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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!sgigate!sgi!cdp!mendicott
  2. From: mendicott@igc.apc.org (Marcus L. Endicott)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.backcountry
  4. Subject: GreenTourism In SouthernAppalachia
  5. Message-ID: <1449600053@igc.apc.org>
  6. Date: 20 Nov 92 23:39:00 GMT
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  10. Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!mendicott    Nov 20 15:39:00 1992
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  13. From: Marcus L. Endicott <mendicott>
  14. Subject: GreenTourism In SouthernAppalachia
  15.  
  16. /* Written  8:03 am  Nov  6, 1992 by mendicott@igc.apc.org in igc:green.travel */
  17. /* ---------- "GreenTourism In SouthernAppalachia" ---------- */
  18. The spring 1993 issue of KATUAH, the bioregional journal of southern
  19. Appalachia, will discuss *sustainable* tourism in the region.  KATUAH JOURNAL
  20. is a non-profit publication, without advertising and without paid staff.  We
  21. would very much like any feedback on the issues of sustainable tourism and/or
  22. southern Appalachia.  Please email me a copy of any posted response.
  23.      Although southern Appalachia has traditionally been an economically
  24. depressed area, tourism is now the leading industry.  This area offers the
  25. tourist some of the best nature east of the Mississippi river, including
  26. mountains, forests, rivers, waterfalls, and abundant wildlife, as well as some
  27. of the last vestiges of folk culture in North America.  This folk culture
  28. includes our native American indian roots, as well as the traditional mountain
  29. culture of the southern highlands, and even extends to what may have been the
  30. epicenter of the back-to-the-land movement of the Sixties and Seventies. 
  31. Here, for example, there are still more homesteads with gardens than
  32. commercial farms, and more fleamarkets than shopping malls.
  33.      In the issue, we will focus on:
  34.  
  35.           - defining sustainable tourism in relation to economic conversion
  36.           - native American Cherokee indian
  37.                  traditional transport and communication infrastructure
  38.                  sacred sites
  39.                  current attractions
  40.           - historic overview of tourism development in southern Appalachia
  41.           - events
  42.           - conference centers and retreats, including
  43.                  youth summer camps
  44.                  hot springs
  45.                  new age healing centers
  46.                  ecology centers
  47.                  cultural centers
  48.                  experiential education
  49.                  intentional communities
  50.           - alternative accommodations, including
  51.                  free and public (non-commercial) camping
  52.                  hostels
  53.                  old inns
  54.                  bed & breakfasts
  55.           - hiking trail infrastructure, including
  56.                  Great Smokies National Park
  57.                  Appalachian Trail
  58.                  rock climbing
  59.                  skiing (Nordic & Alpine, pros & cons)
  60.           - roadway infrastructure, including alternatives such as
  61.                  bicycling
  62.                  public transport
  63.                  Blue Ridge Parkway
  64.           - railway infrastructure
  65.           - river systems, including
  66.                  thriving whitewater business (directory)
  67.           - public lands
  68.           - sisters cities
  69.           - pollution hot spots
  70.           - local foods, including
  71.                  sources
  72.                  pick-it-yourself
  73.           - information resources, including
  74.                  county
  75.                  municipal
  76.                  state
  77.                  regional
  78.                  national (ecotourism)
  79.                  colleges & universities
  80.                  periodical publications
  81.                  bibliography
  82.           - geographic visual representations
  83.  
  84.  
  85. Marcus Lucian ENDICOTT
  86. Post Office Box 837
  87. Saint Simons Island, Georgia 31522-0437 USA
  88. Tel: (912) 265-6273
  89. Tlx: (023) 400240522 UI
  90. Eml: mendicott@igc.apc.org
  91.