The National Business Events Study (NBES) is a comprehensive evaluation that examines the size and scope of the Business Events sector in Australia. Each component of the study was underpinned by information obtained from business event venues regarding the number of events and participants they hosted over a full year. The data provides the most comprehensive overview of the business events sector since the 1999 Bureau of Tourism Research report, Meetings Make their Mark.
by Margaret Deery, Leo Jago, Liz Fredline and Larry Dwyer
This report provides the latest information about the characteristics and behaviours of visitors for the tourism industry, managers, and other research projects based in the Ningaloo Coastal Region. The Ningaloo Destination Modelling (NDM) project is a collaborative project between researchers from seven Australian universities and Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre that will deliver a scenario planning tool that assesses the social, environmental and economic impact of tourism planning strategies in order to assist tourism planning in a region that relies on its unique natural attractions.
by Tod Jones, Michael Hughes, David Wood, Anna Lewis and Philippa Chandler
Prosper was established to develop context specific yet holistic models for assessing the value of tourism in regional destinations. The research has produced a range of immediately useful tools, including: a template for collecting and analysing indicators of the economic, social, and environmental value of tourism, a methodology for conducting Prosper research in a variety of regional settings, a research book documenting lessons learned from the case studies, a template for delivering relevant Prosper indicators relating to employment, business activity, and development patterns through Decipher.
by Dean Carson, Jim Macbeth and Damien Jacobsen
The report develops tools for measuring and enhancing the yield from tourism at the business, regional and national level. It clarifies the different concepts of tourism yield. Different stakeholders (operators, governments, community, researchers etc.) mean different things by ‘yield’ and this presents a barrier to communication and policy discussion.
by Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, Liz Fredline, Leo Jago, Marg Deery and Sven Lundie
The primary aim of the report is to develop tools for measuring and enhancing the yield from tourism at the business, regional and national levels. This overall objective subsumes several more specific objectives: First, to clarify the different concepts of tourism yield. Second, to develop operational measures of yield at the level of the firm and at destination, regional, state and national levels. The final objective involves discussion and analysis of the policy implications of the study.
by Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth, Liz Fredline, Leo Jago, Marg Deery and Sven Lundie
This project provides series of detailed assessments of tourism values and costs in localities adjacent to protected areas in Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The project demonstrates a range of techniques for respectively measuring social, environmental and economic impacts of tourism activity.
by Michael Hughes, Tod Jones, Marg Deery, David Wood, Liz Fredline, Zachary Whitely, and Michael Lockwood
This research represents the first comprehensive measure of carbon emissions for the tourism sector, both within Australia, and including associated international aviation. It is provided to inform and stimulate discussion, and to assist this, the report provides additional estimates and data to support national policy for the sector.
by Peter Forsyth, Serajul Hoque, Larry Dwyer, Ray Spurr, Thiep Van Ho & Daniel Pambudi
Wildlife tourism is big business worldwide, and is a valuable tool for nature conservation. This is a comprehensive volume on the subject, written by experts in the field and drawing on a wide range of disciplines. It covers the full scope of wildlife tourism, including zoos, wildlife watching, hunting and fishing. It provides an up-to-date review of wildlife tourism issues, and practical directions for enhancing its Triple Bottom Line sustainability. This book is essential reading for all tourism professionals, wildlife managers, recreation managers, researchers, and general readers with an interest in the role of wildlife in tourism. For a review of this title by WildWatch, go to this site – http://www.wildwatch.com/magazine/reviews.asp
by Karen Higginbottom
Economics has an increasingly important role to play in the management of natural resources, including those used in wildlife tourism. Recommendations for better management of wildlife tourism, based on economic concepts, are put forward in this report.
by Derrin Davis, Clem Tisdell and Mark Hardy