http://www.travbuddy.com/wanderlust/ Travel Ideas, News, and Inspiration en Serendipity 1.3.1 - http://www.s9y.org/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:16:52 GMT http://static.travbuddy.com/images/travbuddy_30x30.gif http://www.travbuddy.com/wanderlust/ 30 30 http://www.travbuddy.com/wanderlust/archives/2-Death-of-the-Great-Outdoors.html News Outdoors http://www.travbuddy.com/wanderlust/archives/2-Death-of-the-Great-Outdoors.html#comments http://www.travbuddy.com/wanderlust/wfwcomment.php?cid=2 10 http://www.travbuddy.com/wanderlust/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=2 nospam@example.com (eric) <p>A recent <a href="http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11707142" title="article">article</a> in The Economist indicates that attendance at national parks in the USA is declining, even as populations near national parks increase.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><img width="600" src="http://images.travbuddy.com/42361_11815299053160.jpg" alt="" /><br/><em>Attendance at <a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Yosemite-travel-guide-1249979">Yosemite</a> has dropped 9 out of the last 13 years. Photo: <a href="/trustdios">trustdios</a></em></p> <p>National parks have been a popular topic on TravBuddy, with a few trips and blogs dedicated to exploring their natural wonders:</p> <p> <a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/4192">Waltjake's 2006 National Park tour</a><br/> <a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/2052/Out-first-State-Park-Cathedral-Gorge-State-Park-10">X_Drive's National Park Trip</a> </p> <p>Interestingly enough, the article doesn't take the easy way out and blame video games and television as the major reason for the decline in visitors.</p> <br /><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/wanderlust/archives/2-Death-of-the-Great-Outdoors.html#extended">Continue reading "Death of the Great Outdoors?"</a> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:30:00 -0700 http://www.travbuddy.com/wanderlust/archives/2-guid.html