Dr Laura Lawton

B Arts (Hons), M Arts, PhD

Senior Lecturer, Griffith Business School

Contact details for Dr Laura Jane Lawton

Research expertise

• Cruise ship industry
• Ecotourism
• Event management
• Social impacts of tourism
• Sustainable tourism
• Tourist attractions
• Tourism management

Current teaching areas

• Event management

Publications

Refereed journal articles

• Lawton, L., and Weaver, D. (accepted), 'Factors associated with non-visitation by area residents to Congaree National Park', South Carolina. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration.
• Lawton, L., and Weaver, D. (in press), 'Travel agency threats and opportunities: The perspective of successful owners', International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration.
• Weaver, D., and Lawton, L. (in press), 'Perceptions of a Nearby Exurban Protected Area in South Carolina', USA, Environmental Management.
• Weaver. D., and Lawton, L. 2008, 'Not just surviving, but thriving: Perceived strengths of successful US-based travel agencies', International Journal of Tourism Research, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 41-53.
• Weaver, D., and Lawton, L. 2007, 'Twenty years on: The state of contemporary ecotourism research', Tourism Management, vol. 28 no. 5, pp. 1168-1179.
• Weaver, D., and Lawton, L. 2007, 'Just because it's gone doesn't mean it isn’t there anymore: Planning for attraction residuality', Tourism Management, vol. 28 no. 1, pp. 108-117.
• Lawton, L. 2005, 'Resident perceptions of tourism attractions on the Gold Coast of Australia', Journal of Travel Research, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 188-200.
• Weaver, D., and Lawton, L. 2004, 'Visitor attitudes toward tourism development and product integration in an Australian urban-rural fringe',  Journal of Travel Research, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 286-96.
• Daniels, M., and Lawton, L. 2003, 'Adolescent sport participants: Segmentation by motivation patterns', World Leisure Journal (Special Issue – Children's and Adolescent Leisure), vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 35-42.

Book chapters

• Weaver, D. and Lawton, L. 2005, 'Using cluster analysis to segment a sample of Australian ecotourists', in Ritchie, B. W., Burns, P. and Palmer, C. (eds), Tourism research methods: Integrating theory with practice, Wallingford, United Kingdom: CABI Publishing.
• Weaver, D. and Lawton, L. 2003, 'Segmentation of educational tendencies among tourist markets: Ecologe patrons at Lamington National Park, Australia', in Ritchie, B. (ed), Managing educational tourism, Clevedon, United Kingdom: Channel View pp. 73-77.

Book

• Weaver, D., and Lawton, L. 2006, Tourism management (3rd ed.). Brisbane, Australia: John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd, xiv + 490 pp., ISBN-13-9-78047080-9549.
• Lawton, L. 2003, Tourism management (2nd ed) – powerpoint presentation (Chapters 1-12), Brisbane Australia: John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd, ISBN 0-470-800-771.