Member Activities

David Airey

David was in Poland in November 2013 at the invitation of the Poznań University of Economics as a part of its programme for human resource development which is co-financed by the EU within the framework of the European Social Fund. While there he delivered an open lecture dealing with recent developments in tourism education, held two classes on policy-making with the tourism students and also had discussions with students and with the vice-rector of the University. His host, Professor Grezgorz Gołemski, is head of the tourism department at the University. David is no stranger to Poland having spent nearly three years there between 1991 and 1994 on a programme for the European Commission concerned with the development of the market economy following the fall of the communist government.

Richard Butler

Richard has been awarded the Susan M Shaw and Roger C Mannell Leisure Research Award from the University of Waterloo, Canada. The award is "to recognise the outstanding career contributions of individual leisure researchers and the impacts of those contributions on leisure scholarship at the University of Waterloo and internationally."

The book Tourism and Cricket - Travels to the Boundary is currently in press by Routledge; it is edited by Tom Baum and Richard Butler, and also contains a chapter by Philip Pearce.

Larry Dwyer

Larry has given the following Conference Presentations recently:

• L. Dwyer "Who is the Ideal Tourist, and who Cares? Consumer Behavior in Tourism Symposium 2013, Bruneck / Brunico, Italy · December 4 - 7, 2013
• V. Greenwood and L. Dwyer "Consumer Protection and Destination Competitiveness" Consumer Behavior in Tourism Symposium 2013, Bruneck / Brunico, Italy. December 4 - 7, 2013. Keynote address
• S. Duffy and L. Dwyer "A Macromarketing approach to Tourism Planning in emerging destinations"  International Research Conference of CAUTHE, University of Brisbane, February 10-13
• D. Edwards, T. Griffin, L. Dwyer "Resident Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism in Major Cities: An Australian Study"   International Research Conference of CAUTHE, University of Brisbane, February 10-13
• N. Seetaram, L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth "Developing a Price Competitiveness Index to Calculate Price Elasticity of Demand for Outbound Tourism in Australia" International Research Conference of CAUTHE, University of Brisbane, February 10-13
• P. Forsyth, L. Dwyer "Air Passenger Duties- a Primer"   International Research Conference of CAUTHE, University of Brisbane, February 10-13

David Edgell

David has produced an article, "The Essence of Understanding Issues that Portent the Future of Global Tourism" in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism.

Chris Ryan

In November and December 2013 Chris spent 7 weeks in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.  He met with Academy colleagues including Kaye Chon at Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he gave a presentation (without Powerpoint), and additionally gave presentations at a number of universities including Sun Yat Sen University, Ankgang University, South China Normal University, Beijing Union University, Xi'an International Studies University, Zhejiang International Studies University, Asia University, and National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism.

He was invited to take up visiting professorships at some of these universities, and the accompanying photographs show him with members of the Shaanxi Tourism Research Institute based in Xi'an.

and with colleagues from Sun Yat Sen University, from left to right, Dr. Xingyuan (Roy) Zhao, Professor Jingyan Liu, Chris and Associate Director Assoc Fu Hui.

Research outputs are already emerging from these visits and being submitted to various journals.

The last part of 2013 also saw Chris generating reports for the Tourism Industry Association New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand.

In December 2014 Chris is organising the 11th New Zealand Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference in Hamilton, New Zealand - 20 years after he organised the first such conference at Massey University in 1994 (the conference is held once every two years).  The keynote speaker is Professor Bao Jingang from Sun Yat Sen University, while Andrew Johns from Tourism New Zealand is the second such speaker. Andrew is responsible for the negotiations that relate to the Approved Destination Status that New Zealand has with China.

The conference theme is tourism in the Asia Pacific, and in April 2014 Chris is involved in a symposium on Halal Tourism at his university which will also include representatives from Malaysia and Indonesia. Former Academy member Professor Mike Hall is also involved as is the Federation of Islamic Associations in New Zealand. New Zealand government representation will also be present.

2014 hence promises to be as full as 2013 says Chris, but with the Sword of Damocles (otherwise known as research assessments exercises) hanging over his head, his priority for 2014 has to be academic writing!

John Tribe

David Airey and John joined forces with Pierre Benckendorff (University of Queensland) and Honggen Xiao (Hong Kong PolyU) to prepare a foundation article for the Journal of Travel Research dealing with tourism education and research. This sets out the current state and future directions for tourism education and research drawing particularly on the experiences of Australia, China and the UK. It is being published under the title "The Managerial Gaze: the long tail of tourism education and research.

David Weaver

David has produced the following recent publications:   

• Weaver, D. (2014). Asymmetrical dialectics of sustainable tourism: Toward enlightened mass tourism. Journal of Travel Research, 53, 131-140.
• Kwek, A., Wang, Y., & Weaver, D. (2014). Retail tours in China for overseas Chinese: Soft power or hard sell? Annals of Tourism Research, 44, 36-52.
• Weaver, D. (2013). Protected area visitor willingness to participate in site enhancement activities. Journal of Travel Research,52, 377-391.
• Weaver, D. & Lawton, L. (2013). Resident perceptions of a contentious tourism event. Tourism Management, 37, 165-175.
• Lee, Y-S., Lawton, L., & Weaver, D. (2013). Evidence for a South Korean model of ecotourism. Journal of Travel Research, 52, 520-533.
• Weaver, D., Davidson, M., Lawton, L., Patiar, A., Reid, S., & Johnston, N. (2013). Awarding sustainable Asia-Pacific hotel practices: Rewarding innovative practices or open rhetoric? Tourism Recreation Research, 38, 15-28.