Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management back issues from April 2006:
Sleeping with strangers--hospitality in Colonial Victoria.
Apr 01, 2006; ... The purpose of this article is to describe and document the nascent state of hospitality in colonial Victoria from the 1830s until the gold rushes of the 1850s. The primary source of such an account is the personal journal of a public servant, George Augustus Robinson, the Chief Protector ...
Leisure experiences in tourist attractions: exploring the motivations of local residents.
Apr 01, 2006; ... This study was conducted to explore leisure motivations with regard to tourist attractions. A survey of a convenience sample of residents of Melbourne, Australia, was conducted. The sample was then segmented based on the likelihood of visiting a cross-section of Melbourne's tourist ...
Implementing responsible gambling practices in a regional area.
Apr 01, 2006; ... In recognition that they largely control the context in which legalised gambling is operated, state governments in Australia have taken an increasingly active role in encouraging the gambling industry to implement responsible gambling practices. In the state of Queensland, the government ...
Disaster management: Kelowna tourism industry's preparedness, impact and response to a 2003 major forest fire.
Apr 01, 2006; ... This article summarises a case study investigating the relationship between a disastrous forest fire and the local tourism industry. During the summer of 2003, the region of Kelowna in British Columbia experienced an unusually severe forest fire that required evacuation of over 26,000 ...
Resident attitudes inside Victoria's tourism product regions: a cluster analysis.
Apr 01, 2006; ... In the past two decades, there have been 76 published articles that have segmented tourist samples into clusters (Jackson, Inbakaran, & Schmierer, 2003). The principal aims of such research are to better understand tourist characteristics, to identify key variables that predict tourist ...
Exploring the major factors influencing consumer selection of travel agencies in a regional setting.
Apr 01, 2006; ... The research reported in this article explores why consumers choose to book their travel arrangements with travel agencies in regional settings. Consumers can now access online bookings for airlines, accommodation, transportation, sightseeing tours and other related products, so why do ...
Vocational curriculum for Australian service industries: standardised learning for diverse service environments?
Apr 01, 2006; ... The debate over the adequacy of competency-based training (CBT) to meet the needs of service industries is far from over. In Australia, the national training package qualifications (which are CBT based) are well entrenched, with competency elements growing like bacteria on a buffet ...
Stakeholder involvement in the public planning process the case of the proposed Twelve Apostles Visitor Centre.
Apr 01, 2006; ... A range of stakeholders should inform planning processes if these processes are to be consistent with best practice principles. This article examines the case of the Twelve Apostles Visitor Centre, a tourism development proposed to be located in a National Park in Victoria, Australia ....
Quality Tourism Experiences.(Book review)
Apr 01, 2006; ... G. Jennings & N.P. Nickerson (Eds.) (2006). Amsterdam: Elsevier. xxi + 253pp Quality experiences, many commentators would suggest, are core elements of tourism. This book, in a series of contributed chapters, addresses the various dimensions, diversities and practical ...