Introduction to 1506 (Tourism)At the University of Wollongong a group of researchers from a range of disciplines (including marketing, human geography and informatics) contribute to the development of knowledge in tourism. Key recent contributions include: - Conceptual and methodological advances in market segmentation methodology for tourism
- The introduction of a novel paradigm into sustainable tourism, advocating that market forces could be harvested to achieve higher levels of environmental sustainability without sacrificing profitability of the local tourism industry
- Leading research on the social, environmental and cultural dimensions of festivals and special events – both large and small – working beyond traditional ‘impact’ research paradigms. This includes Australia’s largest ever research project on the qualitative contributions made by festivals to the cultural life and economic fortunes of rural and regional areas- Conceptual and methodological advances in market segmentation methodology for tourism
- Development of new approaches to tourism studies influenced by cultural theory, with emphasis on challenging the separateness of concepts of ‘culture’ and ‘nature’, and on new tourism niches including gay tourism, music tourism, festivals and nature tourism
- Insights into perceptions and use of social media by travelers
- Implications for the design of persuasive tourism Web interfaces and mobile phone applications
iTouR - UOW's Tourism Research Newsletter Key Contributors to 1506 (Tourism)
Some Key 1506 Researchers(in alphabetical order) 2010 ERA 1506 (Tourism) Summary 
ARC Grants for 1506 (Tourism)Chris Gibson, Gordon Waitt, John Connell, Jim Walmsley, “Reinventing Rural Places: The extent and impact of festivals as regeneration strategies”, Discovery Project, 2005-2008, DP0560032 Chris Gibson, Tess Lea, Susan Luckman, “Creative Tropical City: Mapping Darwin’s Creative Industries”, Linkage Project, 2005-2009, LP0667445 Chris Gibson, Ross Gibson, Jim Walmsley, Paul Ashton, “Cultural Asset Mapping for Planning and Development in Regional Australia”, Linkage Project, 2008-2012, LP0882238 Dolnicar, S. & Mazanec, J.A., “Harnessing Eco-Friendly Markets to Protect our Natural Resources - Towards A Demand-Driven Paradigm of Sustainable Tourism”, Discovery Grant 2005 - 2007 Dolnicar, S. & Rossiter, J.R. “Is brand image instability a measurement artifact?” AUD $350,000 ARC Discovery Grant 2005-2007 Dolnicar, S. & Leisch, F. “Advanced issues in market segmentation research” AUD $22,460 ARC Linkage International Grant 2005-2007
Dolnicar, S. & Rossiter, J.R. “A cognitive model for identifying optimal measures of belief” AUD $219,000 - ($67,000 – $77,000 – $75,000) ARC Discovery Grant 2007 DP0878423 Dolnicar, S. & Leisch, F. "Response style heterogeneity in empirical marketing research" AUD $40,404 - ($9,658 – $10,573 – $20,173) ARC Linkage International Grant 2007 LX0881890 A* Journal ArticlesDolnicar, Sara; Leisch, Friedrich
Winter Tourist Segments in Austria: Identifying Stable Vacation Styles Using Bagged Clustering Techniques Waitt, Gordon
Social impacts of the Sydney Olympics Waitt, Gordon; Lane, Ruth; Head, Lesley
The Boundaries of Nature Tourism Dolnicar, Sara
Beyond Commonsense Segmentation: a Systematics of Segmentation Approaches in Tourism Lane, Ruth; Waitt, Gordon
Inalienable places: self-drive tourists in northwest Australia Dolnicar, Sara; Laesser, Christian
Travel agency marketing strategy: insights from Switzerland Crouch, Geoffrey; Oppewal, Harmen; Huybers, Twan; Dolnicar, Sara; Louviere, Jordan; Devinney, Timothy
Discretionary Expenditure and Tourism Consumption: Insights from a Choice Experiment Dolnicar, Sara; Leisch, Friedrich
An investigation of tourists' patterns of obligation to protect the environment Dolnicar, Sara; Leisch, Friedrich
Selective marketing for environmentally sustainable tourism Dolnicar, Sara; Grun, Bettina
Challenging 'Factor-Cluster Segmentation'
Dolnicar, Sara; Crouch, Geoffrey; Devinney, Timothy; Huybers, Twan; Louviere, Jordan; Oppewal, Harmen
Tourism and discretionary income allocation. Heterogeneity among households
A Journal Articles
Dolnicar, Sara; Grabler, Klaus
Applying City Perception Analysis (CPA) for Destination Positioning Decisions
Dolnicar, Sara
Tracking Data-Driven Market Segments
Dolnicar, Sara
Risk Perceptions, Expectations, Disappointments and Information Processing Tendencies of One- and Two-Star Hotel Guests: Is there a market for low-star hotel categories in Austria?
Dolnicar, Sara
Insights into Sustainable Tourists in Austria: Data based on a Priori Segmentation Approach
Dolnicar, Sara
Are we drawing the right conclusions? The dangers of answer format effects in empirical tourism research
McNamara, Karen; Gibson, Christopher
Environmental sustainability in practice? A macro-scale profile of tourist accommodation facilities in Australia's coastal zone
Dolnicar, Sara; Huybers, Antonius
Different Tourists - different perceptions of different places: Accounting for Tourists' perceptual heterogeneity in destination image measurement
Dolnicar, Sara; Crouch, Geoffrey; Long,
Patrick Environmentally Friendly Tourists: What do we really know about them?
Pforr, Christof; Hosie, Peter
Crisis management in tourism: preparing for recovery
Abeysekera, Indra
Managing human capital in a privately owned public hotel chain BooksWaitt, Gordon; Markwell, Kevin
Gay Tourism: Culture and Context
Publisher: Haworth, New York
Gibson, Christopher; Connell John
Music and Tourism
Publisher: Channel View, Bristol Book Chapters
Burgess, Lois; Cooper, Joan; Alcock, Carole; Sargent, Jason; Doolan, Bill
Use of the Web for Destination Marketing by Regional Tourism Organisations in Australia: A Longitudinal Study
Burgess, Lois; Cooper, Joan; Alcock, Carole; McNamee, Keiran; Doolan, Bill
Use of the Web for Destination Marketing By Regional Tourism Organisations in the Asia-Pacific Region
Dolnicar, Sara
Profiling the One- and Two-star Hotel Guests for Targeted Segmentation Action: A Descriptive Investigation of Risk Perceptions, Expectations, Disappointments and Information Processing Tendencies
Dolnicar, Sara
Towards More Thorough Data-driven Segmentation in Tourism: a Tracking Framework for Exploring Segment Development
Dolnicar, Sara
Empirical market segmentation: what you see is what you get
Dolnicar, Sara
Accepted standards undermining the validity of tourism research
Dolnicar, Sara
Crises that scare tourists: investigating tourists' travel-related concerns
Dolnicar, Sara
Improved understanding of tourists' needs: cross-classification for validation of data-driven segments
Dolnicar, Sara
Market segmentation in tourism
Dolnicar, Sara; Grun, Bettina; Le, Huong
Cross-cultural comparisons of tourist satisfaction: assessing analytical robustness
Dolnicar, Sara; Le, Huong
Segmenting tourists based on satisfaction and satisfaction patterns
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