You can view all the presentations from the 2008 ITSA conference in Shanghai, including mine, by going to this web page. The theme of the conference was ‘Globalisation, mega events and urban tourism’ and there are a wealth of useful case studies, theoretical perspectives and non-western viewpoints on tourism and events available to download as powerpoint files – some in English and some in Mandarin Chinese. Unfortunately, the files are listed alphanumerically, so you might have to have a dig through to find material you are particularly interested in.
The presentations from the excellent ‘Developing tourist destinations’ seminar held in Aalborg last month will be up on the conference webpages soon along with pictures and I’ll post an update on here when they are available. In the meantime, you can view my presentation below:
Wesley
December 30, 2008
Dreamland played an ugly cameo role in Phase 3 of the cartoon strip Zenith (from 2000AD). Where its transformation into death camp was a rather nasty commentary on the effects of Thatcherism on leisure time.
James Kennell
January 2, 2009
how terrifying. I’d hadn’t heard about that! Is it this strip:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_(comic) ?
Wesley
January 8, 2009
That’s the one.
James Kennell
January 8, 2009
Hmmm….all I need to do now is find it up online somehere and that will be a lovely addition to a chapter!