A New Vision of Tourism

Larry Portzline, the creator of bookstore tourism is on the road again. He has recently set up a National Council of Bookstore Tourism with the aim of taking the concept much further.

He has lead over a dozen tours of book lovers to a number of U.S. cities to visit bookstores in the last year. Now his vision includes creating partnerships with appropriate groups including bookstores, libraries, educators, publishers, the travel industry, cultural tourism organizations and economic development groups. He sees the future of this venture encompassing education as well as cultural heritage.

His personal dream is to take a month long bus trip to bookstores across America bringing along authors for bookstore events. ... Route 66 meet Route 2006.