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Conference Convenors

Conference Convenor

Dr Norman McIntyre,
Centre for Tourism & Community Development Research,
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay,
Ontario Canada, P7B5E1.
Tel: +1 807 345 8963
Fax: +1 807 346 7836
Email: norman.mcintyr@ lakeheadu.ca

Program Convenor

Dr. Raynald Harvey Lemelin,
Centre for Tourism and Community Development Research,
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay,
Ontario Canada, P7B5E1.
Tel: +1 807 345 8745
Fax: +1 807 346 7836
Email: harvey.lemelin@ lakeheadu.ca

Community Workshop Convenor

Dr, Rhonda Koster,
Centre for Tourism and Community Development Research,
Lakehead University, Thunder Bay,
Ontario Canada, P7B5E1.
Tel: +1 807 345 8554
Fax: +1 807 346 7836
Email: rhonda.koster@ lakeheadu.ca

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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 21 October 2008 )

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.