From: Dan Shilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 10:07:42 AM Subject: Civic Tourism - Book & Conference
Civic Tourism: New Book! Another Conference! The March 2006 civic tourism conference in Prescott, Arizona, was attended by people from 35 states, Canada, and Mexico, and was called a "landmark" meeting by more than a few people. Watch Gov. Napolitano's welcome to the conference at the civic tourism website, and read participant evaluations here. Now a new book has been published and another conference will be held this October. NEW BOOK Civic Tourism: The Poetry & Politics of Place was just published and is available through the civic tourism website. We are selling the book exclusively through Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, and we encourage you to support local businesses and purchase your copy online through Changing Hands, named Publisher's Weekly "Bookstore of the Year" in 2007. (For local folks, I'll do a talk and book signing at Changing Hands Feb. 13 at 7 PM.) On the website you can read the first of the book's four "conversations." You can also read what place-based tourism advocates say about the book, which is 128 pages, features dozens of "conversation starters," and includes more than 80 best practices. The price is only $12. NEW 2008 CONFERENCE The next civic tourism conference will be held October 15-18, 2008, in the Blackstone River Valley of Rhode Island. The conversation has gone national now, even international, and the next meeting will feature more people who practice responsible, place-based tourism. Certainly we'll continue to promote the "idea" of civic tourism, but it's also time to focus on the "how to." The conference sponsor is the Blackstone River Valley Tourism Council's Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development Laboratory. They call the meeting "Civic Tourism II: Defining and Animating Place," and they're working to produce the agenda, which will appear on this website as it is set. You can leave you email address at the website, so you receive updates. We hope to see you in Rhode Island. This will be a beautiful time to visit, at the peak of the New England fall foliage season. The Blackstone River Valley is one hour south of Boston and one hour north of Newport, RI. Dan Dan Shilling, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] 602-300-6694 http://www.civictourism.org "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." - Aldo Leopold
