Tourism Geographies - by D'Arcy Dornan

Slide 1: Tourism Geographies: a Renaissance in the 21st Century Evaluating Tourism and Leisure Geographies D'Arcy DORNAN, M.A., Ph.D. Interim Director, Tourism and Hospitality Studies Assistant Professor, Department of Geography Central Connecticut State University AAG San Francisco, 2007

Slide 2: Outline 1. Preface 2. Programs: • geography of tourism (CA) • tourism development professional program (CA) • geography of tourism (CT) • tourism and hospitality (CT) 3. Conclusions Background photo taken in the Roquefort Société Caves, Roquefort, France

Slide 3: Tourism Geographies 1. Editor's Introduction - Alan A. Lew – A Place called Tourism Geographies (1999). Should tourism be an academic discipline? Does it need to be one if geography exists already? 2. Guest Editorial - Allan M. Williams and Gareth Shaw –Tourism Geography in a Changing World (2000). RGS/I BG est. workgroup on the Geography of • British Tourism in 1998. … organisational framework for addressing both the substantive and methodological challenges facing tourism geography Background photo taken in the Vivendi Cyber Café, Paris, France

Slide 4: Tourism Geography Books • H. Robinson - A geography of tourism • Michael Hall and Stephen Page - The geography of tourism and recreation

Slide 5: Geography of Tourism • Tourism studies designated emphasis in geography (UC Davis) – Academic capitalism • Geography Graduate Group • University Outreach and International Programs • Office of the Dean • Diverse graduate program interest – Academic managerialism • Graduate Council – Proposal evaluation » Participants, journal rankings, and bylaws Background photo: Mondavi Performing Arts Center, University of California at Davis

Slide 6: Tourism Development Professional Program • Professional certificate program (UC Davis Extension) – Academic capitalism • Programmatic R&D • Conducted workshops – Academic/professional managerialism

Slide 7: Geography and Tourism • B.A. in Geography with tourism focus – CCSU (Est.1982) Background photo: CCSU World Art Sculpture

Slide 8: Tourism and Hospitality Studies • B.S. in THS (Est. 1999) • Interdisciplinary program Academic Capitalism & Managerialism – Department of Geography (admin.) – School of Arts and Sciences – School of Business – Office of the President

Slide 9: Conclusions • Tourism geography’s potential to anticipate and meet academic/industry needs/changes? • Alan Lew’s impact - Geography for Travelers Podcast • Questions of sustainability… Industry/Academia Capitalism/Managerialism Background photo: footprints on the beach, Ubatuba, Brazil

Slide 10: AAG - Chicago 2006 – Tourism geography: lost realities and prospective opportunities •Identity problem Background photo: travel •Academic and professional interest agency in Montréal, – Challenges and opportunities Canada

Slide 11: Merci! et Bon voyage! Background photo: Osa Pennisula, Costa Rica