Dr Pascal Scherrer GradCert TESOL(Bond), BSc(GRIFF), BSc(HON)(GRIFF), PhD(GRIFF) Dr Pascal Scherrer is a Lecturer in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Southern Cross University (SCU), New South Wales, Australia. With a background in environmental science and ecotourism, Pascal’s main research interest is in sustainable tourism and visitor management in natural and cultural landscapes, addressing the areas of environmental, social and cultural impacts and their relationship. His research experience spans a variety of contexts, including coastal, island, indigenous, remote and protected area settings. His skills in geographic information systems (GIS) and long-term monitoring techniques support both research and management outcomes. Recent projects include work towards the development of a cultural visitor impact monitoring system for the Kimberley coast; a sustainable visitor capacity assessment of Rottnest Island recreation and tourism use; an assessment of environmental and social impacts of Kimberley expedition cruise tourism; and collaborative projects with social marketing and leisure researchers on health aspects of tourism and leisure. Dr Scherrer has a PhD in Environmental Science from Griffith University and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) with majors in Environmental Science and Ecotourism.
Journal articles
Facing divergent supply and demand in Australian caravanning: learnings from the evolution of caravan park site-mix options in Tweed Shire (with Rod W. Caldicott), Journal of Vacation Marketing (2013)
The caravan park sector of the Australian leisure accommodation industry currently provides 50% of...
The life cycle of caravan parks in australia: the case of Northern New South Wales (with Rodney W. Caldicott), Australian Geographer (2013)
The caravan park sub-sector of the Australian tourism accommodation industry provides at least half of...
Capturing intangible cultural impacts from tourism on Aboriginal land in Australia’s Kimberley (with Kim Doohan), Tourism Recreation Research (2011)
This paper highlights the gap in current indicator-based approaches to address intangible cultural impacts and...
Environmental and cultural implications of visitor access in the Kimberley region (with Amanda J. Smith, Martin Randall, and Ross Kingston Dowling), Australian Geographer (2011)
The Kimberley coast in Australia's far north-west is the traditional country and home of a...
Visitor management practices and operational sustainability: expedition cruising in the Kimberley, Australia (with Amanda J. Smith and Ross Kingston Dowling), Tourism Management (2011)
Australia’s northwest draws on the area’s environmental and cultural assets for its tourism product and...
Books
Monitoring alpine vegetation change, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (2011)
The alpine zone in Australia's Snowy Mountains has important economic, cultural and ecological values. It...
Tourism and the Kimberley coastal waterways: a review of environmental and cultural aspects of expedition cruising along the Kimberley coast, Western Australia: photobook (with Charmaine Williams), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (2008)
This is an overview of a photobook designed to complement a technical report. The photobook...
Book chapters
Visiting the roof of Australia: opportunities and challenges for geotourism (with Catherine M. Pickering), Global geotourism perspectives (2010)
Managing visitor impacts in the Australian Alps: a case study in informal track development and track recovery (with Andrew J. Growcock), Sustainable tourism II (2006)
Case studies
Marketing wine and wine tourism in the ‘fortunate islands': case study (with Abel Duarte Alonso and Lynnaire Sheridan), Entrepreneurship and small business management in the hospitality industry (2009)
Using historical long-term vegetation studies for management and restoration: a case study from the Australian Alps, Protected area management: principles and practice (2005)
Theses
Monitoring vegetation change in the Kosciuszko alpine zone, Australia, PhD thesis, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld. (2004)
This thesis examined vegetation change over the last 43 years in Australia's largest contiguous alpine...
Factors influencing the density of Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) in subtropical rainforest, Honours thesis, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Qld. (1998)
A study conducted in Springbrook and Lamington National Parks by
Scherrer (1998) attempted to identify factors...
Conference publications
Programme monitoring and evaluation in volunteer tourism: towards a critical approach (with Jessica Taplin and Dianne Dredge), Tourism and global change: on the edge of something big: CAUTHE 2013 Conference handbook and book of abstracts (2013)
The practices of volunteer tourism organisations and volunteer tourists are coming under increasing scrutiny due...
Assessing sustainable visitor capacity for small island destinations: the case of Rottnest Island, Australia (with Jeremy Northcote and James Macbeth), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (2010)
Small island destinations present some unique challenges when it comes to visitor management, such as...
Back to the future: overcoming the fear to engage, Joint Tourism Research Seminar (2010)
In Australia and many parts of the world, protected area managers face the challenge of...
Expedition cruising along Australia's remote Kimberley coast (with Ross Kingston Dowling and A J. Smith), Second International Cruise Conference: The cruise industry: emerging issues, problems and solutions (2010)
Expedition Cruising is growing rapidly around the world. One emerging destination is the Kimberley Coast...
Because numbers do matter: refining the sustainable visitor capacity framework (with Jeremy Northcote and James Macbeth), The University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU) (2009)
Visitation to natural areas continues to raise an array of management challenges despite the availability...
Reports
Bridging the gap between cultural practices and mainstream visitor management approaches to develop an integrated monitoring framework for Australia’s northwest: final report to Wunambal Gaambera Aboriginal Corporation and Kimberley Land Council (with Kim Doohan), Edith Cowan University (2011)
Perception and use of public exercise stations in the Yokine Reserve within the City of Stirling: a pilot study. Final Report, October 2011 (with Maria Ryan and Ruth Sibson), Edith Cowan University (2011)
Point Fraser monitoring and evaluation program 2010 report, Mine Water and Environment Research/ Centre for Ecosystem Management Report No. 2010-9 (with Mark A. Lund, Michelle Newport, Eddie van Etten, Robert Davis, and Clint D. McCullough), Edith Cowan University (2010)
Rottnest sustainable visitor capacity project: final report (with Jeremy Northcote and James Macbeth), School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (2010)