Exploring Chinese visitor demand for Australia's indigenous tourism experiences

Ruhanen, Lisa; Whitford, Michelle; McLennan, Char-lee

doi:10.1016/j.jhtm.2015.07.002

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“…For example, Zeppel's (1998a) study, which focused on examining tourism brochures, confirmed the inaccurate representativeness of Indigenous people and the lack of awareness in Indigenous culture around Australia. These findings could be closely linked with the visitor barriers (the perception of authenticity and lack of awareness) identified by most recent studies (Abascal et al, 2015;JDSP, 2009;Nielsen, Buultjens, & Gale, 2008;Ruhanen et al, 2015aRuhanen et al, , 2015b. They are given more detailed examination by local government region in Seiver and Matthews (2016).…”

Section: Demand For Indigenous Tourismmentioning

confidence: 64%

“…It is often argued that Indigenous tourism is not considered to be a top priority tourism activity that either international or domestic visitors choose to participate in while travelling within Australia (JDSP, 2009;Ruhanen et al, 2015aRuhanen et al, , 2015bRyan & Huyton, 2000. Results of JDSP's (2009) study suggested that despite the lack of top-of-mind interest for this type of tourism, latent domestic curiosity exists in aspirational Australian destinations with a strong representation of Indigenous tourism.…”

Section: Demand For Indigenous Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The domestic participation growth in Indigenous tourism has barely fluctuated during these past 10 years, except for a slight increase in (TRA, 2014a. Recent investigations into the motivations for, and barriers to, participating in Indigenous tourism have drawn special attention from researchers (Abascal et al, 2015;JDSP, 2009;Ruhanen et al, 2015aRuhanen et al, , 2015b. While Ruhanen et al (2015aRuhanen et al ( , 2015b) investigated domestic and international visitors, JDSP's (2009) and Abascal's et al (2015) studies focused on the domestic market.…”

Section: Demand For Indigenous Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent investigations into the motivations for, and barriers to, participating in Indigenous tourism have drawn special attention from researchers (Abascal et al, 2015;JDSP, 2009;Ruhanen et al, 2015aRuhanen et al, , 2015b. While Ruhanen et al (2015aRuhanen et al ( , 2015b) investigated domestic and international visitors, JDSP's (2009) and Abascal's et al (2015) studies focused on the domestic market. Visitor motivations for, and barriers to, participating in Indigenous tourism have been investigated both from a quantitative approach (JDSP, 2009;Ruhanen et al, 2015aRuhanen et al, , 2015b) and a qualitative approach (Abascal et al, 2015).…”

Section: Demand For Indigenous Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Visitor attitudes towards Indigenous tourism were investigated by Huyton (2000, 2002). Since this seminal work, there has been limited research undertaken into Indigenous tourism in Australia from a demand perspective (Abascal, Fluker, & Jiang, 2015;Jones Donald Strategy Partners [JDSP], 2009;Ruhanen, Whitford, & McLennan, 2015a, 2015b. While previous studies have provided insights into the demographic characteristics of Indigenous visitors, their preferences, awareness, motivations, and barriers to participate in Indigenous tourism, this study suggests a need for a deeper exploration into the mental processes that visitors experience in regard to their intention to participate in Indigenous tourism activities.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Domestic demand for Indigenous tourism in Australia: understanding intention to participate

Abascal

Fluker

Jiang

2016

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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In Australia, low domestic visitor participation rates in Indigenous tourism have negative effects on its sustainable development. This lax demand remains under-examined in published research. This study uses an attribution-based theory, the folk-conceptual theory of behaviour explanation, to investigate how domestic visitors describe their intentional behaviour to participate, or not, in two Indigenous tourism activities (rockart sites and a cultural centre) situated within Victoria's Grampians National Park. Studies in tourism research using attribution theory remain limited; this appears to be the first using folk-conceptual theory. It adopts a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews and the photoelicitation method with 50 domestic visitors. Results indicate that visitors are more inclined to link "beliefs" than "desires" regarding their intention to participate in nature-based Indigenous tourism activities with connections with history, culture, and learning. However, despite Indigenous tourism being linked to a nature-based environment in the study area, "valuings", "enabling factors", and "causal history of reasons" affect participation levels. While these findings relate to previous research on motivations and barriers, participants' explanatory choices enable deeper insights into visitors' judgements that could then inform strategies to facilitate long-term sustainable Indigenous tourism growth. Understanding demand is central to Indigenous communities attaining benefits from sustainable tourism.

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Section: Demand For Indigenous Tourismmentioning

confidence: 64%

Section: Demand For Indigenous Tourismmentioning

confidence: 99%