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Research Biography
Gareth is a lecturer in a variety of tourism management topics focusing mainly on sustainable tourism development and community engagement strategies. He is the current coordinator for the department's overseas research project topic (TOUR3000) which typically involves travel to a destination in SE Asia (Malaysia or Cambodia).
He presently holds the additional title of Senior Research Affiliate at the University of Johannesburg and has worked on funded tourism development research projects in rural South Africa. He has previously taught at universities in the UK and Malaysia.
Research Interests
Sustainable tourism development, community engagement, tourism mobilities, tourism & migration, socio-cultural impacts of tourism, independent travel, national parks.
Completed Supervisions
Straiton, P. (2022). Assessing the Economic and Sociocultural Value of Maritime Cultural Heritage Sites: An Interdisciplinary Pilot Study [Doctoral dissertation, Flinders University].
Completed Supervisions
Tikhonova, D. (2020). The Place of Challenge and Post-Travel Culture Involvement in Small Group Tourism [Doctoral dissertation, Flinders University].
Completed Supervisions
Principal Supervisions:
- Visitor Motivations and Expectations at Naracoorte Caves National Park (1)
Supervised Students Successes
Straiton, P. (2022). Recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence [Flinders University].
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Senior Research Affiliate, University of Johannesburg
4 May 2013 → 31 Oct 2027
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Geography
- Sociology
Supervisory Interests
- Heritage studies
- Cultural tourism
- Tourism development
- Tourism impacts
- Tourism geographies
- Migration
- Diasporas
- National parks
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Becoming an editor and how to build an effective editorial management team
Khoo, C., Butler, G. & Mura, P., 2024, How to Edit and Manage a Successful Scholarly Journal: Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Hay, I., Butler, G. & Szili, G. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 19-30 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectral-geographies and exorcising ‘ghosts’ in Port Adelaide
Szili, G., Butler, G. & Adie, B. A., 25 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Tourism Geographies: an international journal of tourism place, space and environment. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Port Misery to Post-Misery? Spectro-geographies and the Exorcism of ‘Ghosts’ in Port Adelaide, South Australia
Butler, G. & Szili, G., 2 Jul 2024, p. 51. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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How to Edit and Manage a Successful Scholarly Journal: Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Hay, I., Butler, G. & Szili, G., 2024, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 209 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
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Indigenous resistance to settler colonialism: tourism stories from the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Tripura, K., Butler, G., Szili, G. & Hannam, K., 2024, In: Tourism Geographies: an international journal of tourism place, space and environment. 26, 6, p. 953-969 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Citations (Scopus)99 Downloads (Pure)
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Tourism development as a vehicle of reconciliation in ‘post-conflict’ Bangladesh: Indigenous Community Perspectives from the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Butler, G. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead))
30/06/19 → 6/12/21
Project: Research
Prizes
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CHASS Innovation in Teaching Award
Butler, G. (Recipient), Cavanagh, K. (Recipient) & Carter, H. (Recipient), 13 Jul 2023
Prize
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Vice Chancellor's Award for Innovation in Teaching
Butler, G. (Recipient), Burke Da Silva, K. (Recipient), Cavanagh, K. (Recipient), Ross, K. (Recipient), Carter, H. (Recipient) & Beaman, J. (Recipient), 2023
Prize