The expansion of social media and ubiquity of smartphone cameras has had a major impact on tourists’ behaviour.
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Once the immediate crisis in North Queensland has subsided, authorities will need to grapple with how to deal with the ‘new normal’ of extreme weather events. The big question is: are they prepared?
Experimenting with climate messaging reveals the best ways to inspire individual action. Here’s how to talk about the Great Barrier Reef this summer.
The new government is likely to increase the numbers of workers coming to New Zealand on seasonal work schemes. But the impact on Pacific economies and communities is now too great to be ignored.
Some work is already being done to enhance the tourism sector’s environmental sustainability.
Everyone involved in the tourism industry will need to manage risk differently after a court found the landowners of Whakaari/White Island guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.
The content on social media platforms doesn’t always portray the locations accurately, setting unrealistic expectations and even luring tourists into trouble.
Much of the tourism industry that’s sprung up around Amish areas says more about Americans’ own identity than Amish values, a scholar writes.
Youth hostels can play a key role in blurring class lines and connecting travellers to both each other and the places they visit.
The lagoon city needs to stem the flow of visitors.
Big-spending Chinese tourists once buoyed the global travel industry. But with Chinese economy looking a little shaky, more are staying at home.
Brisbane was the first Australian city to accept rideshare e-scooters. After some growing pains, residents, visitors and the city itself are enjoying the benefits, a new study finds.
Tourism must be economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. To this end, and given the sector’s weight in the economy, participatory governance in which there is room for all citizens is essential.
New research suggests many families of autistic children are reluctant to travel.
Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.
An expert on Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria explains why it’s hard for the US to deliver disaster aid in places like Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Human exposure to wildfires in the US more than doubled in the past two decades. A climate scientist looks at who is at risk and why.
The world’s largest women’s sporting event is being hosted in Africa for the first time.
No one plans a European holiday thinking of fleeing from fire or sheltering from intense heat. But the climate crisis is forcing a reckoning – tourism as we knew it will have to change.
When people see their friends behaving selfishly on holiday, they might assume they can do the same.
Top contributors
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Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, Adelaide University
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Adjunct Fellow Management & Tourism, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Tourism, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor, Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, Torrens University Australia
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Professor and former Director (2015-2025), Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Teaching Faculty, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Faculty of Human Sciences Acting Research Professor, Vaal University of Technology
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting Lecturer, PhD Candidate, Leeds Beckett University
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Lecturer in Tourism & Events, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism and Heritage, Western Sydney University