Larry Dwyer

BCom (Hons), UNSW

BA (Hons), University of Sydney

PhD, University of Western Ontario

Professor

Phone:

+61 2 9385 2636

Fax:

+61 2 9663 1985

Email:

l.dwyer@unsw.edu.au

Room:

3053

Address:

Quadrangle building

Larry Dwyer publishes widely in the areas of tourism economics, management and policy, with 200 publications in international journals, government reports, books, book chapters, and monographs. He receives many invitations to give keynote addresses at international tourism conferences and workshops worldwide. He has been awarded numerous research grants to contribute to tourism knowledge. Larry maintains strong links with the tourism industry at international, national, state and local levels. Larry has undertaken an extensive number of consultancies for public and private sector tourism organisations within Australia including Tourism Research Australia, and for international agencies, including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.

Professor Dwyer is President of the International Association for Tourism Economics, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Business Enterprises for Sustainable Tourism Education Network (BESTEN), and a fellow of the International Academy for Study of Tourism, the world's peak academic association with a cap of 75 members world- wide. He is an appointed member of the Editorial Boards of twenty one international tourism journals. He is the most cited Australian tourism researcher over the past decade.

Larry Dwyer's curriculum vitae

Publications

Selected publications

L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, R. Spurr (2004) 'Evaluating Tourism's Economic Effects: New and Old Approaches' Tourism Management Vol 25, 2004, pp 307-317
L. Dwyer, R. Mellor, Z. Livaic, D. Edwards, C.W Kim (2004) 'Attributes of Destination Competitiveness: a Factor Analysis' Tourism Analysis Volume 9, No. 1-2, 2004, pp 91-102
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth and R. Spurr (2005) 'Estimating the Impacts of Special Events on the Economy' Journal of Travel Research Vol 43, May, pp 351-359
L. Dwyer (2005) 'Relevance of Triple Bottom Line Reporting to Achievement of Sustainable Tourism: a Scoping Study' Tourism Review International, Vol. 9, No. 1 pp 79-94
T. Mules and L. Dwyer (2005) 'Public Sector Support for Sport Tourism Events: The Role of Cost-Benefit Analysis' Sport in Society, Vol 8 No. 2, June, pp 338-355
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, R. Spurr and T. Van Ho (2006) 'Economic Effects of the World Tourism Crisis on Australia', Tourism Economics Vol 12, No. 2 pp171-186
B. Prideaux, L. Dwyer, B. King, P. Hobson (2006) 'The Hidden Costs of Cheap Group Tours-A Case Study of Business Practices in Australia' Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, Elsevier Press, USA
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, and R. Spurr (2006) 'Effects of SARS Crisis on the Economic Contribution of Tourism to Australia' Tourism Review International Vol. 10 pp 47-55
L. Dwyer L, P. Forsyth, R. Spurr (2006) 'Assessing the Economic Impacts of Events: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach' Journal of Travel Research Vol. 45, pp 59-66
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth and R. Spurr (2006) 'Economic Impact of Sport Events: A Re-assessment' Tourism Review International Special Issue Tourism and Sport Events Vol 10, (4) pp 207-216
B. King, L. Dwyer and B. Prideaux (2006) 'An Evaluation of Unethical Business Practices in Australia's China Inbound Tourism Market' Vol 8, (2), International Journal of Tourism Research, March/April pp 127-142
L. Jago and L. Dwyer (2006) Economic Evaluation of Special Events: A Practitioners Guide Common Ground Publishing Pty. Ltd. Altona, Australia
L. Dwyer, B. King and B. Prideaux (2007) 'The Effects of Restrictive Business Practices on Australian Inbound Package Tourism' Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research vol 12, (1) March pp 47-64
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, R. Spurr (2007) 'Productivity and Yield Measurement in Australian Inbound Tourism Using Tourism Satellite Accounts and Computable General Equilibrium Models ' in J. Tribe and J. Tribe and D. Airey (eds) Advances in Tourism Research, University of Surrey, UK
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, R. Spurr, T Van Ho (2007) 'Tourism's Economic Contribution Vs Economic Impact Assessment: Differing Roles for Satellite Accounts and Economic Modeling' in A. Woodside and D. Martin (eds) Tourism Management: analysis, behaviour and strategy CABI, Oxfordshire
L. Dwyer, D. Edwards, N. Mistilis, C. Roman (2007) 'Tourism, cities and regions', in P. Newton (ed) Transitions: Pathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Canberra, Australia
S. Lundie, L. Dwyer and P. Forsyth (2007) 'Environmental-Economic Measures of Tourism Yield' Journal of Sustainable Tourism Vol 15, No. 5, pp 1-18
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, L. Fredline, L. Jago, M. Deery and S. Lundie (2007) 'Yield Measures for Australia's Special Interest Inbound Tourism Markets' Tourism Economics 13 (3), 421-440
L. Dwyer, M. Deery, L. Fredline, L. Jago (2007) 'Corporate Responsibility as Essential to Sustainable Tourism Yield' Tourism Review International Special Issue Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Tourism Vol 11, No. 2, pp 155-166
L. Dwyer, M. Deery, L. Jago, R. Spurr, L. Fredline (2007) 'Adapting the Tourism Satellite Account Conceptual Framework to Measure the Economic Importance of the Meetings Industry', Tourism Analysis, vol. 12, No. 4 pp 247-256
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, R. Spurr (2007) 'Contrasting the uses of TSAs and CGE models: measuring tourism yield and productivity' Tourism Economics Volume 13, No 4, December pp 537-551
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth (2008) "Economic Measures of Tourism Yield: what markets to target?" International Journal of Tourism Research Vol. 10, 155-168
L. Dwyer, D. Edwards, N. Mistilis, N. Scott and C. Roman (2009) "Destination and Enterprise Management for a Tourism Future" Tourism Management 30 pp. 63-74
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, W. Dwyer (2009) 'Tourism and Economic Development: Three Tools of Analysis', Tourism Recreation Research Special Issue Project Planning and Development, Vol 34 (3)
N. Seetaram and L. Dwyer (2009) Immigration and Tourism Demand in Australia: A Panel Data Approach ANATOLIA: an International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol 20 (1) pp 212-222
Dwyer L. and D. Edwards (2009) "Managing Tourism to Avoid 'Strategic Drift' International Journal of Tourism Research Vol 11, 321-335
L. Dwyer and P. Forsyth (2009) "Public Sector Support for Special Events" Eastern Economic Journal Vol 35 No. 4 Fall, 481-49
P. Sheldon P. And L. Dwyer (2010) 'The Global Financial Crisis and Tourism: Perspectives of the Academy' Journal of Travel Research Vol 49; No. 1 February, pp 3-4
T. Koo, R. Wu and L. Dwyer (2010) "Transport and Regional Dispersal of Tourists: is modal substitution a source of conflict between low-fare air services and regional dispersal?" Journal of Travel Research Vol 49, No. 1, February pp106-120.
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth, R. Spurr, S. Hoque (2010)"Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Australian Tourism" Journal of Sustainable Tourism Volume 18 (3), pp 355-366
L. Dwyer and D. Edwards (2010) 'Sustainable Tourism Planning' in J. Liburd and D. Edwards (eds) Understanding the Sustainable Development of Tourism, Goodfellows Publishing, UK
L. Dwyer, P. Forsyth and W. Dwyer (2010) Tourism Economics and Policy, Channel View Publications, Cheltenham, UK
L. Dwyer and S. Darcy (2011) 'Economic Contribution of Tourists with Disabilities: An Australian Approach and Methodology' in D. Buhalis and S. Darcy (eds) Accessible Tourism Concepts and Issues, Channel View Publications, Bristol, UK

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