Dark Tourism papers in future Tourism Geographies Journal

Dark Tourism Themed Papers in Special Issue on Spatial and temporal tourism considerations in liminal landscapes found in a forthcoming issue of Tourism Geographies.

Doreen Pastor & Alexander J. Kent (2020): Transformative landscapes: liminality and visitors’ emotional experiences at German memorial sites, Tourism Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1725617

Nitasha Sharma (2020) Dark tourism and moral disengagement in liminal spaces, Tourism Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1713877

Robert S. Bristow (2020) Communitas in fright tourism, Tourism Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1708445

Meghan L. Muldoon (2019) South African township residents describe the liminal potentialities of tourism, Tourism Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1648545

Velvet Nelson (2019) Liminality and difficult heritage in tourism, Tourism Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1666161

Maggie C. Miller & Heather Mair (2019) Between space and place in mountaineering: navigating risk, death, and power, Tourism Geographies, DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1654538

January 2021 Curling

Looking for some fun next January?  And a chance to get away from snow and ice to sit by some more ice?

Yes, I'm talking about curling and the sport that most couch potatoes probably think they could do, except for the fact that you have to pick up and aim huge stone that weighs between 38 and 44 pounds.

So, does this sound like fun?  If so check out the event in Las Vegas, Nevada next year. or typing this URL:
https://www.lasvegascurling.rocks/

Independent Sector Releases New Value of Volunteer Time of $25.43 Per Hour

Yes, your volunteer efforts are worth over $25 and hour.  So the nearly 10,000 hours spent on protecting the Appalachian Trail is worth:

$250,000

This is the national average according to the Independent Sector.

Boundary clearing of AT Corridor in Massachusetts.

But in Massachusetts the figure is more like $32.15 making those volunteer efforts worth:

$321,500

Spring Break Ideas 2020

Looking for a place to warm up?

Lots of sunshine?

and miles of sand ..... and rock?

Try Death Valley National Park for Spring Break.

 and some more ....

Bring water!

Historic Resources of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail

For an interesting take on the historic resources on the AT, visit this government website.

you can watch the video here:

https://youtu.be/NwDVfVXv99Y

oh yeah, Happy Valentines Day!

AT Hiker Survey

Who are thru hikers of the Appalachian Trail?  See this link for some data from 2019.

White Mountain National Forest, NH.

Quiet Road Trip

Driving for pleasure continues to be a favorite pastime.  So if you are like me, driving the West Side Highway in NYC is not my idea of pleasure.  Rather it is a necessary route for me to drive the Village.

Want to seek a more quiet path?  See this webpage for a state by state selection of quietest routes.

Couch Potatoes USA

Outdoor Foundation Study: America Is Becoming An Indoor Nation

Less than 20 percent of Americans recreated outside at least once a week;
Americans went on one billion fewer outdoor outings in 2018 than they did in 2008; and
Kids went on 15 percent fewer annual outings in 2018 than they did in 2012.

Read the report here.

Spatial and temporal tourism considerations in liminal landscapes

So here is our introductory paper for the Special Issue Themed paper for Tourism Geographies.

Spatial and temporal tourism considerations in liminal landscapes

Anthropogenic geographic studies in tourism should consider the liminality of the experience. Tourism by definition means a temporal and/or spatial movement takes place. How the tourist interacts and behaves during this transitory experience is a logical progression into human leisure behaviour. Several recent international gatherings of geographers provide the foundation to explore liminality in tourism and we build on those papers in this special issue. The papers are varied in geographies, yet have a central theoretical basis in all things liminal. Invited papers in this special issue are founded on the research presented at two international geography conferences in sessions devoted to tourism. The American Association of Geographers meeting in Boston, Massachusetts in 2017 and the Royal Geographic Society with the Institute of British Geographers in Cardiff, Wales in 2018 gathered geographers from around the world to study this theme. The following papers give the most comprehensive geographic review in tourism to date and we encourage additional dialogue.

NEW Tourism Geographies ARTICLES AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW!

Tourism Geographies newest papers are online.

Articles The real Burgundy: negotiating wine tourism, relational place and the global countryside Joanna Fountain, Steve Charters & Laurence Cogan-Marie Pages: 1-21 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1713880 Who is the city for? Overtourism, lifestyle migration and social sustainability Jaime Jover & Ibán Díaz-Parra Pages: 1-24 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1713878 Decolonising the ‘autonomy of affect’ in volunteer tourism encounters Phoebe Everingham & Sara Catherine Motta Pages: 1-21 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1713879 Emplacing non-human voices in tourism research: the role of dissensus as a qualitative method Abhik Chakraborty Pages: 1-26 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1713875 Resident tourists and the local 'other' Gijsbert Hoogendoorn & Daniel Hammett Pages: 1-19 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1713882 Exploring virtual reality experiences of slum tourism Tom Griffin & Meghan Muldoon Pages: 1-20 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1713881 Dark tourism and moral disengagement in liminal spaces |  Nitasha Sharma Pages: 1-25 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2020.1713877 Communitas in fright tourism Robert S. Bristow Pages: 1-19 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1708445 Lifestyle, profit, and the selling of home to tourists in Lijiang, China Xiaobo Su, Heqing Zhang & Xiaomei Cai Pages: 1-20 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1708447 Host communities and last chance tourism Stephen Schweinsberg, Stephen Wearing & Po-Hsin Lai Pages: 1-18 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1708446 Book Reviews A review of: The Future of Airbnb and the ‘Sharing Economy’. The Collaborative Consumption of Our Cities By J. A. Oskam, 2019, Channel View Publications, Bristol, UK, 192 pages, £29.95/$39.95/€34.95 (paperback), ISBN-13: 978-1-84541-672-0 Maartje Roelofsen Pages: 1-4 | DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2019.1708448

Quick Links to All Articles Published in Tourism Geographies: 

http://www.tgjournal.com/quick-links-to-all-articles.html 

Tourism Geographies Article Submission Guidelines:

http://www.tgjournal.com/notes-for-authors.html

Past and Forthcoming Special Issues in Tourism Geographies:

http://www.tgjournal.com/special-topic-issues.html 

The Big Game today

Yes, it is time for the big game today.

Pre-game excitement starts at 3 PM Eastern.  Watch it live here.