T. Griffin

• University of Technology Sydney

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the Australian tourist experience at Gallipoli in order to better understand how tourists approach and engage with battlefield sites and how the experience may transform them. Specific attention is paid to the role of interpretation in shaping these experiences. Design/methodology/approach A qualitat...

The spatial behaviour of tourists within cities is not well understood, partly because of the complexities of cities as spaces and partly because few studies have addressed this phenomenon. This paper reports on collaborative research studies, conducted in conjunction with destination-management agencies in the Australian cities of Sydney and Melbo...

This paper reports on the application of importance– performance analysis to two Australian urban tourism destinations, Sydney and Canberra. The study involved asking tourists to rate the importance of 39 destination attributes and how well each destination had performed in relation to these. These importance and performance scores were then combin...

Cities are shaped by flows of people, money and goods. Amongst the people who move through cities are tourists. The types of activities and spaces within cities that satisfy a tourist’s needs are often concentrated into distinctive geographic areas – precincts – and the tourist’s experience is most commonly one of moving between these precincts in...

The management of protected areas in Australia is highly complex. Each state and territory government has its own agency that is broadly responsible for the conservation and management of areas including wilderness, national parks, forests and marine parks. In addition, there are agencies at the Federal Government level that manage such areas withi...

This book discusses various quantitative and qualitative methods in cultural tourism research. The book consists of 17 articles on the traditional quantitative approach, methodological triangulation, application of the grounded theory, visual methods, grand tour approach, collage technique, multi-method research on ethnic cultural tourism, photo-ba...

The management of protected areas in Australia is highly complex. Each state and territory government has its own agency that is broadly responsible for the conservation and management of areas including wilderness, national parks, forests and marine parks. In addition, there are agencies at the Federal Government level that manage such areas withi...

This chapter discusses the tourist experience in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, with particular emphasis on the parliamentary precinct. This precinct possesses both political and touristic significance, as it encompasses a set of major national institutions, among which are eight of the city's ten most visited sites. The tourist exper...

Using phenomenology as the basic methodological framework, this article examines tourists' experiences in Federation Square and the Southbank promenade, two tourism precincts in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Eighteen extended interviews were conducted with a total of 24 participants using an open-ended question format. The interviews were guide...

This chapter examines the urban tourism precinct as an organised space for playful forms of leisure in the city. We argue that these spaces create an environment for leisured interaction where both visitor and host engage as mutual actors in urban “playgrounds”. The chapter commences with a conceptual overview of the urban tourism precinct. It then...

This paper reports on the results of a major study on the needs of Australian protected area agencies in relation to visitor data. The overall aims were to improve data collection, management and use within protected area agencies, and to develop nationally consistent approaches to visitor data where appropriate. The study involved a comprehensive...

Protected areas in Australia and across the world are considered special places that have come to be regarded as natural and cultural assets attracting many local, national and international visitors (Worboys, Lockwood & de Lacy 2005). For management of these assets to be effective and successful, it is necessary to obtain information about who the...

Information on visitor numbers, activities, expectations and satisfaction is vital for protected areas managers on two counts: to assist in the provision of the services and facilities that visitors need and want; and to determine if managers have been efficient and effective in meeting these demands. This paper builds on a recently completed natio...

Urban tourists seek out and spend a large proportion of their time in tourism precincts. Because tourists are constrained by time, the precincts must perform a variety of functions if tourists are to have a satisfying and fulfilling experience of the city overall (Griffin and Hayllar 2007). To date, however, there have been few attempts to identify...

Protected area agencies are charged with the preservation, conservation and management of areas including wilderness, national parks and forests. These agencies are faced with increasing visitor numbers and decreasing budgets at a time where activities like tourism have to be managed alongside their traditional roles as natural resource managers. T...

Over the last few decades, urban waterfronts worldwide have become places of significant change. Many have essentially lost their working port functions and have been redeveloped for other purposes, often incorporating significant leisure and tourism functions. Others, however, have maintained a significant portion of their original commercial mari...

An examination of the extant literature relating to urban tourism in general, and historic precincts in particular, highlights the predominantly structural and functional nature of existing research. Issues such as spatial form, land-use mix, development processes, management, marketing, economic impact and accommodation are recurring themes. While...

Reviews how the growth in tourism from Asia is impacting on Australia and development of its tourism industry. The patterns of growth and the nging composition are examined and their economic implications discussed. It also examines how inbound tourism is projected to grow over next decade. The significance of Asian investment in Australian tourism...

STUDY OF VISITOR USE AND SATISFACTION IN MUNGO NATIONAL PARK ii TECHNICAL REPORTS The technical report series present data and its analysis, meta-studies and conceptual studies, and are considered to be of value to industry, government and researchers. Unlike the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre's Monograph series, these reports have...

HELPING PARK MANAGERS USE THEIR VISITOR INFORMATION ii Disclaimer The technical reports present data and its analysis, meta-studies and conceptual studies, and are considered to be of value to industry, government or other researchers. Unlike the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre's (STCRC's) Monograph series, these reports have not be...

Tourism is forming an increasingly significant component of the social and economic fabric of many major cities around the world. The quality of life for the residents of a city can be both degraded and enhanced by tourism and its associated developments. On the positive side, tourism can generate significant job opportunities and income within the...