Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford

Tourism is viewed as a vehicle which can produce an array of benefits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander [ATSI] peoples. Although ATSI tourism is a small sector of the Australian tourism industry, its ability to facilitate diverse benefits should not be underestimated. While numerous Australi...

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Main Author: Whitford, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Hotel and management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus 2009
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spelling uitm-194172018-03-12T04:45:42Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19417/ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford Whitford, M Travel and the state. Tourism Tourism is viewed as a vehicle which can produce an array of benefits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander [ATSI] peoples. Although ATSI tourism is a small sector of the Australian tourism industry, its ability to facilitate diverse benefits should not be underestimated. While numerous Australian Governments have produced tourism policies to facilitate the development of ATSI tourism, the effectiveness and appropriateness of these policies have been questioned. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which Australian State/Territory Government ATSI tourism policies can facilitate the development of ATSI tourism. This paper describes a qualitative study examining the foci of current Australian State/Territory Governments’ ATSI tourism policies. The study concluded that ideally, these policies should demonstrate a more balanced distribution of foci across the economic, socio-cultural, ecological and political environments to avoid accusations of rhetoric and thus demonstrate a propensity for facilitating long term sustainable outcomes for ATSI tourism. Faculty of Hotel and management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus 2009-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19417/7/AJ_M%20WHITFORD%20JTHCA%20B%2009.pdf Whitford, M (2009) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA), 1 (3). pp. 1-24. ISSN 2590-3837 http://www.jthca.org
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Whitford, M
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford
description Tourism is viewed as a vehicle which can produce an array of benefits for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander [ATSI] peoples. Although ATSI tourism is a small sector of the Australian tourism industry, its ability to facilitate diverse benefits should not be underestimated. While numerous Australian Governments have produced tourism policies to facilitate the development of ATSI tourism, the effectiveness and appropriateness of these policies have been questioned. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which Australian State/Territory Government ATSI tourism policies can facilitate the development of ATSI tourism. This paper describes a qualitative study examining the foci of current Australian State/Territory Governments’ ATSI tourism policies. The study concluded that ideally, these policies should demonstrate a more balanced distribution of foci across the economic, socio-cultural, ecological and political environments to avoid accusations of rhetoric and thus demonstrate a propensity for facilitating long term sustainable outcomes for ATSI tourism.
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title Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford
title_short Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford
title_full Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford
title_fullStr Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford
title_full_unstemmed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / M Whitford
title_sort aboriginal and torres strait islanders’ tourism policy : the current state of play / m whitford
publisher Faculty of Hotel and management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19417/
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http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19417/7/AJ_M%20WHITFORD%20JTHCA%20B%2009.pdf
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