Tourism Research Resources
Prevent public embarrassment or academic excoriation
by Avoiding
Plagiarism - The OWL at Purdue. "There
are few intellectual offenses more serious than plagiarism in
academic and professional contexts. This resource offers advice
on how to avoid plagiarism in your work." An
excellent resource for students and academics. See also "Guide
to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism" from
the University of Alberta, Canada, and citing
resources
International
- Big Volcano Ecotourism Bookshop, Other
Libraries and Bookshops
- Welcome to UNWTO
Publications
 "UNWTO
studies, reports and guidelines are the outcome of the
broad span of activities the World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO) is carrying out throughout the year. Most of the
studies and reports produced can also be purchased as publications.
Two systems enable you to purchase
UNWTO publications: The UNWTO
Infoshop is the right way to start
if you are interested in printed versions
of our publications. The UNWTOelibrary is
the international portal that connects
academic researchers, students and tourism
professionals to the enormous knowledge
and information produced by UNWTO."
- International Tourism
research links A comprehensive index of tourism
associations, publications, management consultants & government
agencies world-wide. Also sustainable, cultural & aboriginal
tourism initiatives & work/study abroad programs.
- leisuretourism.com "from
CABI Publishing allows you to seek out and use information from
the fields of leisure, recreation, sport, hospitality, tourism
and culture. ... to find the latest published research in a database
containing over 50,000 articles taken from over 400 publications.
... also gives you access to new academic research, a forum for
the publication of conference proceedings and news from [these]
sectors."
- Looksmart
- Find Articles - News and Society = Ecotourism An
excellent service from Looksmart, providing access to articles
from magazines worldwide.
Presents
a brief excerpt
linked to full
article, with
source, author
and date of
publication
shown, where
available. You
can also sort
your search
by date, relevance,
publication
name and article
length. If
you want more
ecotourism related
stories, just
select "all
articles" in
the search box,
top right of
the page and
click the "look"
(search) button.
- The Task Force
on Tourism and Protected Areas was established by the steering
committee of the World Commission on Protected Areas in April 1996.
Information for managers, planners and researchers in park-based
tourism. It is meant to be used by those interested in conducting
their own surveys or for students interested in learning more about
surveys.
- Animal Ethics Infolink (Australia) Animal Research Review
Panel and NSW Agriculture's Animal Welfare Unit Animal
Ethics Committees (AECs) Wildlife
surveys guideline
- The Travel & Tourism
Destination Meta-Guide "is
a powerful research tool, or discovery engine. It consists of
pre-programmed links to existing search devices, which return
dynamic - ever changing results. It provides a special way of
looking at the geographical world through the structure of the
Internet." From Marcus Endicott, the original green
traveller!
- The
Electronic Traveler "Currently,
this is the original 1994 edition of THE ELECTRONIC
TRAVELER ...; be aware, it includes information
that is now out of date. It will gradually be revised
online here: out of date information will be deleted,
revised information will be included in italics,
and external links will be included." Ground
breaking original edition.
- From
the Balkans to the Baltics. Offers
a unique window into the momentous political transformations
occuring as Marcus travelled through Eastern Europe.
And while some of the info is now out of date, it
also provides some great tips and excellent advise
to would-be world travellers.
- Travel and Tourism Research Association "...
is an international network of more than 800 travel and tourism
research and marketing professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds.
... Organized in 1970 and joined together in a nonprofit venture,
members learn from one another and develop systems that help
them grow professionally."
- The Tourism Offices Worldwide Directory"is
your guide to official tourist information sources: government
tourism offices, convention and visitors bureaus, chambers of
commerce, and similar organizations that provide free, accurate,
and unbiased travel information to the public. Businesses such
as travel agents, tour operators, and hotels are not included." Simple,
fast loading web site, with drop down pick lists to quickly locate
a specific country's official tourism contact and/or web site.
- Tourism Research Links:
Planning, Development, Research, Consulting Hey
- it's Rene! A rich collection of hotlinks to
many other tourism resources. Probably the best
place on the web to look for tourism industry
and trade sites including schools, publications,
calls for papers, jobs and technology.
- WorldTourismDirectory.com ..."focusing
travel industry professionals, media, researchers, goverments,
educational and other institutions, libraries, business and pleasure
travellers, tourists. ... the updates ... provided by ministries
of tourism, national tourist boards, embassies etc. worldwide.
... currently with more than 100,000 entries within 330 countries
and territories." A very comprehensive world wide directory
of tourism and travel related organistation, with lightening fast
and easy to read display.
Australia/Asia/Pacific
- Animal
Ethics Infolink (Australia) Wildlife Research
 Animal
Research Review Panel and NSW Agriculture's Animal Welfare
Unit Animal Ethics Committees (AECs) guidelines including Wildlife
surveys guidelines
- Agreements, Treaties & Negotiated
Settlements Project "The Agreements, Treaties
and Negotiated Settlements database (ATNS) is an
online gateway which links together current information,
historical detail and published material relating
to agreements made between indigenous people and
others in Australia and overseas. The ATNS database
is designed for the use of indigenous and other community
organisations, researchers, government and industry
bodies."
- Archive
of Australian Heritage Commission publications. This
link goes to the "archive of publications produced
by the Australian Heritage Commission
prior to it being replaced by the Australian Heritage
Council in 2004, ... all publications are free of charge
unless otherwise indicated". Valuable index and
resource for ordering hard copies or downloading PDFs covering
heritage tourism, natural heritage, Aboriginal, cultural
and migrant heritage, colonial settlement, wild rivers, heritage
buildings and places, charters and management guidelines,
and more. A
must visit for teachers, students and operators involved
in natural and cultural heritage in Australia.
- Department
of Tourism - University of Otago. This link goes to
research papers available on-line in html and PDF, conducted
on various aspects of New Zealand's (Aotearoa) tourism,
especially ecotourism, wilderness and high country (backcountry)
activities, impacts, access and sustainability issues.
Operators, students and stakeholders interested in high
country and wilderness tourism should find the papers
useful. Additional
links are available to other resources and sites.
- Impact - Tourism Division,
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources Online
info. about the Australian tourism industry, provides useful
material, mainly in PDF, about opportunities, trends and
policy. Join the email list to get notified monthly about
updates.
- The Information
Centre -A comprehensive resource site for students
studying at NSW North Coast Institute of TAFE, with links
to electronic and hard copy library resources including
external web sites.
- Department
of the Environment and Heritage Publications. I LOVE the
EA website. This link is to the publications page where you'll
find an extensive category guide to studies,
reports, papers, posters and other teaching aids. Many of those
available in hard copy are also on line, especially in the area
of tourism. Simple,
clean
design
with easy to follow link navigation to so many excellent resources
you'll
be here for hours, whatever your field of interest or expertise!
- Great
Barrier Marine Park Authority - Tourism and Recreation Tourism
is the principal commercial use of the Marine Park, with
an approximate annual value in excess of $1 billion and
visitation rates recorded at 1.6 million visitor-days in
1997. Management of tourism in the Marine Park is a complex
exercise with issues including access, permits and best
environmental practices. The most highly-used tourism areas
are the Cairns and Whitsunday regions and management therefore
concentrates on these areas.
- The
Ministry of Tourism [New Zealand "works to maximise
the benefits to New Zealand from the sustainable development
of the tourism industry. We provide
tourism policy advice to the Minister of Tourism, work with other
government departments on key tourism policy issues and
provide tourism research and statistics."
- Tourism
Research Council New Zealand
- Tourism
Planning Toolkit - Tourism New Zealand. "The
Tourism Planning Toolkit is a set of tools
to help local authorities plan for tourism
and tackle specific tourism-related issues. In
the Toolkit you can: * Use checklists - to
quickly assess what you already know, what
you need to find out. * View examples - including
resources and surveys to fill any information
gaps. * Get guidance - on how to handle tourism
issues. The Tourism Planning Toolkit
covers four broad areas, ... # Situation Analysis
Toolkit # Strategic Planning Toolkit # Implementation
Toolkit # Monitoring Performance Toolkit. Complete
all four Toolkits and you will be equipped
to produce a tourism strategy." Isn't
it great that resources like these are available
online? Thanks TNZ.
- Tourism
Australia "is the Federal Government statutory
authority responsible for international and domestic tourism
marketing as well as the delivery of research and forecasts
for the sector." News Centre, Events, Marketing
Resources, Research and Statistics.
- "Tourism
Queensland is a statutory authority of the Queensland
government. We are the most progressive destination management
organisation in Australia. Our corporate website features
a wealth of news, research and information on destination
management, making it a central point for tourism operators
and anyone interested in the business of tourism." Link
goes to Research home page.
- Tourism Research Australia "incorporates
a merger of the Bureau of Tourism Research and the Tourism Forecasting
Council. ... [ focusing] on connecting its research to
users and promoting the important role research plays in underpinning
informed decision making." Purchase hardcopy publications,
download PDF reports and occassional papers.
- Travel Asia magazine - daily
travel news and weekly articles on travel matters in Southeast
Asia
- Travelbiz "is an
online venture of the Media Group publishing arm of Reed Business
Information (RBI), which draws content from the travel industry
news and events published by Traveltrade
and Travel Week Australia. ... keep up with travel industry
news, travel agents deals, the latest tour wholesalers and operators
and the travel industry associations that you join. All stories
are archived ... [and] searchable by a key word." Slick,
fast to load and pleasing looking site with industry news and
events. Excellent resource for hospitality and travel students
and operators wanting to keep current.
Africa/Europe
- afrol News "is
an independent news agency, established in 2000. We exclusively
cover the African continent, in English, Spanish and in Portuguese.
... Our
Travel - Leisure News Page contains more features about Travel
- Leisure - latest news, in depth features and all the latest
articles." A
well designed, fast loading web site with lots of African tourism
and general news. Choose by country or topic.
- allAfrica.com: Ecotourism " AllAfrica
aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations,
plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their
own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify
allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by
AllAfrica." Excellent source for African news and
developments, in English and French.
- Altis : The Guide to Internet Resources
in Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism "Altis is
your guide to Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport
and tourism, providing a trusted source of selected high quality
Internet information for students, lecturers, researchers and
practitioners." A
welcome addition to tourism research resources, Altis is based
in in the UK, and has a large database of domestic and international
resources.
- Tourism Education Website.
Faculty of Leisure and Tourism, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University
College,
UK. "Its purpose is to provide a list of resources
and links for tourism educators and students." Extensive
resources and links to primarily UK and European sites, with
a good representation of international sites as well.
- STAR UK "The official
website of the UK Research Liaison Group. ... is made up of representatives
of the national tourist boards for England, Scotland, Northern
Ireland, Wales, Britain and the Department for Culture, Media
and Sport." Some
useful info. including statistics, links to additional resources
across a wide variety of tourism and related sectors, plus bibliographies
on tourism related topics and publications for sale. Might be
a bit slow to load for dialup connections.
- Tourism Research An
excellent selection of European, and particularly Hungarian tourism
research papers. Look for the discourse on sustainable
cultural tourism development opportunities in Hungary.
The Americas
- Economic
Impacts of Recreation and Tourism "Recreation
and Tourism Activities have significant impacts on regional
economies. This site summarizes economic impact concepts
and methods, focusing particularly on their applications
to recreation and tourism. Bulletins, training materials,
analytical tools, research results, and economic impact
reports that we have produced over the past ten years are
made available here." A great resource made freely
available ... Thanks to the folks at Michigan State Unversity.
- Hotel Resource [is] "the
premier online resource for the hotel and hospitality industries". In
partnership with Cornell's Center For Hospitality Research, this
is a clean, fast loading site presenting a resources directory
covering a wide range of topics associated with hotels and hospitality,
including a useful environmental category. Whilst UScentric,
Suppliers, News, Realty and Jobs sections will also be useful.
- Internet Resources
for Outdoor Recreation Research Excellent resource,
comprising a comprehensive directory "intended to
serve as an Internet resource guide for outdoor recreation
students, researchers and practitioners".
- Travel and Tourism
Research Programs "... International travel and
tourism statistics for the U.S. Travel and Tourism Statistical
System"
See also Academic, Education & Scientific
Organisations, Industry
Associations and Societies, Australian
Government Agencies, Newsgroups and
Email lists, Outdoor Recreation
and Adventure Activities, Sustainable
Design & Management
Other Tourism Resources
A miscellaneous category for resources which don't really fit elsewhere,
including general tourism papers and strategies, and resources for
operators which could assist with interpretive and operational topics.
- What is "Ag-Tourism?" It's
the overlap between agriculture and tourism. It has been called
"farm tourism" and described as "travel associated with farming." Learn
more about the burgeoning market from the folks in Hawaii,
then visit Education and
Research in our region. (We call it "agritourism" or "farmers
technical tours".)
- The Australian Travel Arcade Services
to the Australian travel trade including brochure distribution,
and with lot's of interesting links and information.
- The Association
of Societies for Growing Australian Plants (ASGAP) A
very useful resource for Australian operators and tour
guides, with plant guide, propogation and links, amongst
other resouces.
- Hawaii Tourism
Strategy (revised January, 2002) Executive summaries
and the final strategy are available in PDF only. In
developing the Tourism Strategic Plan (TSP), Ke Kumu,
over 5,000 individuals were contacted and over 2,200
individuals from the government, business, visitor industry
and community sectors throughout the Islands participated,
over a 3 year period.
- Hospitality
Net Industry news includes direct access to news
features for specific areas of interest such as technology,
marketing, environment, human resources and product-news.
- Hotel Resource [is] "the
premier online resource for the hotel and hospitality industries". In
partnership with Cornell's Center For Hospitality Research,
this is a clean, fast loading site presenting a resources directory
covering a wide range of topics associated with hotels and
hospitality, including a useful environmental category. While
it's UScentric, the Suppliers, News, Realty and Jobs sections
will also be useful.
- Tourism
Policy of India: An Exploratory Study Dense text,
in this report from Indian consultants; "EQUATIONS
is a non-profit organisation established for research,
training and the promotion of holistic tourism".
- Venture
Capital and the Australian Tourism Product. Research
Report No. 5 : Tourism Division Department of Industry,
Tourism and Resources February 2003. Link directly to
a PDF report (200k) "This paper will focus on the
Australian VC market and examine the issues affecting
the wider application of VC to the development of Australian
tourism products."
See also Industry
Associations and Societies, Newsgroups and Email lists, Search
Engines, Directories & Databases, Ecotourism
Papers & Articles, Tourism
Research Resources and Other Libraries
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