95 results

Managing visitor impacts at visitor attractions: an international assessment.

Journal Article
Garrod, B., Fyall, A. & Leask, A. (2006)
Managing visitor impacts at visitor attractions: an international assessment. Current Issues in Tourism. 9, 125-151. ISSN 1368-3500
This paper presents the findings of a study designed to extend and develop a previous study conducted by the authors on the management of visitor impacts at visitor attraction...

From Classroom to Flexible Learning: Teaching the Business of Business Tourism

Presentation / Conference
McLatchie, J. & Leask, A. (2005, December)
From Classroom to Flexible Learning: Teaching the Business of Business Tourism. Paper presented at ATLAS SIG meeting on Business Tourism, Dublin
No abstract available.

Pricing Heritage: Are they really doing it better over there?

Presentation / Conference
Leask, A. (2004, September)
Pricing Heritage: Are they really doing it better over there?. Presented at Practical Challenges for the Museum and Heritage Sector,, University of Greenwich, London
No abstract available.

Visitor Motivation and VFR at historic houses: the case of two castles

Conference Proceeding
Gibson, R. & Leask, A. (2004)
Visitor Motivation and VFR at historic houses: the case of two castles. In Proceedings of tourism: State of the art II conferenceISBN 0-954803906
No abstract available.

Managing Visitor Attractions – Comparisons of International Management Practice,

Conference Proceeding
Leask, A., Garrod, B., & Fyall, A. (2004)
Managing Visitor Attractions – Comparisons of International Management Practice,. In Proceedings of Tourism: State of the Art II conference
No abstract available.

Pricing Heritage: Are they really doing it better over there?

Book
Leask, A. (2003)
Pricing Heritage: Are they really doing it better over there?. In Kelly, C. & Roodhouse, S. (Eds.). Counting Culture? Practical Challenges for the Museum and Heritage Sector,. ISBN 978-1861662064
No abstract available.

Managing Visitor Attractions: New Directions

Book
Fyell, A., Garrod, B. & Leask, A. (Eds.)
(2002). Managing Visitor Attractions: New Directions. ISBN 978-0750653817
No abstract available.

The Nature and Purpose of Visitor Attractions

Book
Leask, A. (2002)
The Nature and Purpose of Visitor Attractions. In Fyall, A., Garrod, B. & Leask, A. (Eds.). Managing Visitor Attractions: New Directions
No abstract available.

Introduction: visitor attractions

Journal Article
Fyall, A., Leask, A., & Garrod, B. (2002)
Introduction: visitor attractions. International Journal of Tourism Research, 4, 333-335. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.384
Introduction: visitor attractions

Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts.

Journal Article
Garrod, B., Fyall, A. & Leask, A. (2002)
Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts. Tourism Management. 23, 265-279. doi:10.1016/S0261-5177(01)00077-2. ISSN 0261-5177
The visitor attraction sector in Scotland plays a vital, if often overlooked, role in the wider Scottish tourism industry. Yet the sector presently faces a host of internal an...
10 results

Community, organisational, and technological transitions: Mapping the places and spaces of Edinburgh as the festival city and Scotland's leading tourism destination

2023 - date
Jack Hansen | Director of Studies: Dr Louise Todd | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

A Critical Evaluation of the Factors that Influence Visitor Engagement with UK Slavery Heritage Museums: A Blended Passive Symbolic Netnographic Study

2020 - 2023
There is a substantial body of literature in slave...
Dr Shemroy Roberts | Director of Studies: Dr Craig Wight | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

What is mindfulness – how does it feel and what can it do for interculturality? An ethnographic case study of migrants in Scotland.

2020 - date
Iweta Baran | Director of Studies: Dr Jane Wilkinson | Second Supervisor: Dr Phiona Stanley

Sustainable festivals and events - an enquiry of leadership and futures

2015 - 2017
As a societal phenomenon, festivals and planned events are discussed in a wide policy context. They have entered a broader discus...
Dr Martin Robertson | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Prof Jane Ali-Knight

Influences on interpretation: A critical evaluation of the influences on the design and management of interpretation at lighter dark visitor attractions

2015 - 2019
Brianna Wyatt | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Prof Paul Barron

The role of interactive technology in the co-creation of experience in Scottish visitor attractions

2014 - 2019
" As a sector that is reliant on the creation and management of memorable experiences, visitor attrac...
Dr Ellis Urquhart | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Dr Ivana Rihova

Heritage interpretation challenges and management issues at film-induced tourism heritage attractions: case studies of Rosslyn Chapel and Alnwick Castle

2011 - 2015
Although previous research has widely acknowledg...
Dr Justyna Bakiewicz | Director of Studies: Prof Anna Leask | Second Supervisor: Prof Paul Barron

An ethnographic interpretation of the work environment within a creative culture in the advertising sector

2009 - 2014
Purpose and rationale The purpose of the exploratory research is to provide a deeper understan...
Dr Christine Band | Director of Studies: Prof John Ensor | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

Festival images: Brand image and stakeholders’ brand relationship types at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

2007 - 2011
Dr Louise Todd | Director of Studies: Prof John Ensor | Second Supervisor: Prof Anna Leask

World heritage, tourism and national identity: a case study of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

2005 - 2009
Tijana Rakic | Director of Studies: Prof John Ensor

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