Tourism experts
Murdoch University’s tourism experts investigate all areas of tourism including why people spend so much time 'dreaming' about travel, and why they spend so much money on travel, and the growth of ecotourism.
Murdoch’s experts are also able to explain the impacts individuals have on the places travelled to, the complexities of the tourism industry, and the strategies for economic and social development pursued by governments at federal, state and local levels.
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Alan BriggsGeotourism, sustainable tourism Alan Briggs is undertaking a PhD researching the social contribution of aspects of tourism. Research will focus on the social contribution (actual, perceived and potential) of geoparks in Australia and internationally.Alan has a strong background in environmental, forest and tourism management. In addition to Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism he also has developed an expertise in Geotourism and geoparks. He has attended and presented at international and national geotourism and tourism conferences. |
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Dr Sarah Veitch
Politics of tourism, tourism and residents, event legacy Her PhD focused on the relationship between residents and tourism, using Fremantle as a case study. She investigated how residents, alongside other stakeholders, can influence tourism policy and planning and the importance of sustainability and the concept of sense of place. Dr Veitch is also interested in event legacy – specifically America’s Cup legacy in the City of Fremantle. |
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Associate Professor David MaguireDevelopment of journalism and media in China, media management Veteran newspaper executive and editor Dr David Maguire has a wealth of experience gathered over more than 30 years in daily and Sunday newspapers and radio in Australia, Hong Kong and China. A former managing director of Perth’s The Sunday Times, he has held senior management and editorial roles with the English-language Shanghai Daily in China and South China Sunday Morning Post in Hong Kong. A Doctor of Business Administration and an MBA, his research interests include reporting challenges in the chaos of major crises and the fundamentals of journalism in the fog of new media. He teaches in the areas of journalism, politics and society. |
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Associate Professor Carol WarrenEnvironmental sustainability in Indonesia and Malaysia An expert on community development and environmental sustainability in Indonesia and Malaysia, Associate Professor Carol Warren leads an inter-university Australian Research Council project on communities, environments and local governance in Indonesia.Associate Professor Warren teaches anthropology and sociology on Murdoch's Asian studies and development studies programs, and is a Fellow of Murdoch's Asia Research Centre. |
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Associate Professor David NewsomeNatural area tourism and geotourismAssociate Professor David Newsome is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Science. His teaching and research interests span many areas of natural area tourism including wildlife tourism, the biophysical impacts of recreation in protected areas, evaluation of the quality of ecotourism operations, sustainable trail management and geotourism. David has experience of ecotourism development in Southeast Asia and was an invited speaker and advisor at the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity Regional Training on Ecotourism Workshop for Protected Area Managers in Malaysia in 2009. David is the lead author of two books Natural Area Tourism: ecology, impacts and management and Wildlife Tourism, and co-editor of three books on geotourism. Current projects include building relationships between China and Australia in relation to geotourism development and the protection of geoheritage. |
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Associate Professor Sue MooreProtected area management especially visitor management and governance; nature based tourism; perceptions of biodiversity and associated policies An international expert in protected area management and tourism, Associate Professor Moore is involved in a national project investigating how partnerships between the tourism industry and protected area managers contribute to the sustainability of these areas. She is also investigating the community’s understanding of how forest thinning is used to increase the water available for urban usage. As leader of the Nature Tourism Research Group at Murdoch University, Professor Moore has studied many national parks in Australia and overseas and continues to work with park agencies and the tourism industry to improve the sustainability of these important areas. She has published over 100 articles and books, including the best selling Natural Area Tourism: Ecology, Impacts and Management, and Wildlife Tourism. |
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Emeritus Associate Professor Jim MacbethEthics, sustainability and the Utopian tourist With a background in the social sciences, Prof Jim Macbeth’s tourism expertise lies in policy and planning issues, tourists themselves (motivation, impacts) and sustainable tourism (impacts, community, environment). His work has also embraced tourism ethics and protected areas within the general rubric of ecotourism.Besides national projects, Prof Macbeth has been involved in WA research related to Rottnest, Fremantle, Ningaloo, the Great Southern and national parks. Prof Macbeth has written articles for Australian and international journals and has entries in the Historical Encyclopedia of Western Australia, in addition to an historical chapter on tourism in the book Voices from the West End (of Fremantle). He is a member of Murdoch’s Nature Tourism Research Group. |
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Dr Diane LeeSustainable development of tourism, wildlife tourism Currently she is focussing on how appropriate current approaches to tourism policy and education are for developing nations such as Cambodia and Indonesia. Previously Dr Lee has worked extensively in wildlife tourism, evaluating human/wildlife interactions with dolphins (Bunbury DDC and Monkey Mia) and turtles (Ningaloo) and the conservation nexus between, wildlife, natural areas and community partnerships. In 2011 Diane was awarded a Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife award. Dr Lee has also investigated tourism infrastructure development opportunities in China and India and conducted an examination of users of WA ‘Top Trails’ throughout the wider WA region. |
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Dave CooperTourism history, travel narratives and the use of visual imagery in travel Dave Cooper is an expert in visual imagery and travel, and the sustainable development of tourism destinations. Mr Cooper has been teaching on the travel industry, destination management, anthropology, politics and the sociology of travel on Murdoch’s Travel and Tourism Program since its inception. |
To reach these experts for media enquiries, contact:
| Rob Payne Media & Communications Coordinator Phone: 08 9360 2491 r.payne@murdoch.edu.au |
Candice Barnes Media & Communications Coordinator Phone: 08 9360 2474 c.barnes@murdoch.edu.au |
Pepi Smyth Media & Communications Coordinator Phone: 08 9360 1289 p.smyth@murdoch.edu.au |
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