so far....Kudos to:
Afghanistan
Argentina
Hong Kong
Kuwait
Latvia
Morocco
Puerto Rico
Saudi Arabia
Tajikistan
Trinidad & Tobago
Uzbekistan
have all earned medal for their countries!! It is a bronze one, but still a medal. Congrats to you and all Olympians on Earth.
10 August 2012
05 August 2012
Great New England Air Show
Well, the Great New England Air Show was this weekend, so anyone with a lick of sense avoided Exit Five on the Pike. Now, I don't have anything against recreational flying. I mean, I do a fair share of carbon emissions every time I fly somewhere.
But what does bother me is the glorification of the war machines. Sure, these craft rescue people from floods and other natural disasters, but they also transport weapons and the personnel trained to use them.
OK, I will get off my soapbox and tell you about my friend Rod Warnick's paper titled "Purchase decision involvement: Event management segments and related event behavior" that you can find on this site. The abstract:
The goal of this research was to examine the relationships between different levels of event purchase decision involvement (PDI) segments and their respective event behaviors (e.g., expenditures, travel behavior, event consumption and satisfaction). The specific purpose was to answer two major research questions: 1) Can PDI identify different levels or segments of event attendees?; and 2) Do the PDI segments differ by their tendency to travel, spend, and consume at an event?
But what does bother me is the glorification of the war machines. Sure, these craft rescue people from floods and other natural disasters, but they also transport weapons and the personnel trained to use them.
OK, I will get off my soapbox and tell you about my friend Rod Warnick's paper titled "Purchase decision involvement: Event management segments and related event behavior" that you can find on this site. The abstract:
The goal of this research was to examine the relationships between different levels of event purchase decision involvement (PDI) segments and their respective event behaviors (e.g., expenditures, travel behavior, event consumption and satisfaction). The specific purpose was to answer two major research questions: 1) Can PDI identify different levels or segments of event attendees?; and 2) Do the PDI segments differ by their tendency to travel, spend, and consume at an event?
31 July 2012
Community Preservation Act Funding Improved
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's FY13 Budget includes increased funding for the CPA. Not only will more state matching money be available to towns that have adopted the CPA, changes permit money to be used on repairs to parks and recreation facilities.
We all know that in poor economies, parks are often the first to see decreased funding. Park managers are hard pressed when money needs to go to schools, police and fire protection.
Since the poor economy has meant fewer home sales, and more and more communities have adopted the CPA, what little money the Commonwealth may have is being stretched to the limit. This change by Gov. Patrick is an improvement and will help "preserve" Massachusetts' communities into our future.
See this previous Blog.
We all know that in poor economies, parks are often the first to see decreased funding. Park managers are hard pressed when money needs to go to schools, police and fire protection.
Since the poor economy has meant fewer home sales, and more and more communities have adopted the CPA, what little money the Commonwealth may have is being stretched to the limit. This change by Gov. Patrick is an improvement and will help "preserve" Massachusetts' communities into our future.
See this previous Blog.
29 July 2012
I am feeling very Olympic today, how about you?
Sanka said this in one of my favorite movies, Cool Runnings. If you have not seen it, order it on Netflix. It is a wonderful film and a beautiful story.
Watching the Olympics on TV is inspirational. I always root for the underdogs. I like it when the US wins of course, but when a first time athlete arrives on the floor, I can feel proud for the Olympic Athlete.
A truly remarkable experience!
BTW: Sanka was played by Doug E. Doug.
Watching the Olympics on TV is inspirational. I always root for the underdogs. I like it when the US wins of course, but when a first time athlete arrives on the floor, I can feel proud for the Olympic Athlete.
A truly remarkable experience!
BTW: Sanka was played by Doug E. Doug.
25 July 2012
When both political parties object to a tourism project ...
it must be bad.
According to a report in the Turks and Caicos Sun both PNP and PDM object to the proposed construction of a 28 story skyscraper in the Grace Bay area of Providenciales.
"The Progressive National Party (PNP) and the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) have both registered their objection to the proposed 28-storey hotel in Grace Bay, Providenciales. "
Probably an attempt to rejuvenate the sagging economy, this building may increase the capacity to recieve tourists but will redefine the characteristics of the Caribbean island.
According to a report in the Turks and Caicos Sun both PNP and PDM object to the proposed construction of a 28 story skyscraper in the Grace Bay area of Providenciales.
"The Progressive National Party (PNP) and the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) have both registered their objection to the proposed 28-storey hotel in Grace Bay, Providenciales. "
Probably an attempt to rejuvenate the sagging economy, this building may increase the capacity to recieve tourists but will redefine the characteristics of the Caribbean island.
18 July 2012
Last Chance Tourism
I got a news feed this morning from CNN stating a huge chunk of ice broke off a glacier in Greenland. See this link for details.
It reminded me of a trip to Alaska in 2006 where we travelled by boat to Glacier Bay. We wanted to see the glaciers before they were gone, gone forever!
There is a balancing act tourist must follow. How do we visit these "last chance" destinations to see glaciers, or wolves, or polar bears or what ever is disappearing from our planet with out contributing to the loss.
Yeah, you got it: climate change.
We want to return to Glacier Bay in 2016, to see if this glacier is still there. Oh and to rad about last chance tourism, see this paper titled "Last-chance tourism: the boom, doom, and gloom of visiting vanishing destinations" at this link.
It reminded me of a trip to Alaska in 2006 where we travelled by boat to Glacier Bay. We wanted to see the glaciers before they were gone, gone forever!
There is a balancing act tourist must follow. How do we visit these "last chance" destinations to see glaciers, or wolves, or polar bears or what ever is disappearing from our planet with out contributing to the loss.
Yeah, you got it: climate change.
We want to return to Glacier Bay in 2016, to see if this glacier is still there. Oh and to rad about last chance tourism, see this paper titled "Last-chance tourism: the boom, doom, and gloom of visiting vanishing destinations" at this link.
12 July 2012
been quiet the last week or so ...
but I still get feeds and emails from various recreation and tourism sources. The latest is from Tourism Management Perspectives that has several good articles to check out. See this link. More and more journals are making their content freely available on the web and that is a good thing.
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