31 March 2021

Guru the Mad Monk

 Did you catch this title on Turner Classic Movies this month?  Seems to be off the network right now, but to offer a film from Andy Milligan is a start toward "classic" in my book.

For another film search for:




Many titles are in public domain, so should be easy to find.

22 March 2021

Monitoring and Management of Visitors

10th International Conference 

on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in 

Recreational and Protected Areas

August 16-19, 2021 

I have been wanting to go to this conference for probably ten years.  And while this one is online, I am considering it this year.  Would have preferred an in-person one, but for the past year it is the only safe way to do a conference.


Cows infiltrate campsite on Appalachian Trail.

For more info on MMV click here.

19 March 2021

Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing

 The first 75 entries (out of about 1,000) in the Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing are now found online.  Two chapters are free,  Unfortunately, mine is not, but that is the realm of academic publishing.  

Content costs.

The complete listing of encyclopedia entries is found here.

All told, I contributed 5 entries:

Aerial Imagery (Timothy LeDoux lead author)

Dark Tourism

Fright Tourism

Liminal Tourism (Ian Jenkins lead author)

Master Plans and Tourism (Alina Gross lead author)


enjoy!




12 March 2021

COVID-19 TRAVEL INDUSTRY MONITOR


As you would expect:

"COVID-19 Travel Industry Monitor tracks a number of indicators that measure the performance of the travel and tourism sector in the United States in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This monitor has six sections: COVID-19, International Visitation, General Travel, Travel in Trade, Business and Consumer Sentiment, and an Overview of the U.S. economy. " 

It is updated weekly.  Good data for analysis.


The low was April 2020.

09 March 2021

NERR2021 National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium


National Environment and Recreation Research Symposium

NERR Symposium 2021

has been postponed, out of an abundance of caution: 

Please Save the Date and Prepare to Reconnect! 

April 3 – 5, 2022 

The Graduate Annapolis Hotel Annapolis, Maryland

Fright Tourism video introduction

 Fright Tourism update:


Bristow, R.S. (in press).  Fright Tourism in Buhalis, D (ed.) Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.

08 March 2021