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Feb

Assisting Communities to Develop Heritage Tourism Opportunities

Categories: Community, Cultural Heritage, Entrepreneurship, Oceania, Operations, Planning, Report

Tags: Albany, Australia, Community, cultural heritage, EarthCheck, enterprises, funding, old goldfields, products, resources, SMEs, stories, sustainable tourism online, Volunteers, Western Australia

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Heritage managers are increasingly expected to use tourism as a source of revenue to maintain heritage properties. Many of these individuals and organisations have little or no skills in business/tourism planning or financial management. This report outlines approaches that can assist with the development of heritage tourism across a region including use of a thematic framework to link heritage places, stories and practices together. The report includes a list of currently available resources at the time of publication of this report.

by Tod Jones, Michael Hughes, Vicki Peel, David Wood and Warwick Frost

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Jan

Sustainability Practices and Awards and Accreditation Programs in the Tourism Industry

Categories: Certification/Accreditation, Marketing, Oceania, Private Sector, Supply Chain, Visitors

Tags: Accreditation, attitude, Australia, awards, Bergin-Seers, choices, communication, consumer, consumer purchasing behaviour, EarthCheck, Mair, products, Sustainable development, sustainable tourism online, Tourists, willingness to pay

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This study was driven by Tourism Victoria’s commitment to sustainable tourism and the need to better understand the tourists’ views of operator environmental programs and practices. The project explored perceptions of the sustainability practices of tourism businesses; the value or importance of these practices; and the impact that the employment of such strategies has on consumer decision making. Tourism Awards and Accreditation were also investigated to identify levels of recognition and effectiveness in communicating messages about environmental sustainability. The study also aimed to provide a profile of ‘green’ tourists with regard to consumer purchasing behaviour and sustainability. It is intended for this profile to assist both tourism agencies—and ultimately business operators—to better their communication with the ‘green’ market.

by Dr Suzanne Bergin-Seers and Dr Judith Mair

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Dec

Impacts of Human Waste Disposal in the Back Country Areas of Tasmania

Categories: Case Study, Fauna, Land, Monitoring & Evaluation, Oceania, Pacific, Planet, Report, Visitors, Waste, Water

Tags: Alpine, Animals, Australia, camping, decay, digging, EarthCheck, Eucalypt, forest, impact, laboratory, Management, native animals, Nutrients, paper products, products, soil, Statistics, sustainable tourism online, tasmania, Trash, Vegetation

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The research objective of the present project was to determine the relative impacts of disposal of human wastes on vegetation and soils in Tasmanian vegetation types that occur in areas used for wild country camping, with particular emphasis on the impact of digging, the impact of nutrient accessions, the persistence of paper products, such as tissues, and the disturbance of burials by native animals.

by Jamie Kirkpatrick and Kerry Bridle

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Assisting Communities to Develop Heritage Tourism Opportunities

Sustainability Practices and Awards and Accreditation Programs in the Tourism Industry

Impacts of Human Waste Disposal in the Back Country Areas of Tasmania