterra, Nuovi Turismi tra Veneto Orientale e Pordenonese, Nuova Dimensione Ediciclo. This book, written in Italian, contains chapters on tourism and territory, new trends, attractions and opportunities, fluvial tourism, cultural tourism, and a look at the future.
Richard W. Butler and Tom Hinch, eds., Tourism and Indigenous Peoples, Thompson International Business Press, London, 1996.
Polly Pattullo, The Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean, Cassell, Wellington House, London, 1996, 220 pp. ISBN 0-304-33693-9 (hardback); 0-304-33692-0 (paperback). Contains chapters on planning, employment, social impacts, environment and ecotourism, the cruise-ship industry, and culture, as well as a select bibliography.
Gareth Shaw and Allan M. Williams (eds.), The Rise and Fall of British Coastal Resorts, Cassell/Mansell, 1997. Other contributors: John Walton, Julian Demetriadi, Chris Cooper, John Urry, and Sheela Agarwall.
The Faculty of Hotel Management Opatija together with the Austrian Institute for Economic Promotion publishes a new tourism periodical titled Tourism and Hospitality Management, published since 1995 in semi-annual issues. So far four issues have appeared. They deal with all aspects of tourism, from microeconomic via sociologic to geographic ones. The most recent issue is monothematic and concerns health tourism. The periodical focuses on Croatian themes, but contains Central European, European, and global issues as well. The articles are in German, English, or Croatian, but have summaries in other languages. Issues to come will have more extended English summaries. They will also contain a larger section of book reviews. The periodical can be ordered from: Faculty of Hotel Management Opatija, CRO-51410 Opatija, Ika 42, Croatia. Telephone: +51 292 633; FAX: +51 291 965. Books to be reviewed may also be directed to this address.
Current Issues in Tourism (ISSN 1368-3500) is a new journal edited by C. Michael Hall and published by Multilingual Matters, Bristol, U.K., who are also publishers of the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Current Issues in Tourism is a new type of tourism journal which encourages in depth discussion and critique of key questions within the subject. It offers a readable format for extended papers and reviews, each followed by informed commentary designed to spark off further reader response and debate. It will contain both applied and theoretical work that addresses tourism inquiry and practice. Lively and rigorous, it welcomes contributions from the broad gamut of subjects which make up the stuff of tourism studies. The journal is designed to be accessible to both new and experienced researchers and practitioners on a global basis. One of the unique features of the journal will be a 6-week response period following publication to allow both postal and e-mail comment on papers. There will be two issues published in 1998 and the Journal will be quarterly from 1999 onwards. There is an attractive half-price introductory offer to new subscribers, which allows the first six issues to be obtained for the price of three (US$59.00 for individuals; US$149 for libraries). The address for subscribing is: Current Issues in Tourism, Channel View Publications, Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon, England BS21 7HH; FAX: (+44)/(0)-1275-343096; e-mail: multi@multi.demon.co.uk.
Littoral 95, Proceedings of the International Conference, Ouest Éditions, Presses Académiques. The 67 contributions in this volume include some on tourism. The aim of the 1995 conference was to identify the changes which have affected the European seaboard areas since the 1980's. Available for 350 francs (US$65) + 30 francs (US$6) for postage from IGARUN/Cahiers Nantes, B.P. 81227 - 44312 Nantes CEDEX 03; Telephone: 02 40 14 13 50; FAX: 02 40 14 10 05; e-mail: igarun-bs@humana.univ-nantes.fr.
Richard Butler, C.Michael Hall, and John Jenkins, eds., Tourism and Recreation in Rural Areas, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, U.K., 1998, 261 pp., 18 figs., 27 tables.
Deborah McLaren, Rethinking Tourism and Ecotravel: The Paving of Paradise and What You Can Do to Stop It, Kumarian Press, Inc., 14 Oakwood Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06119-2127, U.S.A., 1997, 194 pp., ISBN 1-56549-065-7 (paperback, US$21.95), 1-56549-066-5 (cloth, US$48.00). Orders may be placed by telephone: 860-233-5895 (or 1-800-289-2664 in the U.S.A.), or by FAX: 860-233-6072, or by e-mail: kpbooks@aol.com. The advertising flier states, "Groundbreaking new book exposes the bad and the ugly of the world's largest industry...and shows what can be done to make it good again. [The author]...presents a comprehensive overview of the history and global development of tourism...Not only does McLaren expose the underbelly of tourism, she also gives us the information we need to act as better tourists and influence the creation of more responsible tourism policy."
ECoNETT - the European Community Network for Environmental Travel and Tourism - is a communication network based around the internet and other distribution mechanism, providing access to information about Environmental Travel and Tourism. The information is focused on the European Union for the first year, but it is intended to spread world-wide in the following two years.
ECoNETT is being developed by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), in co-operation with Green Flag International (GFI) and WTTC's environmental management programme, GREEN GLOBE. WTTC's technology partner for the project is IBM, who are providing the hardware, software and technical support required in order to set up and manage ECoNETT's Website. ECoNETT is funded by WTTC and DGXXIII of the European Commission. An ECoNETT prototype has been launched at the World Travel Market in November 1996 and from that day (11/11) the Network has been live, anticipating the expected date of January 1997.
ECoNETT Objectives:
The ECoNETT goal is to increase overall awareness of sustainable Travel and Tourism and in turn stimulate changes in management practices, in destination and corporations, to achieve sustainable Travel and Tourism development. The Key Objectives of ECoNETT are:
The International Conference, GENDER/TOURISM/FUN? convened at University of California-Davis, 26-28 October, l997, organized by university faculty Dean MacCannell, Janet
Momsen and Margaret Swain. Some seventy persons attended representing eleven foreign countries, including Australia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Finland, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Spain, Slovakia, and United Kingdom. The Keynote Address by Dean MacCannell was captioned by a remark attributed to a Hollywood screen writer in Los Angeles in l995, "Tourism is the only industry Hollywood studio executives are afraid of." According to MacCannell, Virtual Reality is the "logical next step between tourism and the movies" because a
mediated experience, or any off-site representation, is not substitutable for being in-the-presence-of the Real Thing, and illustrated this concept with film clips from recent research at Disneyland and Universal Studios.
In the two full conference days, the differing roles of gender in tourism were discussed in sessions organized around the themes: Rural Tourism; Sex and Romance; Ethnic Arts; Perceptions; Consumption; Employment; and Sexed Bodies. The closely defined conference theme and the limited number of participants generated group cohesion, and also generated many potential research issues. The subsequent discussions prompted Vivian Kinnaird to suggest that the group consider a subsequent conference in April, l999 in Scotland. Copies of the Proceedings are available from the organizers, Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis, Davis California 95616, U.S.A., or by e-mail: mbswain@ucdavis.edu or jmomsen@ucucdavis.
- Valene Smith