1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Please send your comments and suggestions to: Ian Chaplin
Revitalizing Community Values through Railway Regeneration in the Asia Pacific Region: A Tourism Research and Education Approach
Please send your comments and suggestions to:
Ian Chaplin
THANK YOU