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SMA 500, Autumn 2004
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Unit 5. Marine Recreation and Tourism |
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UNIT 5. MARINE RECREATION AND
TOURISM Overview Although one of the oldest uses of
the sea, marine recreation and tourism is getting far more attention from
planners and policy makers today then it has in the past. Tourism around the globe is a huge
enterprise considered by some to be the biggest industry in the world. Tourism and recreation are especially
powerful uses of coastal areas, and in many regions these users are
displacing traditional users such as industry and commercial fishing. A continuing area of controversy is
the struggle between private use and public recreation. To what extent can private concerns
make their area or activity exclusive and deny access to the public? Required Reading Orams, Mark, 1999. Marine Tourism: Development, Impacts
and Management. New York and
London: Routledge. This short volume is one of the
few books that offers a large picture overview of coastal and marine tourism.
Mark Orams is a tourism researcher from New Zealand, where tourism research
has been recognized as an important and timely subject, and he does an
excellent job of hashing out the major issues, opportunities, and concerns
with modern coastal and marine tourism. Try to read the whole book. Miller, Marc; Jan Auyong; Nina P.
Hadley. 1999. Sustainable Coastal Tourism: Challenges for Management,
Planning, and Education. In Proceedings of the 1999 International Symposium
on Coastal and Marine Tourism. Vancouver, B.C., April 26-29. (Available on UW
library digital reserves) Marc Miller is a professor at SMA
specializing in coastal and marine recreation and tourism. This article is an
excellent introduction to coastal and marine tourism as a social system and
discusses three tools to influence tourism development in positive directions
(management, planning, and education). Professor Miller has in many ways
defined this field in North America and has worked to call academic attention
and promote serious study of recreation and tourism issues in the coastal
zone. This article is an essential read for all interested in studying with
Professor Miller while at SMA. Guest Speakers Marc Miller, Professor, University
of Washington, School of Marine Affairs, Adjunct Professor, School of
Fisheries, Adjunct Professor, Anthropology. Specialties include, Maritime anthropology, cognitive
anthropology, anthropology of work and leisure, and social and cultural
change. He has done work
throughout the world, but most recently has been involved in projects in
Korea, South Africa, the South Pacific, and Alaska. Paul Grigsby, Holland American
Cruiselines. Paul Grigsby
graduated from the School of Marine Affairs in 1992, specializing in business
analysis and planning for the port and maritime sector. He also worked for
Totem Ocean Trailer Express and its parent company, Saltchuk Resources, where
he did business investment analysis.
Recently, he joined Holland America Lines and is now engaged in
revenue forecasting and planning for cruise ship operations. Nick Kontogeorgopoulos, Assistant
Professor, Department of Comparative Sociology, University of Puget
Sound. Professor
Kontogeorgopoulos has worked extensively with coastal tourism development in
Thailand. His most well known
research focused on local economic, environmental, and social benefits from
international tourism in the islands of the South. Suggested General Reading Lencek, Lena and Gideon Bosker,
1999. The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth, New York: Penguin Putnam,
Inc. Jenkins, Peter, 1995. Along the
Edge of America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Blanchet, M. Wylie, 1993. The
Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir of a Woman and her Children Who Explored
the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle, WA: Seal Press. |
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