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Dr Narelle Beaumont

Name :	Dr Narelle Beaumont
Position :	Adjunct Lecturer
Section :	Office of Research Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development
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Qualifications :	BA(Hons) JCU GCertHigherEd, PhD Griffith

Professional Memberships

Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE)
Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development
International Cities, Town Centres and Communities (ICTC) Society Inc
Australian Conservation Foundation
National Geographic Society

Research Interests

Sustainable tourism/ecotourism and green consumerism
Sustainable tourism/visitor management in protected areas
Ecotourism and education for sustainability
Climate change and tourism industry responses
Local tourism planning and governance
Sociocultural, environmental and economic impacts of tourism on local communities
Social carrying capacity in tourist and recreation areas

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Beaumont, N. (2011). The third criterion of ecotourism: Are ecotourists more concerned about sustainability than other tourists? Journal of Ecotourism, 10 (2), 135-148.
Zeppel, H. & Beaumont, N. (2011). Carbon mitigation by environmentally certified tourism operators. In M. Hume & B. Todhunter (Eds), Building business communities: Justice, performance and change creating a sustainable scholarly community colloquia. Brisbane, Australia: University of Southern Queensland.
Zeppel, H. & Beaumont, N. (2011). Green tourism futures: Climate change responses by Australian government tourism agencies. In M.J. Gross (Ed.), CAUTHE 2011 National Conference: Tourism: Creating a brilliant blend. Adelaide, Australia: University of South Australia.
Zeppel, H. & Beaumont, N. (2011). Climate change governance in Australian tourism: Collaboration for low carbon tourism. In Proceedings of 2011 Research Symposium: Sustainability, collaborative governance and tourism. Gold Coast, Australia: Southern Cross University, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management.
Imran, S., Alam, K. & Beaumont, N. (2011). A holistic conceptual framework for sustainable tourism management in protected areas. In Proceedings of Cambridge Business and Economics Conference, 27-29 June, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University.
Zeppel, H. & Beaumont, N. (2011). Climate change and Australian tourism: a research bibliography. ACSBD Working Paper No. 1. Springfield, Australia: Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development, University of Southern Queensland.
Zeppel, H. & Beaumont, N. (2011). Green tourism futures: Climate change responses by Australian government tourism agencies. ACSBD Working Paper No. 2. Springfield, Australia: Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development, University of Southern Queensland.

Most notable :

Beaumont, N. (2010). Identifying the ecotourist market using the core criteria of ecotourism: Is there a true ecotourist that seeks nature, learning and sustainability? In Proceedings of 20th Annual Conference of the Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE): Tourism: Challenge the limits, Hobart, Australia: School of Management, University of Tasmania. (Awarded Best Paper in Ethics, Environment and Sustainability Theme)
Beaumont, N. & Dredge, D. (2010). Local tourism governance: a comparison of three network approaches. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 18 (1), 7-28.
Tkaczynski, A., Rundle-Thiele, S.R. and Beaumont, N. (2010). Destination segmentation: a recommended two-step approach. Journal of Travel Research, 49 (2), 139-152.
Tkaczynski, A., Rundle-Thiele, S.R. and Beaumont, N. (2009). Segmentation: A tourism stakeholder view. Tourism Management, 30 (2), 169-175.
Beaumont, N. (2001). Ecotourism and the conservation ethic: Recruiting the uninitiated or preaching to the converted? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 9 (4), 317-341. (A)
Beaumont, N. (1998). The meaning of ecotourism according to… Is there now consensus for defining this ‘natural’ phenomenon? An Australian perspective. Pacific Tourism Review, 2 (3), 239-250.
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 (pp.168-180). Sydney: Irwin Publishers.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

TOU2008 Ecotourism
TOU2009 Cultural Tourism
TOU3007 Tourism Planning
MGT1200 Business Communication

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 15 years