An Email-Based Delphi Approach to Tourism Program Evaluation: Involving Stakeholders in Research Design

Northcote, Jeremy; Lee, Diane; Chok, Stephanie; Wegner, Aggie

doi:10.1080/13683500802140315

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“…The purpose was to estimate the experts' ratings of each item. In other words, interexpert consensus assesses the extent to which experts make the same ratings (Kozlowski and Hattrup, 1992;Northcote et al, 2008). In prior studies, descriptive statistics have often been used to capture the variability among individual characteristics, responses, or contributions to the subject group (Landeta, 2006;Roberson et al, 2007).…”

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The benefits of tourism for rural community development

Liu

Chiang

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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While the main benefits of rural tourism have been studied extensively, most of these studies have focused on the development of sustainable rural tourism. The role of tourism contributions to rural community development remains unexplored. Little is known about what tourism contribution dimensions are available for policy-makers and how these dimensions affect rural tourism contributions. Without a clear picture and indication of what benefits rural tourism can provide for rural communities, policy-makers might not invest limited resources in such projects. The objectives of this study are threefold. First, we outline a rural tourism contribution model that policy-makers can use to support tourism-based rural community development. Second, we address several methodological limitations that undermine current sustainability model development and recommend feasible methodological solutions. Third, we propose a six-step theoretical procedure as a guideline for constructing a valid contribution model. We find four primary attributes of rural tourism contributions to rural community development; economic, sociocultural, environmental, and leisure and educational, and 32 subattributes. Ultimately, we confirm that economic benefits are the most significant contribution. Our findings have several practical and methodological implications and could be used as policy-making guidelines for rural community development.

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The benefits of tourism for rural community development

Liu

Chiang

2023

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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“…As a final step of mapping past potential habitat, we drew on knowledge from nine Australian bird experts to review and refine these outputs. The expert elicitation process was done using an online modified Delphi approach (Northcote et al 2008). In the first round of communication, experts were asked to iteratively check and, if necessary, modify past potential habitat maps for threatened birds in Australia.…”

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Creating past habitat maps to quantify local extirpation of Australian threatened birds

Ward

Watson

Possingham

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Environ. Res. Lett.

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Habitat loss is driving the extirpation of fauna across Earth. Many species are now absent from vast areas where they once occurred in inhabited continents, yet we do not have a good understanding of the extent to which different species have been extirpated, nor the degree to which range contractions and habitat loss has contributed to this local extirpation. Here, for the first time, we use a combination of scientific literature, historical sources, spatial data, and expert elicitation to map the past extent of potential habitats, and changes thereto, of 72 of Australia’s most imperilled terrestrial birds. By comparing the area of potential habitat within the past and current ranges of these taxa, we quantify the extent over which each of Australia’s threatened terrestrial birds have likely been extirpated and assess the amount and configuration of potential habitat that remains. Our results show that since 1750 (before European colonization), at least one extant taxon of threatened bird has disappeared from over 530 million hectares (69%) of Australia, through both range contractions and loss of potentially suitable habitat (noting these are not mutually exclusive phenomena). Ten taxa (14%) have likely been extirpated from >99% of their past potential habitat. For 56 taxa (78%), remaining habitat within their current potential habitats has become fragmented. This research paints a sobering picture of the extent of local extirpation of threatened birds from much of Australia over a 250-year time period. By mapping and quantifying this loss, these findings will help refine scientific understanding about the impact of habitat removal and other pervasive threats that are driving this observed extirpation.

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The Future of Wine Tourism in the Okanagan Valley: A Delphi Method Survey

Conlin

Rice

2019

Wine Tourism Destination Management and Marketing

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An Email-Based Delphi Approach to Tourism Program Evaluation: Involving Stakeholders in Research Design

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

The benefits of tourism for rural community development

The benefits of tourism for rural community development

Creating past habitat maps to quantify local extirpation of Australian threatened birds

The Future of Wine Tourism in the Okanagan Valley: A Delphi Method Survey

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