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Mining will continue to be a dominant force in Western Australia’s future but the health sector is the more likely to deliver jobs and growth than tourism or agriculture, new research shows.
The antics of ‘Brits abroad’ continues to fill copy in tabloid newspapers but it’s more about titillation than genuine moral outrage.
Cruise ship destinations like Venice have realised that the benefits the industry promises don’t add up.
Australia has the third largest marine jurisdiction in the world, a vast ocean territory that contains important natural and biological resources. And it needs protecting.
Hand over your travel photos and help build digital 3D recreations of threatened heritage sites.
Tourism will have to be a key element in future peace-building and peace-keeping strategies in Syria.
Luxury holidays aren’t just a dent in your bank balance – they’re also doing untold harm to the environment. But you can have a good, green holiday.
If the sharing economy is here to stay, planners and designers must respond with imagination to spread the positive effects of the tourism economy for the benefit of residents as well as tourists.
Mass tourism in Bali is causing the island to face imminent groundwater crisis.
China is eagerly anticipating the arrival of global leaders from the world’s top 20 economies.
If empty seats and other Olympics are anything to go by, it’s unlikely Brazil will get a tourism boost from Rio 2016.
The ailing health of the Great Barrier Reef may be attracting more tourists, at least in the short term, with a survey showing many visitors were motivated to see it while they still have the chance.
Australia will have to adapt its tourism offerings to attract of growing market with changing expectations.
Slum tourism is broadly rejected as morally dubious and voyeuristic. But we should take a second look.
Cities and other tourist destinations are becoming more resilient to terrorist attacks, but there’s more they can do to ensure potential visitors feel safe.
All mention of Australia has been removed from an international report on climate change on the grounds that it would damage tourism. Here’s the evidence.
How a cabinet-maker and temperance preacher managed what the ride-sharing company is struggling to pull off.
Noisy tourists are putting a strain on Berlin’s rental market.
Uluru’s traditional owners have asked for decades that tourists not climb their sacred site. Parks Australia has committed to closing the climb – but only when some ambitious goals have been met.
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/ Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer, Tourism, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, Massey University
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Professor of Development Studies, Massey University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Professor of Tourism, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in Tourism & Events, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Heritage, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Marketing and Tourism, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
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Professor of Tourism, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Hospitality & Tourism, University of Surrey
