Profile

Professor Richard Sharpley

Professor of Tourism

School of Sport, Tourism and The Outdoors

Greenbank Building, Room 137

+(44) 1772 894622

rajsharpley@uclan.ac.uk

After graduating from Sheffield University, Richard spent 8 years working in sales and marketing within the professional photographic products sector. He then spent four years pursuing a career in travel photography/journalism before completing his MSC Tourism (Strathclyde University) and, subsequently, his PhD (Lancaster University).

His academic career commenced at Luton University, followed by positions at the University of Northumbria (Reader in Tourism) and the University of Lincoln (Professor of Tourism / Head of Department, Tourism & Recreation). He joined Lancashire Business School in 2007 as Professor of Tourism.

Current Teaching Activities

Currently reaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in tourism and outdoor recreation. Also  supervising a number of PhD students.

Research

Current Research Projects

Tourism and rural entrepreneurship
Tourism and the State in Cuba
Dark Tourism
Contemporary approaches to the study of tourism

Completed Research Projects (Since 2001)

2006: Project: Visitor Survey for Lincolnshire Farm & Countryside Attractions Group.
2004: Consultancy project: Market Towns Initiative, ERYC/LEADER (Phase 1)
2004: Consultancy project: Interim Evaluation of Hadrian’s Wall Tourism Partnership SRB scheme.
2003: Consultancy project: desk-based research for development of tourism section of management plans for North Pennines AONB and Northumberland Coast AONB (for Countryside Agency, subcontracted via Land Use Consultants, Glasgow)

Grants

£10,000 funded (SRB6) review: Hadrian’s Wall tourism Partnership: Enrichment and Enterprise Scheme: Interim Evaluation and Exit Strategy

Research Degree Supervision (Completed And Current Since 2001)

Currently supervising 3 PhD students in the area of tourism / outdoor recreation

Publications

Books

(2008) Tourism and Development in the Developing World, Abingdon: Routledge. (with D. Telfer)

(2008) Tourism, Tourists and Society, 4th Edition, Huntingdon: Elm Publications

(2007) Tourism and Leisure in the Countryside, 5th Edition. Huntingdon: Elm Publications.

(2006) Companion to Travel & Tourism, London: Sage Publications

(2006) Tourism and Development: Concepts and Issues (Korean Translation), Seoul: Back-  San Publishing; edited text (with D. Telfer).

(2005) Tourism and Leisure in the Countryside, 4th Edition. Huntingdon: Elm Publications

(2004) The Management of Tourism, London: Sage Publications; edited text (with L. Pender).

(2003) Tourism, Tourists and Society, 3rd Edition. Huntingdon: Elm Publications.

(2003) Tourism and Leisure in the Countryside, 3rd Edition. Huntingdon: Elm Publications

(2002) Tourism and Development: Concepts and Issues, Clevedon: Channel View Publications; edited text (with D. Telfer)

(2002) The Tourism Business: An Introduction, Sunderland: Business Education Publishers.

Journals

(2007) Tourism, marketing and sustainable development in the English national parks: the role of National Park Authorities, Journal of Sustainable Tourism 15(5), 557-573. (with T.Pearce)

(2007) Flagship attractions and sustainable rural tourism development: the case of the Alnwick Garden, Journal of Sustainable Tourism 15(2), 125-143.

(2006) Ecotourism: a consumption perspective, Journal of Ecotourism 5(1+2), 7-22.

(2006) Tourism, farming and diversification: an attitudinal analysis, Tourism Management 27(5): 1040-1052. (with A. Vass)

(2005) Tourism and the tsunami – a comment, Current Issues in Tourism 8(4): 344-349.

(2005)  Tourism: a sacred journey? The case of ashram tourism, India, International Journal of Tourism Research 7(3): 161-171. (with P. Sundaram)

(2004) Editorial: Rural Tourism – 10 years on, International Journal of Tourism Research 6(3): 119-124.

(2003) The implications of hotel employee attitudes for the devlopment of quality tourism: the case of Cyprus, Tourism Management 24(6): 687-697. (with G. Forster).

(2003) Tourism, modernisation and development on the island of Cyprus: challenges and policy responses,  Journal of Sustainable Tourism 11(2+3): 246-265.

(2002) The challenges of economic diversification through tourism: the case of Abu Dhabi, International Journal of Tourism Research 4(2): 221-235.

(2002) Rural tourism and the challenge of diversification: the case of Cyprus, Tourism Management 23(3): 233-244.

(2001) The 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis – rural economy and tourism policy implications: A comment, Current Issues in Tourism 4(6): 527-537. (with B. Craven).

(2001) Sustainability and the political economy of tourism in Cyprus, Tourism 49(3): 241-254.

(2001) Tourism in Cyprus: challenges and opportunities, Tourism Geographies 3(1): 64-86.

Conference Papers

(2007) Making absent death present: death, dying and dark tourism. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference, The Social Context of Death, Dying & Disposal, University of Bath, September12-15. (with P. Stone).

(2006) Tourism in The Gambia: 10 Years on, refereed paper, Cutting Edge Research in Tourism: New Directions, Challenges and Applications, Surrey University, June.

(2005) Ecotourism: a consumption perspective, Paper presented at Politics of Ecotourism workshop, Centre for Mobilities Research, Lancaster University, January.

(2004) Flagship attractions and sustainable rural tourism development: the case of Alnwick Gardens, Tourism: State of the Art II, Strathclyde University, June.

(2003) Travels to the edge of darkness: towards a typology of dark tourism, refereed paper, Taking Tourism to the Limits Conference, University of Waikato, New Zealand, December.

(2002) Implications of Cypriot hotel employee attitudes for quality service management. ACTE Tourist Conference and Exhibition, Limassol, Cyprus. 5th December.

(2002) Scope,scale and research issues in rural tourism. Northern Rural Network Seminar, UNN, Longhirst, 9th October (with L. Roberts).

(2001) Rural tourism and sustainable development: a governance perspective, keynote paper, New Directions in Managing Rural Tourism and Leisure Conference, SAC, Ayr.

(2001) The challenge of developing rural tourism in established coastal tourism destinations: lessons from Cyprus, New Directions in Managing Rural Tourism and Leisure Conference, SAC, Ayr

Other

(2007) Book review: Horror and Human Tragedy Revisited: The Management of Sites of Atrocities for Tourism’ (G.Ashworth and R. Hartmann), Journaln of Tourism and Cultural Change 5(2): 131-134.

(2006) Book review: ‘Rural Tourism and Sustainable Rural Business’ (D.Hall et al, eds.), Tourism Geographies 8(4): 431-434.

(2004) HWTP Enrichment and Enterprise Scheme: Interim Evaluation and Exit Strategy, report prepared for Hadrian’s Wall Tourism Partnership, Hexham, Northumberland

(2003) Cover notes for ‘The Moralisation of Tourism’, J. Butcher, Routledge.

(2002) ‘Snow Business’: Book Review, Tourism Management 23(4): 421-2
 
(2001) Tourism Development in Abu Dhabi: the role of the exhibition / conference sector, report prepared for Sultan O. B. Al Suwaidi, Director General, General Exhibitions Company, Abu Dhabi.

External Activities

External  Examiner: Napier University (MSc Tourism Programme); Surrey University (Undergraduate tourism programme)

Series Editor: Tourism, Environment, Development, Earthscan, London