In South-East Asia, it’s nothing unusual to see a Dad, a Mum, and three kids load themselves onto a scooter with all their shopping, and happily wind their way through a seething maze of traffic, but you dont see this happen in Melbourne very much.
I was having coffee with a mate the other day when [...]

An index developed by the Herald and Commsec (http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sydney-loses-its-shine-to-old-rival/2006/03/03/1141191849351.html) has recently put Melbourne in a very good economic light compared to Sydney. For example, the index reports that “the average Melburnian is 6.5 per cent better off than they were six years ago, and the average Sydneysider only 1.6 per cent better off”.
Economic disparities are [...]

A friend of mine (thanks Meike!) just sent me a link to a really good site that has been put together by Allan Lew (see Blog #13 for more about Allan). The site is a list of “Podcasts about Tourism, Travel and Education”.
One of the things I like about this site is that it categorises [...]

Travel Show Podcast #007 (MP3 - 8MB - 23 min)

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This is the second podcast in this series of speeches that were given at the recent Council of Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Educators (CAUTHE) conference.
In the last podcast (#006), Professor Neil Leiper gave a very convincing arguement as to why the [...]

I recently heard about this really interesting way of combining a round the world cruise with a unique educational experience.  The “Scholar Ship” (http://www.thescholarship.com/home/) is scheduled to set off on its 16 week inaugural voyage in January 2007.
Here is the blurb they give about the experience:

The Scholar Ship is a semester-long academic program aboard a dedicated [...]

The Travel Show #6 (MP3 - 10.7MB - 30min)
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Professor Neil Leiper gives a great discussion on the tourism industry/industries debate. Is there one single tourism industry, or should we regard the tourism phenomenon as a group of related industries. More importantly, Professor Leiper discusses the implications of this debate for [...]