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2009
National Extension Tourism Conference
“The
Tourism Connection: Sustaining People, Places, and Communities”
June
14-17, 2009
The
Yarrow Resort Hotel and Conference Center
Park
City, Utah
The 2009 National Extension Tourism
(NET) Conference Program Committee invites proposals for the 2009 NET
Conference, the theme of which is “The Tourism Connection: Sustaining
People, Places, and Communities” (see attached flyer). Based on
this theme, the Conference Program Committee is seeking proposals for oral
presentations, poster presentations, and panel presentations/workshops in the
following eight broad topical areas:
- Rural
Tourism Development/Agritourism
- Community
and Regional Planning and Development
- Economic,
Environmental, and Social Impacts of Tourism and Recreation
- Heritage
and Cultural Tourism
- Nature-Based
Tourism: Ecotourism, Wildlife Enterprises, Adventure Tourism
- Marketing
and Promotion
- Tourism
Research and Evaluation
- Tourism
Education and Training
The
Program Committee encourages all proposal submitters to “connect”
their work in tourism and recreation to the conference’s sustainability
theme with respect to sustainable development and use involving people, places,
and communities, and also encourages both the presentation of case study
approaches and international tourism activities.
The
deadline for proposal submission is January 23, 2009, with notification of
submission status by February 20, 2009. To get more detailed information on
proposal submission guidelines and to submit a proposal, please visit http://sail2.ext.usu.edu/net.
Please visit the developing conference
website at http://extensiontourism.net
for further information on the 2009 NET Conference.
To view the program
agenda and abstracts of presentations and posters presented at the 2006 NET
Conference held in Burlington, Vermont, visit http://www.esf.edu/NET2006/.
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