Tourism

Person taking photo of feet dangling over ocean cliff

Using social media for your holiday 'inspo' can be risky and even dangerous - here's why

06 Nov 2023

The content on social media platforms doesn’t always portray the locations accurately, setting unrealistic expectations and even luring tourists into trouble.

The pieces of Australia post-coronavirus are falling into place

20 May 2020

We will trade, but take more account of our interests than before, and we will trust government more.

JW Nevile Fellow in Economics Tim Harcourt, UNSW Business School.

COVID-19: Is this the end of globalisation?

20 Mar 2020

With countries around the world closing their borders in response to the coronavirus outbreak, JW Nevile Fellow Tim Harcourt from UNSW Business School, addresses the impact of COVID-19 on globalisation.

A man saving a koala in the 2020 Australian bushfire disaster.

After the bushfires: Let’s put the green back in the green and gold

02 Mar 2020

The 2020 Australian summer barely escaped the widescale bushfires that swept over the continent.

JW Nevile Fellow Tim Harcourt from UNSW Business School discusses the climate change debate and the positive economic impact of reconstruction and recovery, as affected communities rebuild.

J.W. Nevile Fellow Tim Harcourt from the UNSW Business School explains how the coronavirus will affect the Australian economy

Impact of the coronavirus on the Australian economy

07 Feb 2020

J.W. Nevile Fellow Tim Harcourt from the UNSW Business School explains how the coronavirus will affect the Australian economy; namely the services exports, tourism and education where the big impacts will be felt.

High housing costs create worries for city tourism and hospitality

07 Apr 2016

Market-led housing strategies are leaving lower-paid CBD workers struggling with long commutes and businesses at risk of labour shortages, write Ryan Van den Nouwelant and Laura Crommelin.

Bowled over by World Cup economics

27 Mar 2015

The Cricket World Cup is growing as an economic money spinner, with associated benefits to tourism and marketing as well as 'sports diplomacy', writes Tim Harcourt.

Tourism research recognised on global scale

09 Feb 2007

Larry Dwyer, Qantas Professor of Travel and Tourism Economics from the University of New South Wales, has been recognised for his outstanding contributions to tourism.