Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Ian Chaplin PhD Research Associate Flinders University Adelaide Australia

Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Research Hypothesis That railway restoration and regeneration, facilitating sustainable mobility, will revitalize local communities and ensure that sustainable tourism planning overcomes the problems of exclusion and inequitable distribution of the benefits of tourism development.

The tourism research and education approach aims to Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach The tourism research and education approach aims to Optimize the value of rail transportation as a community asset and tourism attraction through transport planning coordinated with tourism planning and policy-making Improve the quality of life for host communities and the quality of the visitor experience.

Tourism Research and Education Objectives Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Tourism Research and Education Objectives Analyze the significance of the historical development of railway transportation and railway communities for implementing sustainable practices in tourism Identify community values engendered by involvement in railway transportation and analyze their importance for sustainable tourism development planning Analyze the reasons for the decline of railway transportation and associated community values: assess the impact of this decline on prospects for sustainable tourism development

Tourism Research and Education Objectives Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Tourism Research and Education Objectives Identify and assess the contribution of tourism transportation to sustaining mobility, demand for rail travel, and stakeholder support for railway regeneration Examine the phenomenon of investment in railway restoration and regeneration in developed and developing economies and the implications for tourism planning Analyze the success of community rail initiatives and implications for tourism planning

Tourism Research and Education Objectives Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Tourism Research and Education Objectives Devise strategies for revitalizing community values through investment in community rail and railway tourism Formulate education and training policies for the revitalization of community values through railway regeneration Establish a research and teaching network comprising academic and professional advisors for the conceptualization, design, and coordination of teaching and research on Railway Tourism Planning and Development

Tourism Research and Education Methodology Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Tourism Research and Education Methodology Survey techniques: interviews and questionnaires conducted with authorities and stakeholders Focus groups involving different sections of the community Informal discussion groups held with interested participants from the community Photographic documentation e.g. from private and public organizations and associations ‘In Transit’ participant observation, interviews, photography Projects undertaken by educational institutions in the community

Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach Think Tank Contribution to the Research: A Railway Community Tourism Education Network Interdisciplinary programs are needed that provide both academic and vocational education and training. The approach, design, and content of these programs would be facilitated by the establishment of a research network that comprises stakeholders as well as academic and professional advisors

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