The Role of Tourism in the Economic Transformation of the Central West Queensland Economy

Sørensen, Tony; Epps, Roger

doi:10.1080/00049180320000066164

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“…Some rural shires deliberately set out to target tourism as traditional agricultural and fishing industries go into decline (Sorensen & Epps, 2003;Maclellan, 1999). The management focus in these situations is often, therefore, one of attempting to develop and/or market attractions that are significant enough to overcome the tyranny of distance, enticing tourists to travel from the core to the periphery (Prideaux, 2002).…”

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“…Sorensen and Epps (2003) report that the elderly and adventurous dominate the tourism market in Central WestPrideaux (2002) reports that heritage visitors to peripheral areas are largely middle aged, middle classed and well educated;Ryan and Mo (2001) find that Chinese visitors to New Zealand are typically well-travelled with above average income and educational attainment.…”

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The community impacts of different types of visitors: an empirical investigation of tourism in North-west Queensland

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2006

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“…In contrast, many local councils have responded to increasing tourism interest in their regions by actively promoting their towns and natural assets (Richins and Pearce 2000;Sorensen and Epps 2003;Jackson and Murphy 2006;Nepal 2008). Considering the significantly broader scope of responsibility of local councils compared with those of protected-area managers, coupled with the wide range of threatening processes outside of protected areas, many localcouncil respondents likely consider tourism and recreation more of an economic opportunity than an environmental threat.…”

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Aquatic ecosystems in inland Australia: tourism and recreational significance, ecological impacts and imperatives for management

Hadwen¹,

Boon²,

Arthington³

2012

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The value of aquatic systems for biodiversity, agriculture, pastoralism and mining is widely recognised, whereas their significance for tourism and recreation is often poorly acknowledged. We surveyed protected-area managers, local governments and tour operators (river and general) to determine how aquatic systems were used in inland Australia for tourism and recreation and the perceived impacts of these uses. Inland waterbodies were reported by all respondent groups to be highly significant foci for visitors. Natural features were rated as more important to visitors than infrastructure by protected-area managers and river-tour operators, whereas all respondent groups identified water clarity, water quality and accessibility to water as important aspects of visitor appeal. Although .75% of respondents nominated visitors as being environmentally aware, visitors were reported to have a range of negative effects on the ecological condition of inland waterbodies, especially on water quality, and to also increase erosion and the loss of fringing vegetation. Managing the recreational use of inland waterbodies will become increasingly important as demand from all sectors intensifies and climate-change impacts become more severe. Management must take into account variations in perceptions by different stakeholder groups and the paradox of inappropriate visitor behaviour despite visitors' apparent environmental awareness.

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“…Spitzer (2007) Collaboration A lack of collaboration can result in tourism development being difficult and less effective, while clusters can enable development (Sorenson & Epps, 2003). tools have previously been developed to measure collaboration and clustering (Jin, Weber, & Bauer, 2012).…”

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Developing and Testing a Suite of Institutional Indices to Underpin the Measurement and Management of Tourism Destination Transformation

McLennan¹,

Moyle²,

Ruhanen³

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Tourism Analysis

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Economic, social, and environmental transformation of destinations as a consequence of tourism has been observed and studied extensively within the tourism literature. transformation theory has evolved as a tool for understanding structural economic, social, or environmental change, which is driven by institutions. there is an emerging body of research that has sought to identify the institutional aspects of the tourism transformation process. Despite this, there has been limited development of tools that can measure institutions, inhibiting the development of long-run decision-making models that governments can use when developing policies for tourism destination development. As a result this research contributes a suite of institutional indices that can be used by tourism managers and planners to monitor, evaluate, and benchmark the tourism industry's institutions. Drawing from the organizational change literature, the proposed indices focus on competition, management processes, data and research capabilities, collaboration efforts, benchmarking processes, learning ability, and agility and adaptability. this research is an important step in developing combined structural and institutional models that will contribute to the development and implementation of decisionmaking tools to assist destinations seeking to achieve long-term sustainable tourism transformation.

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The Role of Tourism in the Economic Transformation of the Central West Queensland Economy

Cited by 12 publications

References 2 publications

The community impacts of different types of visitors: an empirical investigation of tourism in North-west Queensland

The community impacts of different types of visitors: an empirical investigation of tourism in North-west Queensland

Aquatic ecosystems in inland Australia: tourism and recreational significance, ecological impacts and imperatives for management

Developing and Testing a Suite of Institutional Indices to Underpin the Measurement and Management of Tourism Destination Transformation

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