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Larry Dwyer

Larry Dwyer 

BCom (Hons), UNSW

BA (Hons), University of Sydney

PhD, University of Western Ontario

Professor

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+61 2 9385 2636 

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+61 2 9663 1985 

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3053 

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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.
 

 

Publications

Selected publications

 

  • Dwyer, L., Duc Pham, T., Forsyth, P., & Spurr R. (in press). Destination Marketing of Australia: return on investment. Journal of Travel Research.
  • Dwyer, L., Knežević Cvelbar, L., Edwards, D., & Mihalic, T. (in press). Tourism Firms’ Strategic Flexibility: the case of Slovenia. International Journal of Tourism Research.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R., & Hoque, S. (in press). Economic Impacts of Carbon Taxes on the Australian Tourism Industry. Journal of Travel Research.
  • Assaf, A., & Dwyer, L. (in press). The World Tourism Industry: Where Does Your Country Stand? Tourism Economics.
  • Forsyth, P., Dwyer, L., Seetaram, N., & King, B. (in press). Measuring the Economic Impact of Migration- Induced Tourism. Tourism Analysis.
  • Knezevic Cvelbar, L., & Dwyer, L. (in press). An Importance-performance Analysis of Sustainability for long term Strategy Planning in Slovenian Hotels. Journal of Sustainable Tourism.
  • Dwyer, L., Knežević Cvelbar, L., Edwards, D., & Mihalic, T. (in press). Fashioning a destination tourism future: The case of Slovenia. Tourism Management.
  • Koo, T., Wu, R., & Dwyer, L. (2012). Dispersal of visitors within destinations: descriptive measures and underlying drivers. Tourism Management, 33(5), 1209-1219.
  • Song, H., Dwyer, L., Li, G., & Cao, Z. (2012). Tourism Economics Research: A Review and Assessment. Annals of Tourism Research, 39(3),1653-1682.
  • Kulendran, N., & Dwyer, L. (2012). Modelling Seasonal Variation in Tourism Flows with Climate Variables. Tourism Analysis, 17(2 or 3).
  • Dwyer, L., & Forsyth, P. (2011). Methods of Estimating Destination Price Competitiveness: a case of horses for courses? Current Issues in Tourism, 14(8), 751-777.
  • Wong, E., Mistilis, N., & Dwyer, L. (2011). A Model of ASEAN Collaboration in Tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 38(3), 882-899.
  • Dwyer, L., & Darcy, S. (2011). Economic Contribution of Tourists with Disabilities: An Australian Approach and Methodology. In D. Buhalis & S. Darcy (Eds.), Accessible Tourism Concepts and Issues. Bristol, UK: Channel View Publications.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., & Dwyer, W. (2010). Tourism Economics and Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Channel View Publications.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R., & Hoque, S. (2010). Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Australian Tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism Volume, 18(3), 355-366.
  • Sheldon, P. P., & Dwyer, L. (2010). The Global Financial Crisis and Tourism: Perspectives of the Academy. Journal of Travel Research, 49(1, February), 3-4.
  • Dwyer, L., & Forsyth, P. (2009). Public Sector Support for Special Events. Eastern Economic Journal, 35(4 Fall), 481-49.
  • Dwyer, L., & Edwards, D. (2009). Managing Tourism to Avoid 'Strategic Drift. International Journal of Tourism Research, 11, 321-335.
  • Dwyer, L., Edwards, D., Mistilis, N., Scott, N., & Roman, C. (2009). Destination and Enterprise Management for a Tourism Future. Tourism Management, 30, 63-74.
  • Dwyer, L., & Forsyth, P. (2008). Economic Measures of Tourism Yield: what markets to target? International Journal of Tourism Research, 10, 155-168.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., & Spurr, R. (2007). Contrasting the uses of TSAs and CGE models: measuring tourism yield and productivity. Tourism Economics, 13(4, December), 537-551.
  • Dwyer, L., Deery, M., Jago, L., Spurr, R., & Fredline, L. (2007). Adapting the Tourism Satellite Account Conceptual Framework to Measure the Economic Importance of the Meetings Industry. Tourism Analysis, 12(4), 247-256.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Fredline, L., Jago, L., Deery, M., & Lundie, S. (2007). Yield Measures for Australia's Special Interest Inbound Tourism Markets. Tourism Economics, 13(3), 421-440.
  • Lundie, S., Dwyer, L., & Forsyth, P. (2007). Environmental-Economic Measures of Tourism Yield. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 15(5), 1-18.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R., & Van Ho, T. (2007). Tourism's Economic Contribution Vs Economic Impact Assessment: Differing Roles for Satellite Accounts and Economic Modeling. In A. Woodside & D. Martin (Eds.), Tourism Management: analysis, behaviour and strategy. Oxfordshire, UK: CABI 
  • Dwyer, L., King, B. & Prideaux, B. (2007). The Effects of Restrictive Business Practices on Australian Inbound Package Tourism. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 12(1, March), 47-64.
  • Jago, L., & Dwyer, L. (2006). Economic Evaluation of Special Events: A Practitioners Guide. Altona, Australia: Common Ground Publishing Pty. Ltd.
  • King, B., Dwyer, L., & Prideaux, B. (2006). An Evaluation of Unethical Business Practices in Australia's China Inbound Tourism Market. International Journal of Tourism Research, 8(2, March/April) 127-142.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., & Spurr, R. (2006). Assessing the Economic Impacts of Events: A Computable General Equilibrium Approach. Journal of Travel Research, 45, 59-66.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., & Spurr, R. (2006). Effects of SARS Crisis on the Economic Contribution of Tourism to Australia. Tourism Review International, 10, 47-55.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., Spurr, R., & Van Ho, T. (2006). Economic Effects of the World Tourism Crisis on Australia. Tourism Economics, 12(2), 171-186.
  • Dwyer, L. (2005). Relevance of Triple Bottom Line Reporting to Achievement of Sustainable Tourism: a Scoping Study. Tourism Review International, 9(1) 79-94.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., & Spurr, R. (2005). Estimating the Impacts of Special Events on the Economy. Journal of Travel Research, 43(May), 351-359.
  • Dwyer, L., Forsyth, P., & Spurr, R. (2004). Evaluating Tourism's Economic Effects: New and Old Approaches. Tourism Management, 25(2004), 307-317.

Research interests

Research grants

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