Accomplishments:

• Outlining potential tourism education modules for further development (the Community Tourism Assessment and Development module has been developed and tested by the Western Rural Development Center)
• Site identification for National Extension Tourism Conferences.
• Developing a National Tourism Publication database through Michigan State University Extension (http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modtd/mastertd.html)
• Creating a National Extension Tourism list serve for use by tourism educators across the country: net-national@iastate.edu See the link for List Serve above

Organization

NATIONAL EXTENSION TOURISM DESIGN TEAM

Origin -- The National Extension Tourism Design Team was originally created in 1994 as one of four national Extension focuses under the Communities in Economic Transition Initiative.

Current Members

  Western Region:

• Ellie Rilla, Director-Univ. of California Cooperative Extension-Marin
• Steven Burr, Utah State University; Chair, National Extension Tourism Design Team

  North Central Region:

• Cynthia Messer, Univ. of Minnesota Tourism Center
• Beverly Stencel, University of Wisconsin Extension

  Northeast Region:

• Diane Kuehn, New York Sea Grant; SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• Lisa Chase, University of Vermont Extension

  Southern Region:

• Miles Phillips, Texas Agrilife Extension Service, Texas A& M University
• Mike Woods, Oklahoma State University Extension

  Partners:

• Fen Hunt, USDA Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
• Cornelia Flora, Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
• Julie Stewart, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
• Stephan Goetz, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
• Don Albrecht, Director of the Western Rural Development Center
• Lionel J. (Bo) Beaulieu, Director, Southern Regional Development Center
• Mark Rosemily, Natural Resources Conservation Service