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Author : Pat Sterry & Debra Leighton
School/Work Place : University of Salford, UK
Contact : p.sterry@salford.ac.uk
Year : 2004

Our premise in this paper is that if sustainable tourism development and management is to meet the needs of both the present and the future then it is equally important to prioritise research on those who visit tourism destinations (and include those that do not visit) and for stakeholders to use that data in strategic planning. Decision makers must balance the needs of sustainability with research data drawn also from an increasingly complex set of visitor associated issues, such as design/interpretation, experience, expectation and assumptions. There should be a sound grasp of the reasons why potential visitors have declined to visit as this may well identify new sectors and innovative responses that aid responsible sustainability.

The aim of this paper is therefore to stimulate a dialogue for the advance of visitor study research as a strategic tool in the armoury of those who make decisions in tourism and destination management and for visitor studies to be included as core to the curriculum of those offering training in the field.

This paper will reflect on a number of these aspects.


List of Articles
No. Subject Views Datesort
6 Think Tank XVIII The Munich Streetlife Festival: A case study on a gree... file 4228 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: Green events, sustainability communication, theory of planned behaviour, transtheoretical model, structure equation model

Author: Elias Butzmann & Christina Tölkes 

Year: 2018 

5 Think Tank XVIII Resilience thinking used as a sustainable tourism mark... file 1363 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: protected areas, resilience thinking, sustainability, marketing, tool

Author: Claire Louisa Fordred & Kevin Mearns 

Year: 2018 

4 Think Tank XVIII Communication of Sustainability Efforts in the Hospita... file 1622 Jan 07, 2019

Keywords: green marketing, sustainability engagement, small / owner-managed hotels

Author: Sven-Olaf Gerdt, Elisa Wagner & Gerhard Schewe 

Year: 2018 

3 Think Tank XVIII The role of research-based evidence in destination mar... file 1545 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: marketing, research-based evidence, partnership, rural tourism, city tourism, sustainability

Author: Yukari Higuchi, Yasuhiro Yamanaka & Hiroaki Hoshi 

Year: 2018 

2 Think Tank XVIII What to communicate about sustainability actions of Fi... file 15757 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: sustainability, responsibility, marketing, communication, Finland, villa holiday

Author: Katja Pasanen 

Year: 2018 

1 Think Tank XVIII Deconstructing mass tourism with “upscale, all-year-ro... file 16870 Jan 07, 2019

Key words: local residents, seasonality, mass tourism, sustainability, tourism development

Author: Tina Šegota 

Year: 2018 

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