Southeastern Recreation Research 2014

SERR 2014 is coming.

March 30th - April 1st 2014
Asheville, NC

See the webpage for details.

Fee Free Days 2014

Save the dates:

 

Date 19-20 April 2014	National Parks Weekend (NPS Free)
Date 14 June 2014	National Get Outdoors Day (free National Forests)
Date 25 August 2014	National Park Service Birthday (NPS Free)
Date 12 October 2014	National Wildlife Refuge  Week (NWR Free)
11 November 2014 Veterans Day	(All Federal Public Lands Free)

Community Preservation Act in Massachusetts

The Community Preservation Act (CPA) is a smart growth tool that helps communities preserve open space and historic sites, create affordable housing, and develop outdoor recreational facilities. CPA also helps strengthen the state and local economies by expanding housing opportunities and construction jobs for the Commonwealth's workforce, and by supporting the tourism industry through preservation of the Commonwealth’s historic and natural resources.

For more info, visit http://www.communitypreservation.org/

9 inches by 14 inches by 22 inches

Sounds like a pack of gum, eh?  Well that is the size limit United Airlines is imposing of passengers who try to board the plane with those huge suitcases for the overhead bins.

As people scramble to be first to board, they can claim the best storage leaving those in Groups 5, 6 and 29 without a place to store the kitchen sink.

Promoted as an effort to quicken loading and ensure space is available for all, it is certainly something that all airlines will likely embrace.

I just hope I don't get a bulkhead seat!

2014 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

yep,  Springtime in the Northeast might mean longer days and springlike weather.  Snow may linger (a foot is still on the ground) but the flowers will start to pop up.

It also means the annual Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium.

Sunday, April 6 - Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Otesaga Resort & Conference Center
Cooperstown, NY

Consider becoming "friends" on Facebook.

I'll be there presenting "The Carbon Footprint in Recreation Events."

Zusammenhang and Recreation

Zusammenhang
German

Etymology
zusammen- +‎ Hang
Noun
Zusammenhang m (genitive Zusammenhangs or Zusammenhanges, plural Zusammenhänge)
interrelation,
connection,
context

(Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zusammenhang)

Recreation Geography Defined

I opened this Blog a few years ago with that statement.  See (or search) for multiple definitions on the Blog.

Virtual Tourism

After traveling to Belize to present a paper on human dimensions in recreation at the International Symposium on Society and Natural Resources, I thought about the experience of planning my trip using the internet.  Now, mind you, the internet was in the early stages of development, at least for the masses.  Academia had BITNET, ARPANET and other educational networks to ftp and otherwise communicate between computers, but the web was something new.

So I wrote the paper:  Bristow, Robert S. (1999) 'Commentary: Virtual tourism — the ultimate ecotourism?', Tourism Geographies, 1: 2, 219 — 225.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616689908721311

Abstract:  The advent of the Internet has become one of the most important events of the
twentieth century. On it we can access live weather reports, make travel reservations
and visit a foreign destination without leaving our computer. Surfing the
Net in anticipation of a trip is an important element of the total experience.
Although it is unlikely that a virtual field trip will replace the actual travel experience,
it may be the second best alternative. This paper explores some of the
potential elements of virtual ecotourism and cautions of the potential impact of
visitors exposed to a virtual visit.

Top 10 Foreign Airports (Passenger Traffic to/From U.S.)

From TI News: An information service from the National Travel & Tourism Office (NTTO)

I have been to three of them.  (See travel.trade.gov for more info)

Top 10 Foreign Airports (Passenger Traffic to/From U.S.):
37.8% of Total Air Traffic

		Passengers	% Chg y-o-y
1.	London Heathrow (LHR)	1,022,458	5.2%
2.	Toronto (YYZ)	869,495	2.8%
3.	Tokyo Narita (NRT)	805,101	3.1%
4.	Cancun (CUN)	587,651	11.7%
5.	Mexico City (MEX)	547,665	10.7%
6.	Incheon (ICT)	456,521	5.8%
7.	Frankfurt (FRT)	445,197	3.7%
8.	Paris/de Gaulle (CDG)	423,312	13.0%
9.	Vancouver (YVR)	363,552	7.6%
10.	Amsterdam (AMS)	300,270	5.8%