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Author: NET Editorial Team
Tourism professionals today are expected to do more than promote destinations. They must lead partnerships, navigate change, and translate local assets into measurable economic outcomes. Mississippi State University Extension’s Excellence in Tourism Leadership (ETL) Program was created to meet those expectations, and its graduates are helping shape tourism practice across Mississippi and the Southeast.
The Florida Society of Ethical Ecotourism (Florida SEE) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining a professional code of ecotourism ethics in order to encourage an awareness and stewardship of Florida’s natural and cultural heritage. As such, they provide education as well as promote professionalism within Florida’s ecotourism industry through a voluntary certification and recognition program.
University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant collaborated with partners from Explore Georgia, Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Manomet and the Darien-McIntosh County Chamber of Commerce to organize and host the 2025 Coastal Georgia Tourism conference in December. This is the fifth event since 2019 that Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant has organized to convene stakeholders to learn about current issues relevant to the state’s coastal tourism sector while also strengthening local networks and opportunities for future collaborations among participants.
This webinar, presented March 5, 2026 and now offered as a recording, explores collaborations supporting Indigenous communities through travel and tourism research and applied work.
Are you interested in destination development strategies, agritourism, medical tourism, or the outdoor recreation economy? You can explore 13 papers from the 2025 NETtra ConferenceRead More
Meet the new NET officers and the 2025 NET award recipients; read some recaps and reflections of the NETtra 2025 conference (including a spotlight on Northeast presenters); and get the latest news on the NET Working Groups!
Earlier this year, the National Extension Tourism (NET) Design Team elected new officers, who will provide leadership and guidance to the all-volunteer organization, which servesRead More
The 2025 NETtra conference — held jointly by NET and the Northeast Chapter of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (NETTRA) — provided a platformRead More
NET recognized the impacts and accomplishments of several of its members during an awards banquet held during its biennial national conference, held in partnership with the Northeast Travel and Tourism Research Association (NETTRA) in Meredith, NH, in early October. This year’s NET Awards program honored four deserving teams and individuals with four awards.