Rural Tourism Development

A Web Course

A course offered by the Southern Rural Development Center to educators in the South, in partnership with West Virginia University Extension Service


 


What
A web course designed to improve your ability to develop and enhance rural tourism efforts

Where
At your computer

How
12-week WebCT course with regular instructor feedback

When
Next class begins February 3, 2005

Who
You . . . and a few others
Limited class size – Only 16 participants
REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED

Cost
$200

Sign up
January 18, 2005 Deadline

Instructors
Mike Woods, Oklahoma State University
405-744-9837 or mdwoods@okstate.edu

Bill Richardson, West Virginia University
304-235-0370 or Bill.Richardson@mail.wvu.edu

Registration
Register online through WVU Extension Service


Tourism builds local economies. The Rural Tourism Development course will build your practical skills to identify, develop, and improve tourism in your rural communities. Attend class at your own desktop in a risk-free, hands-on environment. Benefit from the advice of instructors with extensive rural development experience.

Course Highlights:

  • Overview of tourism

  • Planning and managing rural tourism

  • Nature tourism and ecotourism

  • Heritage and cultural tourism

  • Assessing tourism opportunities

  • Building a strategy for rural tourism

  • Marketing options and opportunities

  • Internet opportunities

  • Regional packaging

  • Finally--have a strategy for tourism in your region well underway