Dear colleagues, We would like to inform you that the Journal for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (JORT) has now been launched officially. We are accepting submissions of full academic papers and research notes. The first issue will appear in January 2013. Interested authors may submit papers at: http://ees.elsevier.com/jort If you have any questions, please contact one of the Editors. Kind regards, p.p. Verena Melzer Univ.Prof. Dr. Ulrike Pröbstl Institute for Landscape development, Recreation and Conservation planning University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna Peter Jordanstr.82, A - 1190 Vienna, Austria ulrike.proebstl(a)boku.ac.at Dr. Wolfgang Haider Professor School of Resource and Environmental Management Simon Fraser University whaider(a)sfu.ca