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 Events - 13 July Forum on Visitor Research in Natural and Cultural Heritage Attractions


For guests who attended this event please find below the presentations that were delivered on the day:

Session 1 -

John H. Falk, Oregon State University – The learning tourist the role of identity related visit motivations

Linda Ferguson – Visitor outcomes at the Australian War Memorial

Roy Ballantyne, Jan Packer and Lucy Sutherland, The University of Queensland School of Tourism - Memories of wildlife tourism: From experience to action

John H. Falk and Katie L. Gillespie, Oregon State University - Measuring Emotion at an Urban Science Center

Jan Packer and Nigel Bond, The University of Queensland School of Tourism - Urban R&R: Visitors Visitors’ use of cultural attractions for restorative purposes

Session 2 - 

Edy MacDonald, Wellington Zoo Trust and Michael Gavin, Victoria University Wellington - Environmental hyperopia and the roles zoos can play in encouraging local conservation action

Liam Smith, Tourism Research Unit, Monash University - Ask nicely. Visitors thoughts on how to be asked to engage in pro-wildlife behaviour

Betty Weiler and Terry Brown - Being proactive: Using research to design and deliver messages that achieve behavioural outcomes

Roy Ballantyne and Jan Packer, The University of Queensland School of Tourism and John Falk, Oregon State University - The impact of wildlife tourism experiences on visitors’ learning for sustainability

Karen Hughes, The University of Queensland School of Tourism – Using post-visit action resources to enhance families’ conservation learning

Session 3 -

Lynn D. Dierking, Oregon State University - Living with the dinosaurs: A follow- up study of family learning

Gillian Savage and Rachael Coghlan, National Museum of Australia - Through children’s eyes

Lynn D. Dierking, Oregon State University (collaborating with Dale McCreedy, Franklin Institute) - Long term impacts of free choice STEM experiences on girls interest, engagement and participation in science communities, hobbiies and career - The role of identity

Event - Fourm on Visitor Research and Cultural Heritage Attractions