Tourism Week

Tourism Week event: Tourism Works for the U! (.pdf)

The U celebrates National See America Week/Tourism Works week by hosting a poster and lunch event.  All posters are PDF's.

Select 2012 poster presentations:

• A Theory of Spiritual Tourism Development in Da Nang - Viet Nam
• Are Tourism Businesses Using the Internet?
• Economic Impact Analysis
• Economic Impact of the 3M Championship Golf Tournament
• Minnesota Transportation & Quality of Life:  Select survey results
• Perceived Bicycle Safety in Minnesota
• Profile of the 2011 Irish Fair of Minnesota
• Six Nations, One River

Select 2011 poster presentations:

• Application and Expansion of the Recreation Location Quotient
• Economic Impact and Demographics of Recreational Horse Trail Users in Minnesota
• Economic Impact of Minnesota's Airports
• Minnesota Scenic Byways:  Impacts on Quality of Life
• Quality of Life:  Initial Assessment for Transportation Performance Indicators
  
• The Role of Organizational Service Orientation and Customer Service Training in Promoting Employee Engagement

Select 2010 poster presentations:

• Economic Impact Analysis:  Make an Informed Economic Development Decision!
• Ely Market Area Profile
• Help Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species and VHS
• Motorized Trail User Conflict:  Origin, Attribution, & Coping
• Vacation Decisions & Minnesota Resorts:  Opportunities & Challenges 

Select 2009 poster presentations: 

• Burned But Still Burgeoning: Wilderness Visitor Response Following Fire
• Does a No Trespassing Sign Really Mean No Hunter Access?
• Marketing MN’s Fields & Forests: Research on the Potential for Developing a Farm Stay Database & Joint Marketing Program
• Minnesota Agri-tourism: Status and Interest
• Q Methodology: An Underutilized Technique for Analyzing Social Discourses on Environmental Issues
• Recreation Trail Conflict: Origin, Attribution & Coping
• Roadside Advertising in a Digital Age
• Wilderness Visitor Experience Over Time:  Change, Constraints, & Impacts

Select 2008 presentations: 

• 2008 Profile of International Festival of Owls Attendees
• Active Park Visits: Leisure Time Physical Activity, Motivation, & Constraints
• At Your Service: Working With Multicultural Customers, Rochester Community Initiative
• Creating a Customer Profile of Seasonal Residents in a Rural Resort Area
• Incorporating Ecological Considerations and Rider Preferences into ATV Trail Location Decisions Using GIS
• Listening to Neglected Voices: Hmong and Public Lands in MN & WI 
• The Role of Organizational Leadership & Culture on Information Gathering and Dissemination Among Public Outdoor Recreation Providers
• St. Paul Festival Visitors: Informing Marketing & Sponsorship Efforts

Select 2007 presentations: 

• Awareness of & Interest In"‘Green Routes" Among Select Restaurant Patrons
• Describing & Differentiating Recreational ATV Rider Preferences
• Regional Variation in Minnesota Tourism: A Northwestern Example
• State of the Minnesota Meetings Industry
• State of Sustainable Tourism in Minnesota: 2007 

Select 2006 presentations: 

• 2005 Art Meander: Market Identification & Event Enhancement
• Community – Agency Trust: Voyageurs National Park
• Does Generation Matter? Differences in Perceived Benefits Among Baby-boomers, Generation-X & Generation-Y at a Water-Based Recreation Area
• Generational Differences in ATV Recreational Riding: The Case of MN
• Green Routes: Market Interest and Directions
• Travelers in Southern Minnesota: Profile of Visitors to Four Communities
• Volunteer Motivation and Commitment at a Sport-tourism Event