No news items for this week. For weekly travel news, please visit my weekly Travelography podcast.

Rather than news, I discuss an article from my Tourism Geographies journal on the topic of travel and geographical (actually mapping) knowledge.

The main topic then switches to issues of private and public goods, and the justification for government planning and regulation. The goal in this discussion is to define the role of government in planning for tourism in a community -- and the responsibility of the private sector in its reliance on public resources for tourism development. A bit theoretical, but I hope you enjoy it.

Cheers - Alan

Geography for Travelers blog (Length: 27min 0min)

Today's podcast focusses on the concept of Sustainable Development as it applies to the Travel and Tourism Industry. The News portion covers some Travel Quotes, Space Travel and the Mekong River Tourism Project. Detailed Show Notes can be found at http://travelgeography.blogspot.com

Travel & Tourism Numbers and News

News items include a new Jetlag advisor website (link below) and a discussion of Turin/Torino, Italy where the Winter Olympic Games just opened last week. I then focus the on tourist arrival and expenditure numbers and impacts, first at the global scale and then at the local scale. [Show Length = 17min, 36sec]

Links to websited related to this week's podcast:

Scots scientist sheds light on problem of jet-lag misery
http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=165952006

Winter Olympics boost Turin tourism
http://www.travelwirenews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000075/007591.htm

Power of Travel - Travel and Tourism Information
http://www.tia.org/marketing/tourism_information.html

Did You Know? Fun Facts (TIA)
http://www.tia.org/marketing/toolkit_tourism_facts.html

Tourism Talking Points: Economic Impact of Travel & Tourism
http://www.tia.org/uploads/powertravel/pdf/talkingpoints.pdf

Office of Travel & Tourism Industries' Information on Inbound Travel to the U.S.
http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/index.html

WTO Tourism Highlights, Edition 2005
http://www.world-tourism.org/facts/menu.html

 

 

Tourism has played more of a role in the historical development of 'sustainable development' than you probably thought. Also discussed are Breakback Mountain movie tourism to Wyoming and Bali's slow tourism recovery from terrorist attacks. Shownotes at http://travelgeography.blogspot.com <18min 40sec long>