Hoggetowne Medieval Faire: using historical reenactments for community tourism development.
Festivals and events have become one of the fastest growing areas of local community tourism development. Communities increasingly understand that festivals are crucial elements of the city's tourism business. However, this understanding has led to an increase in the number of festivals and a rise in competition. It's increasingly...

Shopping/Entertainment Complexes as Foundations for Regional Tourism Development: The Case of Great Lakes Crossing. (Geography).
Shopping/Entertainment Complexes as Foundations for Regional Tourism Development: The Case of Great Lakes Crossing. Deborah L. Che, Western Michigan University, Geography Department, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; 616/387-0604 For many, nonessential shopping in malls or retail districts outside the shopper's home environment is a significant leisure activity. Tourism, which...

Destruction in disguise: international tourism projects in the Mekong River Basin are a model unsustainable development.
THE AMBITIOUS PLAN of the governments of Cambodia, Laos and Thailand to build a huge golf resort in a pristine forest area where the three countries meet has elicited a heated debate about the way tourism is being developed in the region. (1) The proposed 27-hole golf...

Tourism as a local development strategy in South Africa.
Introduction The economic geography of the post-industrial world has been characterized by fundamental processes of restructuring, an increased mobility of capital, the rise and decline of localities and regions and the pursuit of new economic growth activities, particularly in the service sector. In the developing world, such...

Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority.
Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority, by Pill Nyiri. A China Program Book. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2006. xii, 134 pp. $40.00 US (cloth), $22.50 US (paper). At present, commercial tourism is the biggest business in the world, with profits that equal or...

Problems in paradise: tourism is booming worldwide--but not everyone is happy about it, as Chris Brazier reports.
I stood aghast: was this really the same place? The time I spent in Ubud in 1981 is one of my most cherished travel memories. This village in central Bali had a steady trickle of Western visitors even then, attracted by its reputation as a haven for...

Travel Business News.
Feb 4, 2008 World tourism exceeds expectations in 2007. The year 2007 exceeded the expectations for international tourism with arrivals reaching new record figures close to 900 million. The results confirm both the sustained growth path of the past years and the resilience of the sector regarding...

Wide open spaces: an ecotourist's guide to the Midwest.
Maybe there's something in Wisconsin's water. How else to explain the state serving as home to so many conservation leaders, including Aldo Leopold and John Muir? Gazing out at the spectacular Apostle Islands--a group of 21 islands in Lake Superior at the northernmost coastline of Wisconsin--I began to understand...

Cruise Association Sets Conference and Trade Show.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-3 July 2008-Cruise Association Sets Conference and Trade Show(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) will host its keynote event -- the 15th Annual Cruise Conference & Trade Show -- in Trinidad, October 27-31. The Hyatt Regency Trinidad, located in the...

Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management.
Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts and Management. By MARK ORAMS. London: Routledge, 1999, 115 pp. [pounds]15.99 (pbk). ISBN 0 4151 3938 4 This a timely book, dealing as it does with the sea-based component of what has become the world's largest, albeit very diverse industry. Marine...