Staff Search

Dr Narelle Beaumont

Name :	Dr Narelle Beaumont
Position :	Lecturer (Tourism)
Section :	Faculty of Business School of Management and Marketing
Office :	A526
Location :	Springfield Campus
Phone :	61 7 3470 4570
Extension :	4570
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA(Hons) JCU GCertHigherEd, PhD Griffith

Professional Memberships

Member of Council of Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE)
Member of Ecotourism Australia
Member of Australian Conservation Foundation
Member of National Geographic Society

Research Interests

Ecotourism, environmental interpretation and environmental attitudes
Community and local government involvement in tourism planning
Sociocultural, environmental and economic impacts of tourism on local communities
Social carrying capacity in tourist and recreation areas
Visitor management in protected areas

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Tkaczynski, A, Rundle-Thiele, SR and Beaumont, N 2009, 'Segmentation: A tourism stakeholder view', Tourism Management, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 169-175.

Tkaczynski, A, Rundle-Thiele, SR and Beaumont, N 2008, 'Insights into how regional tourism operators view their markets', International Journal of Organizational Behaviour, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 16-27.

Dredge, D, Macbeth, J, Carson, D, Beaumont, N, Northcote, J & Richards, F 2006, Achieving sustainable local tourism management. Phase 1 - practitioners guide, Sustainable Tourism CRC, Southport, Qld.

Dredge, D, Macbeth, J, Carson, D, Beaumont, N, Northcote, J & Richards, F 2006, Achieving sustainable local tourism management. Phase 2 - assessment tool, Sustainable Tourism CRC, Southport, Qld.

Most notable :

Tkaczynski, A, Rundle-Thiele, SR and Beaumont, N 2009, 'Segmentation: A tourism stakeholder view', Tourism Management, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 169-175.

Beaumont, N 2001, 'Ecotourism and the conservation ethic: Recruiting the uninitiated or preaching to the converted?' Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 317-41.

Beaumont, N 1998, 'The meaning of ecotourism according to... Is there now consensus for defining this "natural" phenomenon? An Australian perspective', Pacific Tourism Review, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 239-50.

Beaumont, N 1997, 'Perceived crowding as an evaluative standard for determining social carrying capacity in tourist recreation areas: The case of Green Island, North Queensland'. In C M Hall, J Jenkins & G Kearsley (eds), Tourism planning and policy in Australia and New Zealand: Cases, issues and practice, Irwin Publishers, Sydney, pp.168-80.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

TOU2007 Tourism Planning
TOU2008 Ecotourism
TOU2009 Cultural Tourism

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 15 years