Recreation, Tourism and Sport Specialty Group

Recreation, Tourism & Sport Specialty Group

of the Association of American Geographers

The 2008 Meeting of The AAG April 15-19 2008 Boston, Massachusetts
RTS Paper & Panel Sessions	RTS Student Paper Competition	AAG Conference Information

RTS ESSENTIALS
RTS Newsletter, JUNE 2005 (.pdf)	Membership Directory
RTS Award Recipients & Past Chairpersons	RTSNET Discussion List Subscription Instructions
RTS Research Bibliography, Ph.D. Dissertations & Masters Theses on and in North America (from the Tourism Geographies journal website)
RTS Chair for 2007 to 2009: Sanjay Nepal (Texas A&M University)

RTS Member Research and Work on the WWW

Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Place, Space and Environment - Alan A. Lew, editor
Sport Place: An International Journal of Sports Geography - John F. Rooney, publisher and Allen Finchum, editor
Current Issues in Tourism journal - C. Michael Hall, editor
Coastal and Marine Recreation - WWW-based course taught by Bob Payne, Lakehead University, Canada
Recreation Geography - WWW-based course taught by Robert Bristow, Westfield State College
Lansdowne Geographic Research - Philip McEachern's webpage of research on sports geography, historical geography and other topics
Files available on the RTSNET email list site
- Geography Departments in the USA that list Tourism is in their research areas
- A list of internet resources on Geography and GIS
- Internet resources on Tourism Industry
Other Announcements - See the most recent RTS Newsletter
RTS Members wishing to have their URLs posted here should contact Alan.Lew@NAU.EDU

Other Sites of Interest

International Geographical Union - Commission on the Geography of Tourism, Leisure and Global Change - Homepage
Royal Geographical Society / Institute of British Geographers - Geography of Leisure and Tourism Research Group - Homepage
Fremdenverkehrsgeographie Forum - German site for students of Tourism Geography
Tourism Insight - "provides tourism professionals with free, relevant and reliable information about knowledge and expertise related to tourism"
International Academy for the Study of Tourism
Leisure Studies Association
René Waksberg's Tourism Research Links - one of the best lists of websites out there for tourism researchers
Outdoor Recreation Research Links - maintained by Yu-Fai Leung
Tourism Tidbits - Peter Tarlow's Tidbits Newsletter and More Archives
Big Volcano Ecotourism Resource Centre - one of the best places to start looking into ecotourism-related topics, including links to online reports, as well as more general tourism resources
Green Travel - alternative and ecotourism links
The Leisure Information Network - home of Canada's National Recreation Database and other recreation resources
Protected Areas Network Parks in Europe (PAN Parks) - A certification organization for protected nature areas, Their criteria and indicators is particularly useful
Tourism Education Websites - from the UK universities-based Learning and Teachins Support Network
Teaching Resources - from CHRIE - International Council On Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Education
Recreation Courses on the WWW - from SPRE (society of Park and Recreation Educators)
Asia Tourism Research - website and email discussion list
Geographers.com - search engines for finding geographers on the WWW - search by name, publication and academic interests
Geography Online - a free, web-based academic geography journal
PhDData.org - search on keywords to view abbstracts of current/in-progress Ph.D. dissertations
Work To Live - Escape Magazines campaign to end America's "Vacation Deficit Disorder". Did you know that on average, Americans work two months longer every year than the typical German and two weeks longer than Japanese workers. Click on "Vacation Starvation" to see a full report on this issue.
Flying off to a Warmer Climate? - Flying is also the cheapest way to cook the planet -it's completely tax-free! - Allows you to find out how much fuel you will use and greenhouse emssions you will generate on your next flight. See ChooseClimate.org for affiliated sites.
Tourism Impacts of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC
Geo-publishing.org is a resource site for publishing or disseminating geographical material. Topics include:

Good practice in writing for journals; Questions editors are often asked; Good practice in refereeing; Dealing with copyedits and proofs
Publishing articles: seven examples from initial draft to final article;Other types of publishing: books, reports, popular press, etc
Good practice in presenting papers; Good practice in organising seminars/conferences
Discussion forum: give us your views, experiences, ideas, etc; Links to useful websites, geography journals and publishers

RTS Archives

Newsletters (by year)	RTS Sessions	Business Meeting Minutes	Annual Report
V.30, June 2005	2005 - Denver	2005
V.29, June 2004 (pdf)	2004 - Philadelphia	2004
	2003 - New Orleans	2003	Calendar Year 2002
V.28, June 2002 (pdf)	2002 - Los Angeles	2002	2002 Tr Report
V.27, May 2001	2001 - New York	2001	2001
V.26, No.2, December 2000 V.26, No.1, May 2000	2000 - Pittsburgh	2000	2000
V.25, No.2, December 1999 V.25, No.1, May1999	1999 - Honolulu	1999	1999
V.24, No.2, December 1998 V.24, No.1, May 1998	1998 - Boston	1998	1998
V.23, No.2, December 1997 V.23, No.1, May 1997	1997 - Fort Worth	1997	1997
V.22, No.2, December 1996 V.22, No.1, May 1996	1996 - Charlotte	1996	1996
	1995 - Chicago	1995	1995

tips for RTS Chairs

For information on this site, contact: Dr. Alan A. Lew at alan.lew@nau.edu (Northern Arizona University)