Dr Gareth Butler

Senior Lecturer

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

+61 8 82017950

gareth.butler@flinders.edu.au

Social Science South (207)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Gareth is a lecturer in a variety of tourism management topics focusing mainly on sustainable tourism development and community engagement strategies. He is the current coordinator for the department's overseas research project topic (TOUR3000) which typically involves travel to a destination in SE Asia (Malaysia or Cambodia).

He presently holds the additional title of Senior Research Affiliate at the University of Johannesburg and has worked on funded tourism development research projects in rural South Africa. He has previously taught at universities in the UK and Malaysia.

Qualifications

Ph.D. Tourism Geographies
MSc Cultural Tourism Development
BSc (Hons) Geography

Key responsibilities

Postgraduate coordinator

Topic coordinator

TOUR3000 International Research Project

TOUR3101 Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Events

TOUR3113 Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development

TOUR3108 Community Project

Topic lecturer

TOUR1101 Introduction to Tourism Studies

TOUR3101 Contemporary Issues in Tourism and Events

TOUR1104 Tourism Portfolio

TOUR3113 Sustainable Tourism Planning and Development

Supervisory interests

Cultural tourism

Diasporas

Heritage studies

Migration

National parks

Tourism development

Tourism geographies

Tourism impacts

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Maritime Cultural Heritage Tourism (1), South Australian Wine Tourism and the Emerging Chinese Market (1), Post-travel Cultural Involvement (1), Cultural Tourism Growth and Community Impacts in Panyu, China (1)

Completion

Principal supervisor: Visitor Motivations and Expectations at Naracoorte Caves National Park (1)

Professional engagement