Critical tourism theory

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What the bloody hell is a touristic terra nullius?, Tourism and Hospitality Research, Training and Practice: “Where the 'bloody hell' are we?”. CAUTHE Conference (2008)

This paper suggests that tourist attractions might act as powerful agents in forming and forging...

 

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Hidden messages: a polysemic reading of tourist brochures, Journal of Vacation Marketing (2007)

It is self-evident that tourist brochures are selling a positive and attractive destination to travellers;...

 

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Effects of negative media events on tourist’s decisions (with Margrete Lexow), in W Frost, G Croy & S Beeton (2004)

During the recent years, the role of mass media and its crucial position in the...

 

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The experience of the bandit, Third Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students Research in Tourism (2004)

The methodology used in this study is hermeneutic phenomenology as the intention is to show...

 

Hospitality management and education

Attractions as narratives, narratives as attractions: case study graffiti at Gäddtarmen, Finland, 18th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research (2009)

This paper introduces the idea that a tourist attraction can fruitfully be regarded as anarrative,...

 

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Developing a taxonomy of 'award-winning' restaurants: what are they actually? (with Y L. Lee, Julia Caldicott, and S H. Lee), Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality & Tourism (2011)

This article aims to clarify the term 'award-winning restaurants,' by conducting a literature review focussed...

 

The construction and deconstruction of tourist attractions, The construction and deconstruction of tourist attractions (2011)
 

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Challenging undergraduate hospitality students: the use of debates as interactive teaching and assessment tools, Tourism and hospitality: challenge the limits. CAUTHE Conference (2010)

Research shows that undergraduate students learn what they expect to be assessed on. It is...

 

Lighthouses as attractors: following Moominpappa, Arts, Islands and Islomania: 6th International Conference on Small Island Cultures (2010)

Lighthouses are by definition forced to be located at strategic locations at the border between...

 

The touristic Terra Nullius, The racial politics of bodies, nations, and knowledges (2009)
 

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With the Simpsons as tour guides: how popular culture sources can enhance the student experience in a university tourism unit, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management (2009)

University education is, at times, claimed to be overly theoretical and disconnected from the reality...

 

Sober on the holiday: is it unAustralian? (with Sri Edelheim), International Tourism and Media Conference (2008)
 

A touristic terra nullius, The 2007 ACRAWSA conference, Transforming Bodies, Nations & Knowledges (2007)
 

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Effective use of simulations in hospitality management education: a case study (with Daisuke Ueda), Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education (2007)

Simulations are widely used tools today, not only as analytical applications to support decisions but...

 

Sustaining healthy destinations – what cultural studies can offer tourism studies, Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) Annual Conference (2007)
 

The bushranger and the big banana: a cultural studies critique of tourism studies, PhD thesis, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW (2007)
 

The bushranger's rock, Tourism - Past Achievements, Future Challenges (2007)
 

The Simpsons family on strike: what a viewing audience learns about industrial relations from a TV series, Work, Industrial Relations and Popular Culture Conference (2007)
 

First person phenomenological tourist experiences, Critical Tourism “Down-Under” Conference (2006)

I am consciously taking a step away from the dominant tradition of Tourism Studies in...

 

Hegemonic messages in tourist brochures, To the city and beyond... CAUTHE Conference (2006)
 

The Quarantine Station today - Villawood tomorrow? : the political discourse of heritage tourist attractions, Landscapes of Exile: 'Once Perilous, Now Safe' Conference (2006)

The Quarantine Station at North Head (QSNH) in Sydney is managed by the NPWS as...

 

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Coffs Coast visitor survey (with D Bruce Armstrong, Stephen Mason, Don Fuller, and Simon J. Wilde), Coffs Coast Tourism Association (2005)
 

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Destination choice: visitor behaviours in a coastal tourism destination on Australia’s east coast (with Don Fuller, D Bruce Armstrong, Janet Hanlan, Simon J. Wilde, and Stephen Mason), Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (2005)
 

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Destination choice: visitor behaviours in a coastal tourism destination on Australia’s east coast (Occasional paper) (with Don Fuller, D Bruce Armstrong, Janet Hanlan, Simon J. Wilde, and Stephen Mason), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (2005)
 

Hegemonic messages tourist brochures tell, Southern Cross University CLPC Research Seminar Series (2005)
 

The hegemonic messages tourist brochures tell, Southern Cross University Coffs Harbour Research Seminar Series (2005)
 

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To experience the ‘real’ Australia: a liminal authentic cultural experience, Indigenous tourism: the commodification and management of culture (2005)

This paper will pose the question: If a nation’s icons are not true representations of...

 

Tourist's experience of place (Jaakko Suvantola): Book Review, Tourism, Culture and Communication (2005)
 

A triangulation of tourist entities in Java, Indonesia, Creating tourism knowledge. CAUTHE Conference (2004)
 

Backpackers, independent rule breakers: a constructed myth (with C Bowry), Creating tourism knowledge. CAUTHE Conference (2004)
 

Effective use of simulations in hospitality management education (with Daisuke Ueda), 2004 ISTTE Annual Conference: "International Collaboration" (2004)
 

Graffiti: unintended visitor books, Riding the wave of tourism and hospitality. CAUTHE Conference (2003)
 

Is there a function for a professional conduct system in higher education?, Riding the wave of tourism and hospitality. CAUTHE Conference (2003)
 

The explanatory authority in the selection and presentation of tourism attractions, 2003 Culture Incorporated: Bodies, Technologies, Habitats (2003)
 

To experience the 'real' Australia: a liminal cultural experience, Taking Tourism to the Limits Conference (2003)
 

ESAMEG: The experience satisfaction measuring graph, MBA, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW (2002)
 

ESAMEG: the experience satisfaction measuring graph, Tourism and Hospitality on the Edge. CAUTHE Conference (2002)
 

Rock carvings and graffiti in natural areas, signs of tourist visitation, case studies: Sydney Harbour NP, Australia and the Gäddtarmen Sound, Finland, Ecotourism, Wilderness and Mountain Tourism: Issues, Strategies and Regional Development: International Conference (2002)

The common thought of rock carvings and graffiti is that they are intrusions in the...