Professor Roy Ballantyne

Room Number: 435

Building Number: 39A

Campus: St Lucia Campus

Telephone Number: +61 (7) 3346 9261

Fax Number: +61 (7) 3346 8716

Email: r.ballantyne@uq.edu.au

Biosketch

Professor Ballantyne has a well established international reputation for his work in environmental/heritage interpretation and visitor research. He is currently involved with researching visitor ‘free-choice’ learning in eco- and wildlife tourism environments. In particular, he leads a research team that is working with a number of international zoos and aquariums to improve the long-term impact of visitation on visitor adoption of environmentally sustainable behaviour. Other research interests include tourist behaviour and visitor experiences; and ‘hot’ interpretation experiences.

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Editorships

• Editorial Board, Visitor Studies

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