Registration

Welcome reception with introduction games

Registration

morning tea

Coffee break

Framing session facilitated by Dr. Pierre Benckendorff and Prof. Gianna Moscardo

Lunch

Travel to site visit – Home Stay

Homestay experience with stakeholder forum and dinner

Stakeholder Forum with Home Stay Organisers. Opening by Dr. Paolo Mura and Dr. Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore of Taylor’s University
Panel members:
Ms. Deana How
Mr. Nantha Gopal Muniady
Ms. Noorul Ashikin
Owner of Banghuris Selangor Home Stay

Return to Taylor’s University

Morning tea

Research presentations Session 1 and 2

Session 1: Community involvement and empowerment
Facilitated by Dr. Vikneswaran Nair
Dr. Julia Albrecht, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand:
Tourism development led by the Third Sector –Impacts on a peripheral rural community

Dr. Felicite Fairer-Wessels, University of Pretoria, South Africa:
The Paradox of poverty amidst the plenty of nature: community involvement and empowerment for sustainable tourism development.

Dr. Paige Schneider, East Carolina University, USA:
Engaging Communities in Regional Sustainable Tourism: A Case Study

Prof. Tatjana Thimm, HTWG Konstanz, Germany:
Sustainable Tourism in Kerala – chances for local communities

Dr. Peter Varga, Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne,Switzerland:
Striving for environmental sustainability through socioeconomic exclusion in ‘ecotourism’ - an anthropological study on indigenous participation in tourism in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, Ecuador

Ms. Uma Thevi Munikrishnan, Taylor’s University,Malaysia:
Local Residents’ Involvement in Rural Tourism: The Case of KOPEL in Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia

Dr. Vikneswaran Nair, Taylor’s University, Malaysia:
Assessing the Impact of Rural Tourism Development on the Destination Environment: A Local Communities' Perspective

Session 2: Community Well-Being and Poverty Alleviation (C6.08)
Facilitated by Dr. Laurie Murphy

Dr. Chia-Pin (Simon) Yu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan:
Assessing Community Quality of Life in the Context of Tourism Development: Tourism- related community Quality of Life (TCQOL) Approach

Mr. Samuel Folorunso Adeyinka-Ojo, Taylor’sUniversity, Malaysia:
Conceptualising a Framework to Analyse the Factors Influencing the Local Community's Support for Sustainable Rural Tourism Development (SRTD)

Ms. Anna Huebner, GIZ PNKB Region Project, Vietnam:
The Politics of Community-Based Tourism Planning in the Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park Region, Vietnam

Ms. Eunice Tan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong:
City Slicker to Roo Carer: The Journey of a Wildlife Voluntourist

Dr. Deborah Edwards, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia:
Residents’ Perceptions of Tourism in Major Cities: An Australian Study

Dr. Mondher Sahli, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand:
Tourism investment and sustainable development: A comparative study of The Gambian hotel sector

Coffee break

Research presentations Session 3 and 4
Session 3: Sustainable Community Development and Volunteering
Facilitated by Prof. Tatjana Thimm
Ms. Zilmiyah Kamble, Taylor’s University, Malaysia:
Sri Lanka, Tourism for a brighter future? Critical Review of the 2011 Tourism Blue Print

Ms. Laura Carroll, Brandeis University, USA:
Linking tourism with Sustainable Development in Post-Revolutionary Egypt

Ms. Paulin Wong Poh Lin, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia:
Understanding Sense of Place in Tourism Development: The Case of Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Sabah
Dr. Thomas K. Toney, Taylor’s University, Malaysia:
Modeling the Index Components of Tourist Satisfaction for Destination Performance Evaluation: A study on Kerala Tourism
Mr. Murugadas Ramdas, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia:
Visitors’ Perception of Tourism Impact on Water Quality in Redang and Perhentian Island, Malaysia

Session 4: Community Tourism Development
Facilitated by Dr. Cynthia Deale

Prof. Johan Edelheim, Southern Cross University, Australia:
The Quintuple Bottom-line of Tourism Responsibility – why holistic education is necessary

Prof. Gianna Moscardo, James Cook University, Australia:
Using Tourism to Build Social Capital in Communities: New Pathways to Sustainable Tourism Futures

Dr. Laurie Murphy, James Cook University, Australia:
Exploring the relationship between Cultural capital in communities and Sustainable Tourism  

Ms. Elena Konovalov, James Cook University, Australia:
Measuring Tourism: Regional Level Framework for assessing Tourism Impacts

Dr. Anna Blackman, James Cook University, Australia:
Building community capacity by developing regional business networks: A case for business coaching

Lunch

Organization of breakout groups

Breakout session 1 facilitated by Dr. Deborah Edwards and Dr. Julia Albrecht
15:00: Start of video captures for Innotour

Coffee break with new book publications/project sharing

Free time / video captures

OPA award dinner

Morning tea

Visioning session

Coffee break

Breakout 2 - summary

Report outs: Presentation of breakout output

Closing of Think Tank 2013

Goodbye

Venue room indication
Eg: C6.06a (C – Block 6 – Level 06 – room)