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These resources differ from each other in terms of their genesis and geomorphology, location, settlement structure, local culture and tourism traditions. There are different kinds of lake tourism destinations in the world and they all have their own tourism profile and varied challenges in terms of future development.

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4th International Lake Tourism Conference, June 21-25, 2009, Thunder Bay, Canada

Making Lake Conservation Work for Communities – AND – Lakes!

The 4th International Lake Tourism Conference is hosted by Lakehead University and its Centre for Tourism and Community Development Research from June 21 – 25, 2009 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 June 2009 )

Water

Water is an essential aesthetic and recreational element that attracts millions of people worldwide especially during their leisure time. Coastal and marine tourism play an important role in the global tourism business but there are also a number of well-known lake tourism destinations. Interestingly, however, compared with coastal or mountain tourism, for example, lakes are still a relatively unknown entity as far as academic tourism research is concerned.

Lakes

Finland is known as The Land of the Thousand Lakes. In fact, there are 187,888 lakes in Finland, 60,000 of which are considered large. Minnesota on the other hand is known as The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes. The Great Lakes of North America originated in the ice age. Over 60% of the world's lakes are in Canada; this is because of the deranged drainage system that dominates the country.