2009 National Extension Tourism Conference

2009 National Extension Tourism Conference

“The Tourism Connection: Sustaining People, Places, and Communities”

The Yarrow Resort Hotel and Conference Center, Park City, Utah

June 14-17, 2009

Greetings! We’re up and running with the Draft Program Agenda for the 2009 National Extension Tourism (NET) Conference. To review this, please visit the conference website at http://extensiontourism.net
and click on “Agenda.”

We’re going to have a great conference with around 100 people attending from all over the country and several other countries, and we have a great program agenda with three excellent keynote speakers, a dozen poster presenters, over 50 oral presentations, nine separate workshop presentations, addressing a number of topical areas including Agricultural Tourism; Rural Tourism Development; Heritage and Cultural Tourism; Ecotourism and Nature-Based Tourism; Tourism Education and Training; Tourism Marketing and Promotion; Tourism Research and Evaluation; Community and Regional Tourism Planning and Development; and Economic, Environmental, and Social Impacts of Tourism and Recreation… plus five interesting and exciting field trips, and quite a few exhibitors, all in beautiful Park City, Utah!

Also scheduled is a Pre-Conference Workshop titled “Applications of GPS to Support Tourism Planning” by John McGee, Ph.D., Virginia Geospatial Extension Specialist.

If you haven’t already, please join us and register for the 2009 NET Conference!

Help us spread the word to recruit more conference attendees! The more the merrier!

Earlybird Conference Registration Extended to Friday, May 22, 2009

Group Room Rate at The Yarrow Resort Hotel and Conference Center Extended to Sunday, May 24, 2009

On behalf of the 2009 NET Conference Planning Committee, we’re looking forward to welcoming you to Park City, Utah, for a great conference!

Thanks. SWB

Steven W. Burr, Ph.D.

Chair, 2009 NET Conference

Associate Professor of Recreation Resources Management

Director, Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Extension Specialist in Outdoor Recreation and Tourism

Department of Environment and Society

College of Natural Resources

Utah State University

5220 Old Main Hill

Logan, Utah 84322-5220

(435) 797-7094 Office

(435) 797-4048 Fax

E-mail: steve.burr@usu.edu

Website: extension.usu.edu/cooperative/iort

Join us for the 2009 National Extension Tourism Conference, June 14-17, 2009, in Park City, Utah.

Visit http://extensiontourism.net for more information.