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Convening Coastal Tourism Stakeholders in Georgia – The 2025 Coastal Georgia Tourism Conference

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.

NET Announces 2025 Award Recipients

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.

NETtra 2025 Conference: Register by September 19th!

Join us in Meredith, New Hampshire, October 7-10, 2025, for the 2025 NETtra Conference — a first-time collaboration between the Northeast Chapter of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (NETTRA) and the National Extension Tourism (NET) Network, hosted by the University of New Hampshire Extension. Read on for updates from the Conference Planning Committee about a new presentation opportunity, a dinner cruise, mobile worksohps, and getting to the conference!