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Swrmmmg Days m 1980 and 2000, A Review of the Results of a Populatron-Specific Model for Other Outdoor Recreatron Actrvrtres, A Populatron-Specific Srmphfied Recreatron Forecasting Model, Forecastmg Partrcrpatron m Outdoor Recreation m the United States, and Concludmg Comments. Tables, Charts, Bibliography. index (TSM) Foreign Visitor Arrivals By Selected Ports. United States Travel Servrce (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washmgton, D.C., 20230, USA), November 1976, 140 pp. Free. During the January through June 1976 per-rod, New York City ranked as the number one port-of-entry for foreign visitors from overseas countries, accounting for 31.4% of all overseas arrrvals, followed by Miami, Honolulu, and Los Angeles Complete tabulation of arrivals and their breakdown (LRS) A Guide for a Feasibility Study (of Recreation Enterprises) by James E Neal and John K. Trocke, Cooperative Extension Services (Michigan State Umverstty, East Lansing, Mrchrgan, USA), Extension Bulletin 705. 1971, 18 pp. S .20 The purpose of thus bulletin IS to discuss crrterta which can be used to justify the apphcatron of finances or talents m recreation-related enterpnses. Tables. (TSM, SSC) Hosts and Guests: Tbe Anthropology of Tourism, Valene L. Smith, Editor, Umversrty of Pennsylvania Press (3933 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19104, USA), December 1977. 254 pp. (hardcover) $14.00 Articles contained m this book discuss the cultural impacts of tourism on various levels of society. The book is organized mto five parts: Tourism and Leisure: A Theoretical Overview. Nascent Tourism in Non-Western Societies; Tourism in European Resorts, Tourism in Complex Societies; and Tounsm in Anthropological * Perspective. Tables. Charts, extensrve bibliography, and Index. (LRS, TSM) The Impact of Travel, Recreation, and Touriem on the Metbow Valley, Cooperative Extensron Service (College of Agrtculture, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163, USA), July 1976, 48 pp. S .52 This paper IS a compilatron of studies, reports, and surveys on travel, recreation, and tourism. The purpose of the pubhcatron IS to draw as much information together as possible on these three SubJects that might apply to the Methow Valley, a rural, agricultural community m north central Washington State. The objective of the report IS to famrharrze the reader with the socro-economrc characterrstms of various outdoor recreatron groups. The selected data, while not always directly related to the study area, provrdes an overvrew of recreation activrtres that might occur or may well be occurrmg m the area. Tables, Map, and Bibliography. Industry
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Input-Output
Analysis
by Bill Anthony, United States Travel Service (U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D C. 20230, USA), June 1977, 25 pp. Free. This paper reports on an applicatron of input/output analysis: the measurement of the inter-industry effects resulting from travel expenditures m the U.S. by Americans m 1975 The paper was presented at the 1977 TTRA Conference. (TSM) Input-Output Analysis: Its Strength, Limitations and Weaknesses, by Brian Archer, lnstttute of Economrc Research, (Umversrty College of North Wales, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom), Aprrl 1977, 29 pp. No price listed The purpose of this paper IS to describe the input-output technique and to draw attention to its strengths, weaknesses and hmrtations. Attentron will be drawn also to ANNALS
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