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Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, and insular Southeast Asia. Occasionally, these horizons are enlarged to include neighboring areas when they bear upon Pacific interests. TSM A CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR THE NATIONAL TOURISM POLICY STUDY. (For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, USA), October 1976, 70 pp. $1.00. The Senate Commerce Committee was authorized in 1974 to undertake a National Tourism Policy Study. This interim report identifies the Federal programs and policies which significantly impact tourism research, planning, development, and promotion, and thereby lays the foundation for their subsequent assessment in terms of effectively meeting the national interests in tourism, and the tourism needs of State and local governments and the private sector. The report also contains an overview of legislations which directly and indirectly affects one or another aspect of tourism;a discussion of the national interests in tourism and other interacting interests; a discussion of the definitional problem with tourism, and how that term is defined for purpose of this report;and a review of Federal tourism and tourism-related legislation. L&R CULTURAL BENEFITS FROM METROPOLITAN RIVER RECREATIONSAN ANTONIO PROTOTYPE. Clare A. Gunn, David J. Reed, and Robert E. Couch (Recreation and Parks Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA), September 1976, 116 pp. No Price Listed. This study analyzes the response to an outstanding design and development of a park-business complex along a natural river in the heart of a major city. The research includes both those who visit and those who control or influence its development. Tables, Charts, Photographs, and Bibliography. MSC ETHNIC IDENTITY CULTURAL CONTINUITIES AND CttANGE. Edited by George de Vos and Lola Romanucci-Ross. Mayfield Publishing Company (285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94301, USA), 1975,395 pp. $13.95 Hardcover. TSM EVALUATION OF THE ABTA/MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION. United States Travel Service (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, USA), May 1976, 21 pp. Free. This study reports on the degree to which the Miami Beach Convention and the post convention tours will influence United Kingdom Travel agents to sell the USA as a travel destination, and speculate on the future development of specific USA attractions as destinations for U.K. travelers. Tables. A N N A L S O F T O U R I S M R E S E A R C H , Jan/Feb '77
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