Critiquing the tourism impact model : case studies from popular Sydney beach side destination

Julianne Christie; Robyn Bushell; Julie Jie Wen; Charles Arcodia; Xiaoming Zhang

Critiquing the tourism impact model : case studies from popular Sydney beach side destination

Julianne Christie
, Robyn Bushell
, Julie Jie Wen
, Charles Arcodia
, Xiaoming Zhang

School of Social Sciences

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Abstract

Since the Tourism Impact Model (TIM) was designed to be a tool to provide information for local government on the benefits of tourism (or proposed tourism development) to their local government area (LGA), it was important to have an in depth analysis of the model. Tourism Impact Model was evaluated as part of a Tourism Cost Benefit Analysis research project conducted by the University of Western Sydney with three research partners" Manly, Waverley and Sutherland Shire Councils. This paper explores the claimed simplicity of the Tourism Impact Model and illustrates that the simplifying assumptions made within it are misleading to those that are unacquainted with some basic principles of tourism data collections and/or regional economics. Thus, for a tool that is supposed to elucidate to the user the costs and benefits of tourism within their LGA, it is in fact a tool that can very easily misguide any decision making process undertaken by local government if they are unaware of the consequences of some of the assumptions built into this model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Events, Business Travel, Tourism & Education: Proceedings of the Global Events Congress III and China Events Education Conference III, held in Guangzhou, China, 17-19 November, 2009
Publisher	Sun Yat-sen University / University of QLD
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9781864999334
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	Global Events Congress - Duration: 1 Jan 2008 → …

Conference

Conference	Global Events Congress
Period	1/01/08 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

local government
tourism
community
benefits
Tourism Impact Model (TIM)
Sydney (N.S.W.)

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Christie, J., Bushell, R., Wen, J. J., Arcodia, C., & Zhang, X. (2008). Critiquing the tourism impact model : case studies from popular Sydney beach side destination. In Events, Business Travel, Tourism & Education: Proceedings of the Global Events Congress III and China Events Education Conference III, held in Guangzhou, China, 17-19 November, 2009 Sun Yat-sen University / University of QLD.

Christie, Julianne ; Bushell, Robyn ; Wen, Julie Jie et al. / Critiquing the tourism impact model : case studies from popular Sydney beach side destination. Events, Business Travel, Tourism & Education: Proceedings of the Global Events Congress III and China Events Education Conference III, held in Guangzhou, China, 17-19 November, 2009. Sun Yat-sen University / University of QLD, 2008.

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Christie, J, Bushell, R, Wen, JJ, Arcodia, C & Zhang, X 2008, Critiquing the tourism impact model : case studies from popular Sydney beach side destination. in Events, Business Travel, Tourism & Education: Proceedings of the Global Events Congress III and China Events Education Conference III, held in Guangzhou, China, 17-19 November, 2009. Sun Yat-sen University / University of QLD, Global Events Congress, 1/01/08.

Critiquing the tourism impact model : case studies from popular Sydney beach side destination. / Christie, Julianne; Bushell, Robyn; Wen, Julie Jie et al.
Events, Business Travel, Tourism & Education: Proceedings of the Global Events Congress III and China Events Education Conference III, held in Guangzhou, China, 17-19 November, 2009. Sun Yat-sen University / University of QLD, 2008.

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Christie J, Bushell R, Wen JJ, Arcodia C, Zhang X. Critiquing the tourism impact model : case studies from popular Sydney beach side destination. In Events, Business Travel, Tourism & Education: Proceedings of the Global Events Congress III and China Events Education Conference III, held in Guangzhou, China, 17-19 November, 2009. Sun Yat-sen University / University of QLD. 2008

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