Recreation, Tourism & Sport Specialty Group

of the Association of American Geographers

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
• Leisure Studies Association
• 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
• Recreation Courses on the WWW - from SPRE (society of Park and Recreation Educators)
• Asia Tourism Research - website and email discussion list
• Geography Online - a free, web-based academic geography journal
• PhDData.org - search on keywords to view abbstracts of current/in-progress Ph.D. dissertations
• 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.
• 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, and more
• Good practice in presenting papers; Good practice in organising seminars/conferences

RTS Archives

* From 2005 on, RTS sessions can be found under the conference program on the AAG website. Search for RTS Specialty Group sessions.

tips for RTS Chairs

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