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Papers by Peter Burns
CAUTHE 1997: Tourism research: Building a better industry; Proceedings from the Australian Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference, 1997, 1997
In this paper I will suggest that as in the case of general 'development', the tourism an... more In this paper I will suggest that as in the case of general 'development', the tourism and development debate can be held together by two strands which are underpinned by such a complex web of social, political, economic and cultural values that they may legitimately be referred to as schools of thought. Secondly I will discuss these two schools, evaluating their worth in relation to empirical evidence. In discussing these issues I will use examples from a number of countries particularly Eritrea. This enables me to contextualise the 'problems' of tourism planning within a broad geographical and economic base thus demonstrating that such problems are not confirmed to a limited number of countries, but have general applicability. I will conclude with some reflections about the implications of my key question 'has tourism delivered development?'
Tourism Management, 2015
• Rejoinder to claims of Shani and Arad (2014) • Extent of scientific consensus on climate change... more • Rejoinder to claims of Shani and Arad (2014) • Extent of scientific consensus on climate change indicated • Evidence for climate change is observational and predictive • Extent of tourism related emissions indicated • Concern of climate denial for scientific debate and communication ABSTRACT Shani and Arad (2014) claimed that tourism scholars tend to endorse the most pessimistic assessments regarding climate change, and that anthropogenic climate change was a fashionable and highly controversial scientific topic. This brief rejoinder provides the balance that is missing from such climate change denial and skepticism studies on climate change and tourism. Recent research provides substantial evidence that reports on anthropogenic climate change are accurate, and that humaninduced greenhouse gas emissions, including from the tourism industry, play a significant role in climate change. Some positive net effects may be experienced by some destinations in the short-term, but in the long-term all elements of the tourism system will be impacted. The expansion of tourism emissions at a rate greater than efficiency gains means that it is increasingly urgent that the tourism sector acknowledge, accept and respond to climate change. Debate on tourism-related adaptation and mitigation measures is to be encouraged and welcomed. Climate change denial is not.
The implementation of the Communication will contribute in the reduction of GHG emissions on the ... more The implementation of the Communication will contribute in the reduction of GHG emissions on the National level and adaptation of the most vunerable sectors to climate change, as well as for reduction of pollution in the environmental medias and areas. Vunerability has been identified almost in all analyzed sectors, which generally refers to absence/lack of institutional capacities, legally defined and aligned competences and responsibilities, lack of continuity in collection and monitoring of the required data, insufficient knowledge/consciousness about the reasons and consequences from climate change, as well as measures for mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice
... Japan, and similarly, Iranian attractions are yet to be advertised on Japanese TV channels ..... more ... Japan, and similarly, Iranian attractions are yet to be advertised on Japanese TV channels ... of the impact of tourism on Iran's economy indicate that its total effects are still ... Cooper (2007), "Japan-Iran Tourism Relations: Opportunities and limitations in promoting Iran's Cultural and ...
Abstract: The left/right divide in late 20 th and early 21 st century politics acts as a metaphor... more Abstract: The left/right divide in late 20 th and early 21 st century politics acts as a metaphor for the debates surrounding aid-funded tourism masterplanning where the traditional right, framed by the values of neoliberalism, sees market forces as providing the only alternative. On the other hand, modern world problems have emerged that go far beyond the assumptions upon which the left was founded. This paper takes Anthony Giddens' proposals for a Third Way in politics and applies them to tourism in the context of the developing world. Giddens' framework, which goes beyond liberal democracy, reveals that a Third Way approach could help resolve social issues that have been largely neglected by "masterplanning" approaches to tourism. Keywords: tourism masterplanning, Third Way, developing countries, public participation, policy making. 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Résumé: Planification touristique: une troisième voie? La division entre droite et gauc...
Tourism master planning for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) has been framed and dominated b... more Tourism master planning for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) has been framed and dominated by donor aid agencies and their executive institutions including the World Bank, various United Nations agencies, and regional development banks as well as the European Union. The paper argues that for the South Pacific, this framing has been a Western construct based, in part, on the myth of paradise and notions of Saidian ‘Other.’ The Samoa Plan for 1992-2001 is a typical example of this problem, which has wider implications for other SIDS. The paper undertakes, from a historical perspective, a detailed critical analysis of the plan (undertaken by the then EU Tourism Council of the South Pacific) concluding that a) the flaws and contradictions in tourism master planning could have been avoided by a more careful reading of classic planning texts from as early as the 1960s, and b) the plans are too complicated, take little account of local sensibilities, and fail to recognise the balance ...
Tourism development: growth, myths and inequalities, 2008
... Page 89. 58 A. Dluzewska Table 5.2. Incoming tourism in Dubai (tourists staying in hotels). .... more ... Page 89. 58 A. Dluzewska Table 5.2. Incoming tourism in Dubai (tourists staying in hotels). ... No dysfunctions in tourism have been observed here. Dysfunctions in tourism in Dubai are dysfunctions of social and cultural character (see also Henderson, 2006). ...
Tourism development: growth, myths and inequalities, 2008
... The case for a pro-poor growth strategy. Development Policy Review 25, 147166. Buhalis, D.(1... more ... The case for a pro-poor growth strategy. Development Policy Review 25, 147166. Buhalis, D.(1999) Limits of tourism develop-ment in peripheral destinations:problems and challenges. Tourism Management 20, 183185. ...
Annals of Tourism Research, 2009
Tourism recreation research, 2003
Tourism Management, 2006
... Title. B Ritchie, P Burns and C Palmer, Editors, Tourism research methods: integrating theory... more ... Title. B Ritchie, P Burns and C Palmer, Editors, Tourism research methods: integrating theory with practice, CABI Publishing, Wallingford (2005) ISBN 0-851999964 (232pp., (pbk). Authors.Erica Wilson, Southern Cross University. Suggested Citation. ...
Journal of China Tourism Research, 2008
Tourism and mobilities: local-global connections, 2000
... A range of reduced fuel tax rates exists for surface public passenger transport within the 25... more ... A range of reduced fuel tax rates exists for surface public passenger transport within the 25 EU ... Speech at the First Aviation and the Environment Summit, 1718 March. ... Dalhuijsen, JL and Slingerland, R.(2004) Preliminary wing optimization for very large transport aircraft with ...
CAUTHE 1997: Tourism research: Building a better industry; Proceedings from the Australian Tourism and Hospitality Research Conference, 1997, 1997
In this paper I will suggest that as in the case of general 'development', the tourism an... more In this paper I will suggest that as in the case of general 'development', the tourism and development debate can be held together by two strands which are underpinned by such a complex web of social, political, economic and cultural values that they may legitimately be referred to as schools of thought. Secondly I will discuss these two schools, evaluating their worth in relation to empirical evidence. In discussing these issues I will use examples from a number of countries particularly Eritrea. This enables me to contextualise the 'problems' of tourism planning within a broad geographical and economic base thus demonstrating that such problems are not confirmed to a limited number of countries, but have general applicability. I will conclude with some reflections about the implications of my key question 'has tourism delivered development?'
Tourism Management, 2015
• Rejoinder to claims of Shani and Arad (2014) • Extent of scientific consensus on climate change... more • Rejoinder to claims of Shani and Arad (2014) • Extent of scientific consensus on climate change indicated • Evidence for climate change is observational and predictive • Extent of tourism related emissions indicated • Concern of climate denial for scientific debate and communication ABSTRACT Shani and Arad (2014) claimed that tourism scholars tend to endorse the most pessimistic assessments regarding climate change, and that anthropogenic climate change was a fashionable and highly controversial scientific topic. This brief rejoinder provides the balance that is missing from such climate change denial and skepticism studies on climate change and tourism. Recent research provides substantial evidence that reports on anthropogenic climate change are accurate, and that humaninduced greenhouse gas emissions, including from the tourism industry, play a significant role in climate change. Some positive net effects may be experienced by some destinations in the short-term, but in the long-term all elements of the tourism system will be impacted. The expansion of tourism emissions at a rate greater than efficiency gains means that it is increasingly urgent that the tourism sector acknowledge, accept and respond to climate change. Debate on tourism-related adaptation and mitigation measures is to be encouraged and welcomed. Climate change denial is not.
The implementation of the Communication will contribute in the reduction of GHG emissions on the ... more The implementation of the Communication will contribute in the reduction of GHG emissions on the National level and adaptation of the most vunerable sectors to climate change, as well as for reduction of pollution in the environmental medias and areas. Vunerability has been identified almost in all analyzed sectors, which generally refers to absence/lack of institutional capacities, legally defined and aligned competences and responsibilities, lack of continuity in collection and monitoring of the required data, insufficient knowledge/consciousness about the reasons and consequences from climate change, as well as measures for mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
Bridging Tourism Theory and Practice
... Japan, and similarly, Iranian attractions are yet to be advertised on Japanese TV channels ..... more ... Japan, and similarly, Iranian attractions are yet to be advertised on Japanese TV channels ... of the impact of tourism on Iran's economy indicate that its total effects are still ... Cooper (2007), "Japan-Iran Tourism Relations: Opportunities and limitations in promoting Iran's Cultural and ...
Abstract: The left/right divide in late 20 th and early 21 st century politics acts as a metaphor... more Abstract: The left/right divide in late 20 th and early 21 st century politics acts as a metaphor for the debates surrounding aid-funded tourism masterplanning where the traditional right, framed by the values of neoliberalism, sees market forces as providing the only alternative. On the other hand, modern world problems have emerged that go far beyond the assumptions upon which the left was founded. This paper takes Anthony Giddens' proposals for a Third Way in politics and applies them to tourism in the context of the developing world. Giddens' framework, which goes beyond liberal democracy, reveals that a Third Way approach could help resolve social issues that have been largely neglected by "masterplanning" approaches to tourism. Keywords: tourism masterplanning, Third Way, developing countries, public participation, policy making. 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Résumé: Planification touristique: une troisième voie? La division entre droite et gauc...
Tourism master planning for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) has been framed and dominated b... more Tourism master planning for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) has been framed and dominated by donor aid agencies and their executive institutions including the World Bank, various United Nations agencies, and regional development banks as well as the European Union. The paper argues that for the South Pacific, this framing has been a Western construct based, in part, on the myth of paradise and notions of Saidian ‘Other.’ The Samoa Plan for 1992-2001 is a typical example of this problem, which has wider implications for other SIDS. The paper undertakes, from a historical perspective, a detailed critical analysis of the plan (undertaken by the then EU Tourism Council of the South Pacific) concluding that a) the flaws and contradictions in tourism master planning could have been avoided by a more careful reading of classic planning texts from as early as the 1960s, and b) the plans are too complicated, take little account of local sensibilities, and fail to recognise the balance ...
Tourism development: growth, myths and inequalities, 2008
... Page 89. 58 A. Dluzewska Table 5.2. Incoming tourism in Dubai (tourists staying in hotels). .... more ... Page 89. 58 A. Dluzewska Table 5.2. Incoming tourism in Dubai (tourists staying in hotels). ... No dysfunctions in tourism have been observed here. Dysfunctions in tourism in Dubai are dysfunctions of social and cultural character (see also Henderson, 2006). ...
Tourism development: growth, myths and inequalities, 2008
... The case for a pro-poor growth strategy. Development Policy Review 25, 147166. Buhalis, D.(1... more ... The case for a pro-poor growth strategy. Development Policy Review 25, 147166. Buhalis, D.(1999) Limits of tourism develop-ment in peripheral destinations:problems and challenges. Tourism Management 20, 183185. ...
Annals of Tourism Research, 2009
Tourism recreation research, 2003
Tourism Management, 2006
... Title. B Ritchie, P Burns and C Palmer, Editors, Tourism research methods: integrating theory... more ... Title. B Ritchie, P Burns and C Palmer, Editors, Tourism research methods: integrating theory with practice, CABI Publishing, Wallingford (2005) ISBN 0-851999964 (232pp., (pbk). Authors.Erica Wilson, Southern Cross University. Suggested Citation. ...
Journal of China Tourism Research, 2008
Tourism and mobilities: local-global connections, 2000
... A range of reduced fuel tax rates exists for surface public passenger transport within the 25... more ... A range of reduced fuel tax rates exists for surface public passenger transport within the 25 EU ... Speech at the First Aviation and the Environment Summit, 1718 March. ... Dalhuijsen, JL and Slingerland, R.(2004) Preliminary wing optimization for very large transport aircraft with ...
Tourism Management, 2015
This final response to the two climate change denial papers by Shani and Arad further highlights ... more This final response to the two climate change denial papers by Shani and Arad further highlights the inaccuracies, misinformation and errors in their commentaries. The obfuscation of scientific research and the consensus on anthropogenic climate change may have significant long-term negative consequences for better understanding the implications of climate change and climate policy for tourism and create confusion and delay in developing and implementing tourism sector responses.
Keywords: Climate change; Global warming; Skepticism; Denial; Agnotology
This final response to the two climate change denial papers by Shani and Arad further highlights ... more This final response to the two climate change denial papers by Shani and Arad further highlights the inaccuracies, misinformation and errors in their commentaries. The obfuscation of scientific research and the consensus on anthropogenic climate change may have significant long-term negative consequences for better understanding the implications of climate change and climate policy for tourism and create confusion and delay in developing and implementing tourism sector responses.