Pretty Lame Hallowe'en Movies on TV

Nothing good on the cable channels so I am streaming this documentary called "The Wild World of Ted V Mikels" on Filmon.  I found it on YouTube if don't have a Roku device.  Good stuff.

Mr. Mikels passed last year, so if you don't know anything about him, try this link.

Fear and Fright Tourism

What kind of fears do people have?  Do you think people who visit haunted attractions are fearless?  Or do they know (believe) that the haunted house will be scary but ultimately safe.  Last Hallowe'en we asked that question to visitors to Demented FX in Holyoke, MA.

Fear	N	Mean	SD
Crime (Murder, rape, theft, fraud)	171	5.80	2.86
Government (Corruption, privacy, immigration, trust, control)	170	6.07	3.22
Human-caused Disasters (Climate change, terrorism, war, environmental disaster)	171	7.01	2.53
Natural Disasters (Earthquakes, droughts, floods, hurricanes)	169	5.87	2.70
Personal Phobias (Tight spaces, darkness, insects)	166	5.42	3.17
Personal Health (Death, illness, injury)	166	5.33	3.04
Financial Future (Running out of money, loss of jobs, housing)	167	6.72	2.90
Technology (Artificial intelligence, invasion of privacy, cyber terrorism, drones)	167	4.50	2.98

Note: Scale 1-10 with ten most frightful.

Themed sessions in Recreation, Tourism and Sport so far

RTS Sponsored AAG 2018 Sessions:

1. Sports Geography
2. Tourism, Communities and Development
3.  Regional evolutionary economic geography approaches to destination evolution
4. Field School / Travel Dynamics
5. Periphery and Emerging Tourism Destinations: Challenges and Opportunities
6. Revisiting Tourism in Sustainable Development
7. Travel and Transportation in Parks and Protected Areas
8. The dynamics of anti-tourism
9. Tourism, Digital Technology and Geographies of Urban Inequality
10. Authenticity Discourses in Nature-Based Tourism
11. Tourism analytics: social media, spatially distributed data and data mining in tourism research
12. The tourist crowd
13. Accessible tourism
14. Urban parks & green spaces as a panacea? Challenges and opportunities for urban greening

Kanopy rocks

Forget Netflix.  I mean, the streaming choices on Netflix are beginning to look like the choices we used to have in the Mom and Pop video stores of the 1980 and 90s.  Most films on Netflix Streaming, seem to be the direct to video choices.  You know, the titles that nobody wants and ended up in the Bargain Bin selling for a buck.

Kanopy, on the other hand is great and FREE!  You sign up via the local library, and since I have a university account, I have access.  Talk about choices!  More than the public domain stuff you get on other streaming services and NO COMMERCIALS.  Oh yeah, tons of documentaries and educational titles too.

Wow.  Maybe I will watch Eraserhead today.

NERR 2018

2018 National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

Annapolis, Maryland      April 8-10, 2018

The 2018 National Environment and Recreation Research (NERR) Symposium offers an unparalleled opportunity for individuals representing governmental, academic, private, and non-profit sectors to share research findings, management experience and techniques, in order to advance knowledge in recreation and tourism management.

Location and Venue:  The Loews Hotel in historic Annapolis, Maryland. Discount early registration is based on established government per-diem rates. Access is convenient through Washington DC area airports, with BWI just 30 minutes driving time to Annapolis.

Abstract Submission: Deadline November 17, 2017.

Types of Sessions

Traditional Research Presentations:

Oral presentations will be 15-minute presentations, with 5-minute Q&A, grouped by topic.

Posters:

Posters will be presented at the designated poster session on Sunday evening, April 8th.

Management Roundtable Sessions:

Management roundtables are 60- to 90-minute workshop sessions focusing on applied or theoretical research or resource management issues.

Potential Topics for Oral Presentations, Posters and Roundtable Sessions include, but are not limited to:

Ø  Natural resource management	Ø  Travel and tourism
Ø  Environmental quality	Ø  Climate change and recreation
Ø  Outdoor and adventure recreation	Ø  Policy development
Ø  Management applications	Ø  Measurement and forecasting
Ø  Historical/cultural resource management	Ø  Methodological and theoretical development
Ø  Emerging and existing trends	Ø  Urban parks and recreation
Ø  Human dimensions of natural resources	Ø  Sustainable tourism and development
Ø  Park/recreation/tourism planning	Ø  Ecotourism

Student Scholarships:  NERR Symposium student scholarships will be available. Scholarship application information will follow in a separate announcement.

Will Las Vegas become the latest dark tourism attraction?

The area of the American terrrorist attack this past week will like attract some tourists, at least to offer some brief moment of silence.  I remember seeing the Viet Nam memorial in DC and it left me speechless.

Anyway, maybe the NRA should build a monument?  Hopefully Americans will rise up and work together to reduce the senseless murdering of people from people with guns.

Fright Tourism and 9 Billion Dollars

Americans are expected to spend over $9 billion on trick or treats this year.

Sweets are the popular treat, while Hallowe'en decorations follow.  Costumes will be purchased by 69%.  (I saw stores starting to sell this stuff back in August!)

All this info comes from the press release of the National Retail Federation.  to get you in the mood, see this little clip of a haunted Maple Sugar House catering to the leaf peepers.