From: Marcus L. Endicott <mendicott@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: rec.travel
Date: 06 Nov 92 08:07 PST
Subject: What is sustainable tourism ?
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From: Marcus L. Endicott <mendicott>
Subject: What is sustainable tourism ?

/* Written  8:03 am  Nov  6, 1992 by mendicott@igc.apc.org in igc:green.travel */
/* ---------- "GreenTourism In SouthernAppalachia" ---------- */
The spring 1993 issue of KATUAH, the bioregional journal of southern
Appalachia, will discuss *sustainable* tourism in the region.  KATUAH JOURNAL
is a non-profit publication, without advertising and without paid staff.  We
would very much like any feedback on the issues of sustainable tourism and/or
southern Appalachia.  Please email me a copy of any posted response.
     Although southern Appalachia has traditionally been an economically
depressed area, tourism is now the leading industry.  This area offers the
tourist some of the best nature east of the Mississippi river, including
mountains, forests, rivers, waterfalls, and abundant wildlife, as well as some
of the last vestiges of folk culture in North America.  This folk culture
includes our native American indian roots, as well as the traditional mountain
culture of the southern highlands, and even extends to what may have been the
epicenter of the back-to-the-land movement of the Sixties and Seventies. 
Here, for example, there are still more homesteads with gardens than
commercial farms, and more fleamarkets than shopping malls.
     In the issue, we will focus on:

          - defining sustainable tourism in relation to economic conversion
          - native American Cherokee indian
                 traditional transport and communication infrastructure
                 sacred sites
                 current attractions
          - historic overview of tourism development in southern Appalachia
          - events
          - conference centers and retreats, including
                 youth summer camps
                 hot springs
                 new age healing centers
                 ecology centers
                 cultural centers
                 experiential education
                 intentional communities
          - alternative accommodations, including
                 free and public (non-commercial) camping
                 hostels
                 old inns
                 bed & breakfasts
          - hiking trail infrastructure, including
                 Great Smokies National Park
                 Appalachian Trail
                 rock climbing
                 skiing (Nordic & Alpine, pros & cons)
          - roadway infrastructure, including alternatives such as
                 bicycling
                 public transport
                 Blue Ridge Parkway
          - railway infrastructure
          - river systems, including
                 thriving whitewater business (directory)
          - public lands
          - sisters cities
          - pollution hot spots
          - local foods, including
                 sources
                 pick-it-yourself
          - information resources, including
                 county
                 municipal
                 state
                 regional
                 national (ecotourism)
                 colleges & universities
                 periodical publications
                 bibliography
          - geographic visual representations


Marcus Lucian ENDICOTT
Post Office Box 837
Saint Simons Island, Georgia 31522-0437 USA
Tel: (912) 265-6273
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Eml: mendicott@igc.apc.org