Griffith University

BSc (Honours) Environmental and Marine Biology. University of St Andrews, Scotland. Grad Dip Education, PhD James Cook University, Townsville.

Research Fellow, International Centre for Ecotourism Research

 Contact details for Dr Alexandra Coghlan

Research Interests

Nature-based tourism, volunteer tourism, marine tourism, environmental education.

Selected publications:

Journal Articles:

• Coghlan, A. (in press). Facilitating reef tourism management through an innovative importance-performance analysis method. Tourism Management. doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2011.08.010.
• Coghlan, A. (2012). Exploring the user-management gap in protected areas using an input, output and outcome linkages model. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 20(1): 41-58. doi10.1080/09669582.2011.614351.
• Pegas, F., Coghlan, A. and Rocha, V. (2012). An exploration of a mini-guide program: training local children in sea turtle conservation and ecotourism in Brazil. Journal of Ecotourism 11(1): 48-55.
• Coghlan, A., Fox, F., Prideaux, B. and Luck, M. (2011). Full Immersion: Examining the links between activity type and successful interpretation In Great Barrier Reef Tourism. Tourism in Marine Environments 7(3/4): 167-178. 
• Coghlan, A. and Gooch, M. (2011). Applying a transformative learning framework to volunteer tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 19(2): 713-728.
• Pabel, A. and Coghlan, A. (2011). Dive markets segments and destination competitiveness: a case study of the Great Barrier Reef in view of changing reef ecosystem health. Tourism in Marine Environments 7(2): 55-66.
• Coghlan, A., Fox, R., Prideaux, B. and Luck, M. (in press). Full immersion: examining the links between activity type and successful interpretation in Great Barrier Reef tourism. Tourism in Marine Environments.
• Prideaux, B. and Coghlan (2010). Digital cameras and photo taking behaviour on the Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Vacation Marketing  16(3): 171-183.    
• Coghlan, A. and Pearce, P. (2010). Tracking affective components of satisfaction. Tourism and Hospitality Research 10(1): 42-58.    
• Coghlan, A. and Fennell, D. (2009).  Myth or substance: an examination of altruism as the basis of volunteer tourism. Annals of Leisure Research 12(3/4): 377-402.    
• Carson, D., Prideaux, B., Coghlan, A. and Taylor, A. (2009). Heritage as a motivation for four-wheel drive tourism in desert Australia. Journal of Heritage Tourism 4(3): 217-225. 
• Coghlan, A. and Prideaux, B. (2009). Welcome to the Wet Tropics: the importance of weather in the reef tourism resilience. Current Issues in Tourism 12(2): 89-104.
• Coghlan, A. and Prideaux, B. (2009).  Responding to stakeholder research needs using a visitor monitoring survey: the case of the Great Barrier Reef Tourism Industry. Tourism in Marine Environments 5(2/3): 187-199.     
• Coghlan, A. (2008). Exploring the role of expedition staff in volunteer tourism. International Journal of Tourism Research 10: 183-191.
  
• Coghlan, A. and Prideaux, B. (2008). Encounters with wildlife in Cairns, Australia: where, what, who…?  Journal of Ecotourism 7: 68-76.
• Prideaux, B., Coghlan, A. and Falco-Mammone, F. (2008). Post crisis recovery: the case of Cyclone Larry. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing 23: 163-174. A ranked journal.
• Coghlan, A. (2007). Towards an integrated typology of volunteer tourism organizations. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 15 (3): 267-287.  A ranked journal.

Book Chapters:

• Coghlan, A. and Buckley, R. (in press). Nature-based tourism. In A. Holden and D. Fennell (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Tourism and the Environment. Oxfordshire: Routledge.
• Buckley, R. and Coghlan, A. (in press). Nature-based tourism in breadth and depth. In T. V. Singh (Ed.) Critical Debates in Tourism. Clevedon, UK: Channel View.
• Coghlan, A. (2012). Last chance tourism on the Great Barrier Reef. In J. Dawson and H. Lemelin (Eds.) Last Chance Tourism.  Oxfordshire: Routledge.
• Coghlan, A. and Prideaux, B. (2011). Driving the desert: profiling four-wheel-drive visitors. In B. Prideaux and D. Carson (Eds.) Drive Tourism: Trends and Emerging Markets (pp.246-259). Oxfordshire: Routledge.
  
• Coghlan, A. and Prideaux, B. (2009). A destination-based approach to comparing reef tourism destinations: the case of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and the Caribbean  In: Coastal Tourism Development, R. Dowling and C. Pforr (Eds). Cognizant Communication Corporation, New  York, pp. 237-251.
• Pearce, P. and Coghlan, A. (2008). The dynamics behind volunteer tourism. In: Journeys of Discovery in Volunteer Tourism, K.D Lyons and S. Wearing (Eds.)  CABI, Oxfordshire, UK 130-143.

Selected Conference Papers:

• Coghlan, A., Fox, R., Prideaux, B. and Luck, M. (2009). Successful Interpretation in Great Barrier Reef Tourism: Dive in or keep out of it? In Proceedings of CMT2009, the 6th International Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism (pp.47-60), 23-26 June, Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa.
• Coghlan, A. and Prideaux, B. (2009). Linking tourism and natural resource management through output indicators. In Proceedings of the 18th Annual Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE): See Change: tourism and hospitality in a dynamic world. 10-13 February 2009, Fremantle, Western Australia.
• Prideaux, B., Coghlan, A. and McKercher, B. (2009). Identifying Indicators Measure the Tourists’ Views on Climate Change. In Proceedings of the 18th Annual Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE): See Change: tourism and hospitality in a dynamic world. 10-13 February 2009, Fremantle, Western Australia.
• Coghlan, A. and Prideaux, B. (2008).  Matching Motivations and activities for 4WD club members and the implications for developing desert 4WD tourism. In Proceedings of the 17th Annual Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, CAUTHE, Conference, S. Richardson, L. Fredline,  A. Patiar and M.Ternel (Eds.)  Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
• McNamara, K., Coghlan, A. and Prideaux, B. (2008). The Non Nature-Based Tourists in the Tropical North. In Proceedings of 14th Asia Pacific Tourism Association Annual Conference, Yeong-Hyeon Hwang (Eds.)  APTA, Korea 264-270.