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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.
Our objective is to bring researchers, agency personnel and local communities together to explore the contribution of lake conservation areas to social and economic sustainability in transitional rural communities. This conference will provide a live-in experience where we can share research findings and experiences both exemplary and cautionary from around the world in formal presentations, during workshops, over meals and in the field as we work together towards “Making Lake Conservation Work for Communities and for Lakes” Main Conference Themes - Lake protected areas and community tourism development
- The impacts of tourism on lakes
- Lakes and amenity migration
- Marketing lake tourism
- Planning and management of tourism in protected lakes
- Sustainability and lake tourism
- Lake tourism and global climate change
- Indigenous tourism and lakes
- Cultural and historical dimensions of lake tourism
- Issues in lake tourism
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Last Updated ( Friday, 12 June 2009 )
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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. 
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