Extension and Tourism: Previous Efforts, Current Trends, and the Future

This study, published in the Journal of Extension in 2022, highlights the results of a national survey of Extension land-grant and sea grant professionals designed to better understand their involvement in state/regional tourism programming and their perceptions of tourism related opportunities and challenges. Read the Study

Authors: Doug Arbogast, West Virginia University; Daniel Eades, West Virginia University;
Stephan Goetz, Penn State University & Yuxuan Pan, Penn State University

report coverRead a 1993 report by the National Extension Travel and Tourism Advisory Committee that is referenced in the study above. 

report coverRead the related NET report on findings from a national survey carried out from 2017 to 2019 to catalog current tourism and recreation programming being conducted by U.S. Extension professionals