In case you (the reader) are not aware, I work as a lecturer in tourism at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. I would like to share a little triumph we here at Vic Uni have had…
Each year there is a competition to see which organisation provides the best quality of tourism education and training.  This is […]

A colleague of mine, Lachlan McKerrow, put me on to the interview that was done on the outstanding radio show called “Australia Talks Back”, on Radio National, here in Australia. Thanks Lachlan.
The show on Monday 20 February is titled “Tourism Refocus”, and here is the blurb they give about it:

We like to think of ourselves as […]

I recently found a website that discusses Medical Tourism.  I discussed some medical tourism issues in Travel Blog #12, so I thought that I would let others know of the site.
 
http://www.medicaltourism.com/ includes a discussion page on topics such as the medical tourism industry, dental and ophthalmologic. Another page includes over 100 links to other websites […]

Two friends of mine, Eugene and Kay Kneebone, are heading off today on a terrific travel adventure. They are both members Probus, which is a group made up of active retiree’s who used to organise business (Probus = professional business), but who now organise their own fun.  The Probus website describe themselves in this way:
The […]

The Travel Show #005 (MP3 - 7.5MB - 22min)
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42.2 km is a looooooong way to run, I know, I’ve done it twice (PB 3hrs 22mins).
Anthony Leydin has run the Paris, London and New York Marathons.
Listen to Anthony talk about how he travelled to these places and completed all three marathons. It’s […]

I wonder if Olga knew about this (see/listen to Travel Podcast #3 for Olga’s chat about Whistler) - according to Dirtworld.com they have just built a 10,000 square foot indoor mountain bike park at Blackcomb Mountain! 
“This facility will give our campers the ability to practice progressive tricks in a controlled environment,” says Shandro. “Our goal is […]

I beleive that studyng and researching tourism is a wonderful thing.  One of the things that I really like about it is that it is currently very multidisciplinary.  By that I mean that people studying and researching tourism come from a multitude of backgrounds.  Some may be historians, some are sociologists, some come from a […]

The growth rate of inbound tourism to India could double in the next 5 years according to the Financial Express (http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=117254), and this is partly due to people travelling to India for medical treatments.
The Common Dreams News Centre (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0601-04.htm) reports that in Canada, people can wait up to 5 years for a kidney transplant.  Some of […]

The Travel Show #004 (MP3 - 10.4MB - 31min)
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Food is good, wine is good, travel is good.  Put them all together and what do you have? Food and wine trails.
Rob Mason talks about his Ph.D, which just happens to be about food and wine trails.

Today I went to the Yarraville Festival. For those who may not be aware of Yarraville, it’s the Melbourne, Australia, “village-like” suburb I live in. Actually, not only do I live here, but so does Cam Reilly, the Godfather/creator/guru of the Podcast Network. This I find particularly freaky, as I didn’t know Cam before I […]