Tourism & Leisure
Within the tourism and leisure: planning, policy, practice, management and asset management and regional tourism theme there is a strong emphasis upon understanding and interpreting leisure and tourism planning and policy-making as dynamic, socially constructed activities that involve a wide range of agents and organisations characterised by varying degrees of interest and commitment to leisure and tourism.
Leisure and tourism planning and policy-development take place in multi-actor settings and it is important to understand how different conceptions of leisure and tourism, different values and ideas are mediated in planning and policy processes.
Tourism presents opportunities for regions to, among other things, diversify their economic base, develop assets, increase lifestyle options and improve the quality of life of local communities. Tourism can help regional communities adapt to change and to provide greater resilience and resistance in dynamic environments.
Our tourism and leisure research agenda
The CTLW has recognised a need for research into many aspects of regional tourism in particular:
- tourism and indigenous communities
- leadership and management of tourism in regional areas
- regional tourism organisations
- the development and management of SMEs such as bed and breakfasts and nature tourism
- collaboration and cooperation among tourism enterprises and their relationships to primary and secondary industries
- tourism as a driver of regional development.
Leisure and tourism management research includes diverse settings such as:
- recreational and tourist behaviour in marine environments (e.g., scuba diving) and protected areas such as national parks and wilderness areas, as well as urban events
- the management of tourist destinations
- the impacts of tourism on local communities and economies and engagement of communities in planning and decision-making processes.
The Centre also has a unique interest in tourism asset management with expertise and capacity in projects focusing on issues such as industry clusters and airports, the management of human resources as assets, and the development of transport and other infrastructure vital to tourism services in all regions.
For related projects visit our Current and Past projects.
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Latest News & Events
Call for abstract and submissions from Ph.D. candidates, DBA, and other HRD students
Ph.D. candidates, DBA, and HRD students are invited to submit abstracts about their research where they will be given the opportunity to present at the main conference.
Doctoral Workshop – Wednesday 5th of June 2013
Wednesday 5th of June 2013 from 1 pm to 4pm at the The Hotel School Sydney 117 Macquarie St. Sydney NSW 2000
Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict
Applications open to the Fletcher Summer Institute for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict in Boston, USA between 16-22 June 2013.
A life devoted to Liberation
West Papuan Independence Leader, Benny Wenda, was a guest of CTLW during his recent visit to the Gold Coast.
The Starving Artists Research Project
Arts Northern Rivers have published an article by Ben Far-Wharton, CTLW project co-ordinator and PhD student.
Searching for regional resilience during austerity
The 2011-2012 State of the Regions report states that inequality between regions has been growing for the past five years and the evidence-to-date points to ....
Call for contributions
Workshop on 'The New Public Governance: the state of the art and new directions'
Institute of Public Policy and Economics at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 24-25 October 2013
