I discuss several travel news items, including 2006 being the Year of Study Abroad in the US, and efforts to stop Sex Tourism. Then I discuss issues realted to Sutainable Tourism Development in developing economies, with a focus on modernization. Show notes are at http://travelgeography.blogspot.com.

News items include the impacts of terrorism on UK residents' travel plans, drought in East Africa, and Bigfoot in Malaysia. Most of the 16min 30secs, however, are devoted to an introduction to Sustainable Tourism Planning. Show notes are at: http://travelgeography.blogspot.com

In this podcast I discuss atlases for travel, the top travel and tourism news and trends for 2005, and tourism and terrorism in 2005. Total length = 19min, 55sec. Show notes at http://travelgeography.blogspot.com