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  • Benchmarking caravan and tourist park operations 
    Crilley Gary; Bell Barry; Hayllar Bruce; Archer David (College of Tourism and Hotel Management, 2006)
    There are an estimated 1,825 caravan and tourist parks spread throughout Australia. Collectively they are the second largest provider of short term accommodation (19.7%) after motels (37.6%) (Australian Bureau of Statistics, ...
  • Challenging interpretation to discover more inclusive models: the case of adventure tour guiding 
    Wearing Stephen; Archer David (World Leisure Association, 2002)
    Participation in higher risk outdoor adventure activities has increased significantly in recent years and this trend is expected to continue in the foreseeable future. It is suggested in this paper that the general focus ...
  • An 'interpretation opportunity spectrum': a new approach to the planning and provision of interpretation in protected areas 
    Wearing Stephen; Archer David (Southern Cross University, 2003)
    This paper presents a management model within which the development, delivery and continuing appraisal of interpretation programs might be framed. The model is based on and incorporates elements from the Recreation ...
  • Managing People by Understanding People 
    Griffin Anthony; Archer David; Hayes Anna-Lisa (University of Canberra, 2001)
    Despite general agreement by academics and researchers on the importance of developing greater knowledge of visitor profiles, satisfaction and other experiential variables, a similar consensus among parks agencies has ...
  • National parks: converting non-visitors to visitors 
    Griffin Anthony; Archer David (Victoria University, 2006)
    This study identified and examined factors that are perceived to be significant inhibitors to national park visitation. Data for this study were obtained from a mail survey of adult residents of New South Wales and ...
  • Nature for sale: the case for decommodifying interpretation and ecotourism 
    Wearing Stephen; Archer David; Jackson Mark (Australian Library and Information Association, 2001)
    This paper argues that current directions in park interpretation reflect an increasing tendency towards the commodification of nature. The quest for profit from nature based activities, particularly tourism, has spawned ...
  • A study of visitor use and satisfaction in Mungo national park 
    Archer David; Griffin Anthony (Sustainable Tourism CRC, 2005)
    This report presents results from visitor surveys conducted in Mungo National Park (NP) during winter and spring of 2001. The study was managed and carried out by a team of researchers from the School of Leisure, Sport and ...
  • Valuing our national parks: understanding the perspectives of infrequent park users from different socio-economic and cultural groups 
    Wearing Stephen; Griffin Anthony; Archer David (University of Queensland, 2004)
    One of the most important tasks of national park agencies is to maintain and broaden constituency support for the services they provide to the public. Faced with mounting financial pressure, park agencies must now, more ...
  • Visitor study 1999-2000: northern NSW national parks 
    Griffin Anthony; Archer David (Sustainable Tourism CRC, 2005)
    This report presents the results from a series of visitor surveys conducted in a set of seven national parks in north-eastern New South Wales. The set of parks included Boonoo Boonoo, Bald Rock, Gibraltar Range, Washpool, ...
  • Visitor Use and Satisfacton - Barrington Tops National Park 
    Griffin Anthony; Archer David (CRC Tourism, 2003)
    Study Method This report presents the findings from a visitor survey carried out over a three-day period from Saturday 29 September to Monday 1 October 2001. Visitors aged 15 years and over were contacted at one of five ...