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Prof. Gianna Moscardo
College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook Universtiy, Australia

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Dr. Gianna Moscardo is a Professor in the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University (JCU), Australia. She has an Honours degree in sociology and PhD in psychology awarded by JCU in 1992. After working for eight years as a Principal Research Fellow in the CRC for Reef Research she joined the School of Business at JCU in 2002 Her research interests include customer and tourist experience design, heritage interpretation and sustainability communication, and tourism planning and development. She has presented workshops on stories in experience development and destination marketing in Austria, Wales, Spain, South Africa and Denmark. Dr. Moscardo is the current Chair of the Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BEST EN), an international organisation committed to the creation and dissemination of knowledge to support the sustainable tourism education, research and practice.

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Journal article
Published: 11 March 2021 in Tourism and Hospitality
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This paper argues that that much published tourism and hospitality research has had little influence on tourism or hospitality practice especially with regard to the problems of sustainability because of a failure to use systems thinking to guide research questions and approaches. This critical review and conceptual paper demonstrates how a systems thinking approach could be used to improve both the relevance of, and theoretical development in, tourism and hospitality research in the area of sustainability. This paper reviewed recent published research into tourism’s social impacts to demonstrate the power of taking a systems approach to map out the research problem area. It then critically reviewed the use of concepts from psychology in published research into guest engagement in sustainability programs in hospitality businesses to demonstrate the value of systems thinking for organising theoretical concepts. In both of the reviewed areas the overwhelming conclusion was that the majority of the research lacked both practical relevance and was based on inappropriate or deficient theoretical understanding.

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Gianna Moscardo. Using Systems Thinking to Improve Tourism and Hospitality Research Quality and Relevance: A Critical Review and Conceptual Analysis. Tourism and Hospitality 2021, 2, 153 -172.

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Gianna Moscardo. Using Systems Thinking to Improve Tourism and Hospitality Research Quality and Relevance: A Critical Review and Conceptual Analysis. Tourism and Hospitality. 2021; 2 (1):153-172.

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Gianna Moscardo. 2021. "Using Systems Thinking to Improve Tourism and Hospitality Research Quality and Relevance: A Critical Review and Conceptual Analysis." Tourism and Hospitality 2, no. 1: 153-172.

Earlycite article
Published: 02 June 2020 in Journal of Tourism Futures
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the rise of stories in tourism practice, identify the forces that are supporting and directing this story turn and argue for tourism researchers to pay greater attention to this new development. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a general review of academic and professional literature on marketing practice and experience design in tourism and an audit of destination marketing materials using story or story telling in their campaigns. Findings This paper identifies three forces supporting a story turn in tourism: building on the experiential approach to tourism; the rise of mobile social media, user generated content and gamification; and the Asian Wave in tourism. Originality/value This paper identifies a story turn in current tourism practice and reviews the increasing awareness of the value of stories in psychology, sociology and anthropology research, to suggest how this story turn may influence the nature of both tourism practice and research in the future.

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Gianna Moscardo. The story turn in tourism: forces and futures. Journal of Tourism Futures 2020, 7, 168 -173.

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Gianna Moscardo. The story turn in tourism: forces and futures. Journal of Tourism Futures. 2020; 7 (2):168-173.

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Gianna Moscardo. 2020. "The story turn in tourism: forces and futures." Journal of Tourism Futures 7, no. 2: 168-173.

Journal article
Published: 27 May 2020 in Annals of Tourism Research
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The aim of this paper is to explore the use of stories as a concept to guide the design of various dimensions of tourism and tourist experience. After reviewing this wider social science literature on the important roles that stories play in human experience, the paper examines the main themes relevant to stories and tourist experience emerging from existing tourism research. An overall conceptual framework for stories and storytelling in tourism is then described. While the main focus of the paper is on the design of tourist experience opportunities and destination promotion, applications related to the use of stories in other aspects of tourism are suggested.

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Gianna Moscardo. Stories and design in tourism. Annals of Tourism Research 2020, 83, 102950 .

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Gianna Moscardo. Stories and design in tourism. Annals of Tourism Research. 2020; 83 ():102950.

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Gianna Moscardo. 2020. "Stories and design in tourism." Annals of Tourism Research 83, no. : 102950.

Journal article
Published: 09 October 2019 in Journal of Tourism Futures
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to speculate how recent and emerging trends in information and communication technology (ICT) could change the way tourism businesses and organizations communicate with and manage their guests. Design/methodology/approach This paper applies elements of futures and design thinking to analyze current tourism management practices and identify critical touchpoints that link tourist decisions to management strategies. Findings Fictional travel stories were used to identify and analyze how technology might affect tourism through five touchpoints– choice, connection, co-creation, customization and compliance. These stories were analyzed to identify changing forces and suggest potential paradigm shifts that tourism managers need to consider. These included increasingly complex content, the importance of compatible connections, and the critical role of coordination and cooperation in future tourism systems. Originality/value While there have been numerous discussions of how tourists and tourism businesses access and use technology, there is little evidence of scholars and practitioners applying formal futures thinking to ICT and tourism. This paper used design thinking and stories to predict and illustrate ways in which technology could be embedded into tourism experiences and services. It suggests that technology can, and probably will, fundamentally change the way in which we manage tourists and their experiences.

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Karen Hughes; Gianna Moscardo. ICT and the future of tourist management. Journal of Tourism Futures 2019, 5, 228 -240.

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Karen Hughes, Gianna Moscardo. ICT and the future of tourist management. Journal of Tourism Futures. 2019; 5 (3):228-240.

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Karen Hughes; Gianna Moscardo. 2019. "ICT and the future of tourist management." Journal of Tourism Futures 5, no. 3: 228-240.

Journal article
Published: 05 February 2019 in Journal of Travel Research
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Chinese tourist shopping reflects the new consumer culture in contemporary China, but remains underexplored in the tourism literature despite its importance to many destinations. The present study applies social practice theory to tourist shopping research with the aim of exploring the key features of Chinese tourist shopping in Australia. Tourist shopping as a social practice is the basic unit of analysis, while tourists are decentralized as carriers of this practice. This study employed a qualitative methodology to analyze shopping-related posts in 40 travel blogs from two Chinese online travel communities. The findings show that tourist shopping practice consists of four interconnected elements: materials, competences, meanings, and settings—with utilitarian products purchased in large quantities and maintaining guanxi emerging as unique features of the Chinese tourist shopping practices. The article concludes with a discussion of the potential of social practice theory to enhance theoretical approaches in this area.

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Haipeng Jin; Gianna Moscardo; Laurie Murphy. Exploring Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping: A Social Practice Framework. Journal of Travel Research 2019, 59, 156 -172.

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Haipeng Jin, Gianna Moscardo, Laurie Murphy. Exploring Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping: A Social Practice Framework. Journal of Travel Research. 2019; 59 (1):156-172.

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Haipeng Jin; Gianna Moscardo; Laurie Murphy. 2019. "Exploring Chinese Outbound Tourist Shopping: A Social Practice Framework." Journal of Travel Research 59, no. 1: 156-172.

Chapter
Published: 31 July 2018 in Applying Quality of Life Research
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Tourism is often recognized as having significant impacts on the quality of life (QOL) of the people who live and work in tourism destinations. Despite an extensive body of literature on tourism impacts, very little research has focused detailed attention on tourism and the social dimensions of residents’ QOL. The available evidence in this area suggests that social impacts of tourism are related to the level and type of tourism development at a destination. This chapter will explore these proposed linkages by comparing three regional Australian destinations with different levels and styles of tourism on a series of measures of residents’ QOL. The investigation of social impacts of tourism at the study locations was carried out in 2013–2014 and consisted of two components – an analysis of available relevant secondary data and a survey of residents. Consistent with previous research, a higher scale of tourism development was linked to increased crime, reduced volunteering and perceived influence over community development, and more/better community services. However, the results did not demonstrate a higher emotional connection to place, community pride, and needs fulfilment that are commonly assigned to benefits of tourism development. The chapter describes the complex pattern of results that emerged from the analyses before discussing the implications of these for further research and theoretical development in understanding the social impacts of tourism.

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Elena Konovalov; Laurie Murphy; Gianna Moscardo. An Exploration of Links between Levels of Tourism Development and Impacts on the Social Facet of Residents’ Quality of Life. Applying Quality of Life Research 2018, 77 -107.

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Elena Konovalov, Laurie Murphy, Gianna Moscardo. An Exploration of Links between Levels of Tourism Development and Impacts on the Social Facet of Residents’ Quality of Life. Applying Quality of Life Research. 2018; ():77-107.

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Elena Konovalov; Laurie Murphy; Gianna Moscardo. 2018. "An Exploration of Links between Levels of Tourism Development and Impacts on the Social Facet of Residents’ Quality of Life." Applying Quality of Life Research , no. : 77-107.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2017 in Journal of Destination Marketing & Management
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Gianna Moscardo; Elena Konovalov; Laurie Murphy; Nancy G. McGehee; Andrea Schurmann. Linking tourism to social capital in destination communities. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 2017, 6, 286 -295.

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Gianna Moscardo, Elena Konovalov, Laurie Murphy, Nancy G. McGehee, Andrea Schurmann. Linking tourism to social capital in destination communities. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 2017; 6 (4):286-295.

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Gianna Moscardo; Elena Konovalov; Laurie Murphy; Nancy G. McGehee; Andrea Schurmann. 2017. "Linking tourism to social capital in destination communities." Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 6, no. 4: 286-295.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2017 in Tourism Management
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Haipeng Jin; Gianna Moscardo; Laurie Murphy. Making sense of tourist shopping research: A critical review. Tourism Management 2017, 62, 120 -134.

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Haipeng Jin, Gianna Moscardo, Laurie Murphy. Making sense of tourist shopping research: A critical review. Tourism Management. 2017; 62 ():120-134.

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Haipeng Jin; Gianna Moscardo; Laurie Murphy. 2017. "Making sense of tourist shopping research: A critical review." Tourism Management 62, no. : 120-134.

Journal article
Published: 05 June 2017 in International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework for understanding tourist experiences based on concepts from evolutionary, cognitive and social psychology. This framework integrates concepts from mindfulness theory and story-telling theory and seeks to better explain the nature of tourist experiences. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews some core conceptual approaches to understanding the concept of experience as a psychological driver in tourism. It will then set a series of research questions and explore some of these through a qualitative analysis of tourist stories and experiences in two South African destinations – Kruger National Park and Soweto. This analysis combines participant observation, content analysis of promotional literature and tourist blogs. Findings Evidence supports a set of propositions derived from integrating mindfulness and storytelling theory. Stories do play a significant role in encouraging mindful visitors and supporting more positive tourist experiences. Originality/value This paper combines two different approaches to understanding tourist experiences to create a new framework for understanding the cognitive processes involved in tourist experiences and how these link to outcomes.

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Gianna Moscardo. Exploring mindfulness and stories in tourist experiences. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research 2017, 11, 111 -124.

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Gianna Moscardo. Exploring mindfulness and stories in tourist experiences. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research. 2017; 11 (2):111-124.

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Gianna Moscardo. 2017. "Exploring mindfulness and stories in tourist experiences." International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research 11, no. 2: 111-124.

Research and evaluation articles
Published: 02 January 2017 in Visitor Studies
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Museums worldwide have embraced digital technology and social media in their exhibitions and marketing, yet many discourage visitors' use of mobile communication devices (MCDs), claiming this detracts from the learning experience. This study was guided by mindfulness theory from social cognitive psychology which provides a framework for studying attention, engagement, and learning. It explored the museum experiences of 58 young adults under three experimental conditions—a control group who visited an exhibition with no instructions, a no-MCD group who surrendered all MCDs on entry, and a directed MCD group given guidance on how to use their MCD including taking photographs. The no-MCD group spent significantly less time in the exhibition and had the lowest scores for mindfulness and perceived learning. The directed MCD group spent significantly longer in the exhibition and at exhibits with more text and had the highest scores for mindfulness and perceived learning. This group also took more and different photographs in the exhibition than did the control group. Implications for museum design and MCD policy are outlined.

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Karen Hughes; Gianna Moscardo. Connecting with New Audiences: Exploring the Impact of Mobile Communication Devices on the Experiences of Young Adults in Museums. Visitor Studies 2017, 20, 33 -55.

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Karen Hughes, Gianna Moscardo. Connecting with New Audiences: Exploring the Impact of Mobile Communication Devices on the Experiences of Young Adults in Museums. Visitor Studies. 2017; 20 (1):33-55.

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Karen Hughes; Gianna Moscardo. 2017. "Connecting with New Audiences: Exploring the Impact of Mobile Communication Devices on the Experiences of Young Adults in Museums." Visitor Studies 20, no. 1: 33-55.

Research article
Published: 20 November 2016 in Human Resource Development Review
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Until recently, there has been little published systematic empirical research into business coaching. This article reports on a systematic, critical review of 111 published empirical papers investigating business coaching theory, processes, and outcomes. The present article identifies a significantly larger body of empirical research than covered in previous reviews and uses a Systematic Review methodology (SRm) to conduct a comprehensive review of the available empirical evidence into business coaching effectiveness focusing on implications for theoretical development, practice (within human resource development) and further research in this area. This review identifies convergence around factors that contribute to perceived effective coaching practice but nevertheless highlights a number of issues to be resolved in further research. These include determining the primary beneficiaries of coaching, the factors that contribute to coach credibility, and how the organizational and social context impacts on coaching. Weaknesses in coaching research methodology and research gaps are also noted.

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Anna Blackman; Gianna Moscardo; David E. Gray. Challenges for the Theory and Practice of Business Coaching. Human Resource Development Review 2016, 15, 459 -486.

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Anna Blackman, Gianna Moscardo, David E. Gray. Challenges for the Theory and Practice of Business Coaching. Human Resource Development Review. 2016; 15 (4):459-486.

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Anna Blackman; Gianna Moscardo; David E. Gray. 2016. "Challenges for the Theory and Practice of Business Coaching." Human Resource Development Review 15, no. 4: 459-486.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2016 in Journal of Leisure Research
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Mobile communication devices (MCDs) are a ubiquitous part of modern life, particularly for younger people. Early evidence about the impact of MCDs on both the leisure participation and leisure experiences of young people provides conflicting results with debate continuing about whether these devices distract from, or enhance, leisure experiences. The present study explores this issue in relation to young people’s experiences in museums. Ninety-four Chinese university students, studying abroad in a different language and cultural context, were randomly assigned to one of two groups as part of a museum field trip, one with and one without access to MCDs. No significant differences were found between these two groups for affective response, measures of cognitive engagement, perceived learning or satisfaction with the experience. There was also no significant difference in the overall time spent in the exhibition, but there was a significant difference in the number of exhibits stopped at with the groups having access to MCDs having the higher mean. Implications for managing the use of MCDs in museums as leisure settings are suggested.

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Gianna Moscardo; Karen Hughes. Museums Unplugged. Journal of Leisure Research 2016, 48, 395 -412.

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Gianna Moscardo, Karen Hughes. Museums Unplugged. Journal of Leisure Research. 2016; 48 (5):395-412.

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Gianna Moscardo; Karen Hughes. 2016. "Museums Unplugged." Journal of Leisure Research 48, no. 5: 395-412.

Book chapter
Published: 05 October 2016 in Collaborative Economy and Tourism
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Stories are a fundamental and universal form of human communication and learning [Bruner, Telling stories: Language, narrative and social life. Georgetown University Press, 2010]. People use stories to organise, understand, learn, remember and communicate about the world [Herman, Storytelling and the sciences of mind. MIT Press, 2013]. It is not surprising then that stories have been discussed in literature linked to design thinking [Brown, Change by design. Harper Collins, 2009], design science [Hatchuel, Journal of Management and Governance 5(3):260–273, 2001] and user, consumer and tourist experiences [IDEO, Design thinking for educators, 2012; Battarbee, Proceedings of the 2003 international conference on designing pleasurable products and interfaces. ACM, 2003; Mathisen, Advances in Hospitality and Leisure 8:21–41, 2012]. While stories are often mentioned as elements of design and user experience or as key methods to understand experience, their use as a framework to guide the design process has not been examined in detail. Within the literature on consumer experience stories have been linked to drama and theatre [Pine and Gilmore, The experience economy: Work is theatre and every business a stage. Cambridge, 1999], but this use of the theatre metaphor has been criticized as a unidimensional and superficial treatment of experience [Gelter, Articles on experiences, 2006; Lugosi and Walls, Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, 2(2):51–58, 2013]. This chapter goes beyond both the use of stories as a method of understanding user experience and the dramaturgical approach to consumer and tourist experience to present stories as a framework for guiding the design of tourist experience opportunities. It begins by outlining the parameters of the topic and defining the main concepts of stories and experience. It then analyses the relationship between stories and tourism identifying the major dimensions of tourist stories and their links to design and experience. These dimensions and analysis provide a foundation for a story framework to guide tourist experience design.

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Gianna Moscardo. Stories as a Tourist Experience Design Tool. Collaborative Economy and Tourism 2016, 97 -124.

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Gianna Moscardo. Stories as a Tourist Experience Design Tool. Collaborative Economy and Tourism. 2016; ():97-124.

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Gianna Moscardo. 2016. "Stories as a Tourist Experience Design Tool." Collaborative Economy and Tourism , no. : 97-124.

Book chapter
Published: 25 June 2016 in Encyclopedia of Tourism
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Gianna Moscardo. Interpretation. Encyclopedia of Tourism 2016, 487 -489.

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Gianna Moscardo. Interpretation. Encyclopedia of Tourism. 2016; ():487-489.

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Gianna Moscardo. 2016. "Interpretation." Encyclopedia of Tourism , no. : 487-489.

Journal article
Published: 19 May 2016 in Journal of Sustainable Tourism
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Kaye Walker; Gianna Moscardo. Moving beyond sense of place to care of place: the role of Indigenous values and interpretation in promoting transformative change in tourists' place images and personal values. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 2016, 24, 1 -19.

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Kaye Walker, Gianna Moscardo. Moving beyond sense of place to care of place: the role of Indigenous values and interpretation in promoting transformative change in tourists' place images and personal values. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 2016; 24 (8-9):1-19.

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Kaye Walker; Gianna Moscardo. 2016. "Moving beyond sense of place to care of place: the role of Indigenous values and interpretation in promoting transformative change in tourists' place images and personal values." Journal of Sustainable Tourism 24, no. 8-9: 1-19.

Journal article
Published: 01 March 2016 in Journal of Destination Marketing & Management
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Small island destinations face a number of issues related to tourism and its sustainability. Recent discussions of destination development and marketing have suggested that new approaches to tourism management and marketing are needed to address these sustainability issues and that these should be centred on the concept of destination community wellbeing (DCW). This paper examines these issues in the context of a small island destination in Northern Australia. The history of tourism development on Magnetic Island (MI) since the 1980s is a troubled one, with extensive community conflict over various proposed developments and ongoing issues with trust and damage to social capital. A program of engagement was conducted to determine current perceptions of how tourism might contribute to, or detract from, community wellbeing at this destination. While this program identified a number of tourism planning options, only limited attention was paid to the potential markets to support these options. The present paper considers how destination marketing could be used to support more sustainable tourism development for small island destinations. It demonstrates a different approach to tourist market segmentation using a survey of actual and potential visitors to MI to identify and assess tourist markets in terms of their potential to make positive contributions to the DCW of MI. This market segmentation process, which uses tourist characteristics consistent with the DCW elements, needs and aspirations of the MI community, is compared to more traditional market segmentation techniques, showing the value of a sustainability focussed segmentation strategy.

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Gianna Moscardo; Laurie Murphy. Using destination community wellbeing to assess tourist markets: A case study of Magnetic Island, Australia. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 2016, 5, 55 -64.

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Gianna Moscardo, Laurie Murphy. Using destination community wellbeing to assess tourist markets: A case study of Magnetic Island, Australia. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management. 2016; 5 (1):55-64.

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Gianna Moscardo; Laurie Murphy. 2016. "Using destination community wellbeing to assess tourist markets: A case study of Magnetic Island, Australia." Journal of Destination Marketing & Management 5, no. 1: 55-64.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2016 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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This note from the field describes the Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BEST EN) group and uses its 15 year history to explore the evolution of education and research to support changes in practice related to tourism and sustainability. This evolution reflects changes in the way the relationship between tourism and sustainability has been conceptualized over time and highlights some of the challenges for improving the sustainability of tourism.

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Gianna Moscardo. Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism: 15 years of Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BEST EN) practice. Journal of Cleaner Production 2016, 111, 538 -539.

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Gianna Moscardo. Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism: 15 years of Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BEST EN) practice. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016; 111 ():538-539.

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Gianna Moscardo. 2016. "Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism: 15 years of Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BEST EN) practice." Journal of Cleaner Production 111, no. : 538-539.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2016 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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The term sustainable tourism emerged in the late 1980s and has become firmly established in both tourism policies and strategies and tourism research (Hall, 2011). After more than 25 years of attention it is timely to consider the state of research and practice in sustainable tourism. This special volume was established with exactly that goal in mind and this introduction seeks to set the context for this critical examination and reflection on sustainable tourism. Another objective of this introduction was to briefly describe the range of contributions selected from this SV. The articles are organised inot four thematic areas of research: community stakeholders' perspectives and business approaches to sustainability in tourism, cultural responses and methodological challenges related to sustainability. The articles shine a light on issues of importance within sustainable tourism, and in so doing, it is hoped that researchers from other disciplines and backgrounds are encouraged to consider investigating the inter-relationships between societal sustainability and tourism more broadly. The authors of this SV also sought to do something different from the majority of previous papers, which is to bring these issues to readers primarily concerned with sustainability rather than only with tourism. Before briefly discussing the contributions that make up the SV, this introduction provides a discussion of the inter-relationships between tourism and sustainability, a consideration of the ongoing challenges inherent in tackling sustainability and tourism and a brief overview of the potential for tourism to contribute to the transformative changes required to move to truly sustainable societies. The introduction is concluded with an optimistic look into the future of sustainability-driven work in tourism

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Adriana Budeanu; Graham Miller; Gianna Moscardo; Can-Seng Ooi. Sustainable tourism, progress, challenges and opportunities: an introduction. Journal of Cleaner Production 2016, 111, 285 -294.

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Adriana Budeanu, Graham Miller, Gianna Moscardo, Can-Seng Ooi. Sustainable tourism, progress, challenges and opportunities: an introduction. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016; 111 ():285-294.

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Adriana Budeanu; Graham Miller; Gianna Moscardo; Can-Seng Ooi. 2016. "Sustainable tourism, progress, challenges and opportunities: an introduction." Journal of Cleaner Production 111, no. : 285-294.

Book chapter
Published: 31 December 2015 in The Future of Food Tourism
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Gianna Moscardo; Christina Minihan; Joseph O’Leary. 15. Dimensions of the Food Tourism Experience: Building Future Scenarios. The Future of Food Tourism 2015, 208 -223.

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Gianna Moscardo, Christina Minihan, Joseph O’Leary. 15. Dimensions of the Food Tourism Experience: Building Future Scenarios. The Future of Food Tourism. 2015; ():208-223.

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Gianna Moscardo; Christina Minihan; Joseph O’Leary. 2015. "15. Dimensions of the Food Tourism Experience: Building Future Scenarios." The Future of Food Tourism , no. : 208-223.

Original article
Published: 30 December 2015 in Fish and Fisheries
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Ecotourism ventures in developing countries are often among the few alternatives for enhancing sustainable livelihoods without altering traditional ways of life. The best way forward is to continually develop and implement best practice guidelines and, in particular, to flexibly develop them to suit individual cases. We conduct a multidisciplinary assessment of best practice guidelines required to develop and sustain sportfishing tourism in developing countries, while enhancing local livelihoods and promoting environmental stewardship. In general, best practice guidelines should be developed around a sustainable livelihood framework that includes short‐term coping mechanisms and longer‐term capacity building. Sportfishing development that conforms to ecological and socially orientated criteria, founded on site‐specific research that captures local environmental and social complexities, has the potential to provide mutual benefits to tourists and local people, fuelling community development and enhancing the cultural experience of tourists. Best practice guidelines for sportfishing that do not address these dimensions are unlikely to result in a viable industry. Given the current interest and growth of sportfishing in developing countries, the proposed guidelines can help a range of end users manage, conserve and maximize livelihood benefits from their fishery.

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Adam Barnett; Katya Abrantes; Ronald Baker; Amy Diedrich; Marina Farr; Alf Kuilboer; Tracey Mahony; Ian McLeod; Gianna Moscardo; Murray Prideaux; Natalie Stoeckl; Ariella Van Luyn; Marcus Sheaves. Sportfisheries, conservation and sustainable livelihoods: a multidisciplinary guide to developing best practice. Fish and Fisheries 2015, 17, 696 -713.

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Adam Barnett, Katya Abrantes, Ronald Baker, Amy Diedrich, Marina Farr, Alf Kuilboer, Tracey Mahony, Ian McLeod, Gianna Moscardo, Murray Prideaux, Natalie Stoeckl, Ariella Van Luyn, Marcus Sheaves. Sportfisheries, conservation and sustainable livelihoods: a multidisciplinary guide to developing best practice. Fish and Fisheries. 2015; 17 (3):696-713.

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Adam Barnett; Katya Abrantes; Ronald Baker; Amy Diedrich; Marina Farr; Alf Kuilboer; Tracey Mahony; Ian McLeod; Gianna Moscardo; Murray Prideaux; Natalie Stoeckl; Ariella Van Luyn; Marcus Sheaves. 2015. "Sportfisheries, conservation and sustainable livelihoods: a multidisciplinary guide to developing best practice." Fish and Fisheries 17, no. 3: 696-713.