2002

The project explores the gender relations and issues of power in the context of post-war environment, the economy in transition and tourism entrepreneurship. Funded by local government of Sibensko-Kninska Zupanija, Croatia . This project represents Ateljevic's current research interest in feminist research and adequately development of related links and networks.

This is a collaborative research project between the Travel and Tourism Group at AUT and the Tourism Studies Programme at the University of South Pacific. The project focuses on the emergence of backpacker tourism in the South Pacific as part of a significant growth sector in the global tourism industry.

This paper attempts to document the phenomenon of urban-based commercial ecotourism development through a case study of Auckland, New Zealand. Considerably more activity was found to be occurring than expected. Initial sections of the paper develop an operational definition of the term (used analytically later) and substantiate reasons for its back-spread from rural to urban areas.

The overall goal of the research was to see if there were "winners and losers" in the tourism and leisure sectors in terms of benefitting from the America's Cup event. The macro-scale impact analysis done by McDermott-Fairgray/Ernst & Young (October, 2000) suggested the entire Auckland region had done well. We wanted to examine this conclusion at the micro-scale.

A series of 3 focus groups were conducted over 2-4 July 2002 to discuss what should be included in a policy statement from Auckland City Council regarding Community Gardens. The groups consisted of 6-8 people in each with the following categories of participants: “pro-community gardens”, “professionals” and “gardeners”. Participants were provided with a copy of the Community Gardens Discussion Document prior to attending the Focus groups.