Answer To: Assessment 2: Annotated bibliography This assessment is for these students only:Gold Coast;...
Soumi answered on Apr 21 2020
HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
ASSESSMENT 2: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TOURISM IMPACTS ON GOLD COAST
Table of Contents
Academic Journal Articles 3
Article 1: 3
Article 2: 3
Article 3: 4
Non-academic Articles 5
Article 4: 5
Article 5: 6
Article 6: 6
References 8
Academic Journal Articles
Article 1:
Lawton, L.J. and Weaver, D.B., (2016). Resident Perceptions of a Controversial Annual Event, Tourism Travel and Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally, 6, pp.660-682
The article by Lawton and Weaver (2016) is a study on the perceptions of the residents of Gold Coast that has been gathered in context of the controversial annual event of Gold Coast Schoolies Week. The Gold Coast Schoolies Week has been termed as controversial because although it is a mass event of merriment for the high school-leaving students, celebrating their completion of school-life with a 7-day long party; however, it draws substantial negative attention due to the high amount of alcoholism and unruly behaviour exhibited in the due course. Hence, the key ideas presented in the article indicate that the perceptions of the residents are partially valid and partially not. Although the purpose of the study has been to research the perceptions of the Gold Coast residents regarding the celebration; however, the study opened the route to analysing that the perception of these residents are substantially the influenced ones.
This implies that the perception that they have developed for or against the celebration is more influenced by some external factors, rather than neutrally being their own. The applied methodology is a primary quantitative one, implementing online questionnaire administered to 28000 random residents via emails, out of which 880 complete responses could be selected only. The method of cluster analysis applying Ward’s method was done to group supporters and opponents, from which conditional and non-conditionals were categorised. Findings indicated that 33% supported and 34% opposed to the event. However, complexities developed in analysing that those, who opposed, more did so because of being negatively influenced by personal experiences, societal perceptions and media presentation. On the contrary, those, who supported, developed this perception due to their past memories of the event or the enjoyment of their children. Hence, the implications of the findings prove beneficial for Gold Coast as a tourism destination in the sense that if the media covers the event in a balanced light, residents’ perceptions can be improved, thus, attracting huge number of tourists annually to this place.
Article 2:
Raybould, M., Anning, D., Fredline, L. and Ware, D., (2015), Urban beach venues: Vulnerability and sustainability in the face of climate change. International Journal of Event Management Research, 10(1), p.84
The academic paper by Raybould et al. (2015) illustrates a clear picture of the impacts of tourism on the beach area that affects not only the geography of the place, but also its environmental factors. Hence, the key aim of the paper lies in proposing the idea and significance of sustainable tourism so that the beaches such as those of Gold Coast could be preserved as a feasible tourism destination for the future generations. For the purpose of identifying the ways, in which sustainability could be imparted to these beaches, the authors have first, analysed the threats that are occurred due to the tourists and their beach activities. As a responsibility to save the beaches and their beauties, the study has been quite an effective one.
The methodology that has been followed for the investigation of the issues is that of a qualitative secondary research. The data sources used were majorly data from the coastal management, research papers; local records from the council, tenders, peer-reviewed journal articles, plans and maps of the coastal areas. From this information, Gold Coast has been specifically studied due to being one of the most commonly visited and crowded beach destinations. The findings of the paper identify 6 strategies, which could be used for not only mitigating the negative impacts of the tourism activities over the beach, but also for extending its sustainability for future tourism. The strategies that could be of key implications to the case study location– Gold Coast, are improving the coastal managerial practices, increasing flexibility of the prevailing beaches, using other recreation spaces that have not been explored much, increasing other tourism sites, improving the communication strategies of the event managers and coast managers, as well as increasing accessibility to the alternative beaches.
Article 3:
Strauss, D., Tomlinson, R. and Hunt, S., (2009), Profile response and dispersion of beach nourishment: Gold Coast, Australia. Journal of Coastal Research, pp.133-137
The paper by Strauss et al. (2009) is an analytical study on the profile responses and distribution of the beach resources that take place at Gold Coast in Australia. It has been found that the increase of tourism activities at the beaches, irrespective of any country, affects them negatively in terms of the losing natural beauty of the place. It has been observed that most of the countries with beaches have maximum of their tourism activities conducted by the sea beaches only. It is so because beaches are always easy to access and can be a massive area for recreation. However, as the paper exhibits, increase of tourist accessibility to the venue has led to erosion of the beach sand. Hence, the key purpose of the paper has been to study the beach profile and analyse their effectiveness so that better strategies could be studied.
In accordance with the requisite of the paper, the authors have followed a primary quantitative research methodology, where the surveys have been conducted of the beach profiles. This has been effectively done to identify the key reasons behind the erosion of the beach sand and to analyse the current situation. Based on the profiling, it could be identified that the establishment of the Tweed River training walls have restricted the deposition of sea sand to the beaches, which is why it has thinned over time. Besides, natural calamities such as sea storms and tropical cyclones have also affected the volume of the sand on the beaches negatively, as these are quite common in the area. Hence, future monetary implications and better managerial strategies have been suggested by the authors so that the beach maintenance could be sustained. Hence, the findings and recommendations of this paper have been useful for sustaining the sand volume of Gold Coast in future.
Non-academic Articles
Article 4:
Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R. and Ho, T., (2004), Economic impacts and benefits of tourism in Australia: a general equilibrium approach, Southport, AU: Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism, pp. 2-65.
The article by Dwyer et al. (2004) is a non-academic article, as it is published as the technical report and not for the research purpose. It is about the importance of tourism to economics. Growth of tourism has an impact on the output as well as employment in real world economics. In Australia, tourism is one of the most significant instruments of the economy. It provides a huge percentage of GDP growth to the national economy of Australia. The key ideas of the article are how tourism is affecting the economic condition of Australia. The popular destinations in Australia provide large benefits to the tourism industry and the economy of Australia. Every year millions of tourists visit Australia due to holiday purpose business purpose and other necessary purpose. The main purpose of the study is to find out the positive and negative impact of tourism on the economy of the country. In this regard, Australian tourism has estimated AUD $51.7 million in 2017 and it can be expected that by 2027 it may provide to AUD $41.9 million to the Australian economy.
The study has used input-output analysis that is called IO model. For the study, the researcher has used secondary data analysis method, for which various journals, websites and articles are selected to identify the relationship between Australian economy and tourism industry. The secondary research has provided strength to the research. The key ideas of the study relationship with the study location as both are situated in Australia. From the study, it can be said that in future Australian economy has chances to increase their revenue by developing the tourism industry. As Gold Coast, Melbourne are famous places of Australia it have significant impact on the business of tourism. The high profile destination of Australia provides huge benefits to the Australian tourism; hence, it can be said that it has positive impact on the national GDP of Australia.
Article 5:
Gold Coast, Holiday Rentals (GCHR), (2014) Positive Effects of Gold Coast Tourism Available at: http://gchr.com.au/holiday-information/positive-effects-of-gold-coast-tourism/ [Accessed on 18 Apr. 2018]
The non-academic article chosen is a Gold Coast, Holiday Information by Gold Coast, Holiday Rentals (GCHR, 2014). This non-academic source of information has been selected because it is a very elaborate presentation of the positive impacts of tourism that are imposed upon Gold Coast, which is a highly popular tourist destination in Australia. Over the passage of time, the number of footfalls to this place has been increasing abruptly, thus placing this destination on the world map of tourism. However, there have been controversial points of view on the impact that tourism yields onto this place. As the article imparts, the level of tourism distortion is undeniable to any tourism spot, irrespective of its type and location. However, the purpose of the article has been illustrated very clearly, in the context that the GCHR aims to place Gold Coast on a positive light to the prospective visitors to this place.
The method of presenting the content over the official website of the GCHR has been quite attractive, with the ample depiction of attractive pictures of the place that can easily create interests within the reader of this article. Besides, there have been multiple examples of the benefits of visiting this place as the article also cites statistics supporting the same. The clear justification of the economic benefits that the place derives from the tourism activities has also been a useful one for Gold Coast, as in the future, if the people endeavour to visit the place, they could be easily convinced with the information presented on this site for them.
Article 6:
Lemma, A.F., (2014). Tourism Impacts. Overseas Development Institute, pp.2-27
The paper by Lemma (2014) is a non-academic article because it is published for the academic purpose in the institute and not in any journals. Tourism affects economics via 3 interrelated routes that are direct indirect and induced effects. The impacts as well as the structure of tourism sector have to determine the economic impact on Australia. The impact of tourism on economic growth and Employment is positive and it helps to measure the GDP rate of the country. Hence, it can be said that it helps to reduce the problems of livelihoods and poverty that is the positive sign. The theory of the study is to check whether tourism has a positive or negative impact on the economy of Australia the key ideas of the article is to check whether tourism industry has positive or negative impact on the economy of Australia. The main purpose of this study is to identify various factors that can affect the impact of tourism on the Australian economy.
The report uses the mixture of quantitative data that were collected from world travel and tourism Council as well as the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Moreover, the researchers have used academic literatures and websites to make the study authentic. Tourism has positive impact on growth income employment and livelihoods of people in Australia. It is seen that over the time the employment in tourism industry has increased that helps to bring greater household income and provides benefits to the people of Australia. Tourism industry helps to reduce gender inequality by appointing more female employees in this sector as well as the Latin Americans also. However, it may have negative impact on the environment as it can increase pollution. As the Gold Coast area belongs to seaside, it can be affected by the pollution of tourism industry.
References
Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R. and Ho, T., (2004). Economic impacts and benefits of tourism in Australia: a general equilibrium approach. Southport, AU: Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism. pp. 2-65.
Gold Coast, Holiday Rentals (GCHR), (2014) Positive Effects of Gold Coast Tourism Available at: http://gchr.com.au/holiday-information/positive-effects-of-gold-coast-tourism/ [Accessed on 18 Apr. 2018]
Lawton, L.J. and Weaver, D.B., (2016). Resident Perceptions of a Controversial Annual Event, Tourism Travel and Research Association: Advancing Tourism Research Globally, 6, pp.660-682
Lemma, A.F., (2014). Tourism Impacts. Overseas Development Institute, pp. 2-27.
Raybould, M., Anning, D., Fredline, L. and Ware, D., (2015), Urban beach venues: Vulnerability and sustainability in the face of climate change. International Journal of Event Management Research, 10(1), p.84
Strauss, D., Tomlinson, R. and Hunt, S., (2009), Profile response and dispersion of beach nourishment: Gold Coast, Australia. Journal of Coastal Research, pp.133-137
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