Associate Professor in Tourism, Coordinator Tourism & Hospitality Research Un
Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
La Trobe Business SchoolMelbourne (Bundoora)
PhD (Monash); MA; Grad Dip (Tourism)
Council of Australian Tourism and Hospitality Education; Travel and Tourism Research Association; Tourism and Transport Forum
Tourism and Hospitality Management
Dr Beeton began her life in tourism guiding horseback tours in the Australian High Country, largely in response to the ‘Man from Snowy River’ movies. She witnessed first-hand the growth of a specific sector of tourism and its effects on local, country communities and families. She was an early Board Member of an industry tourism association (Victorian Tourism Operators Association) where she represented the interests of such groups to local and state government. Since moving to academia some 14 years ago, Sue has conducted tourism-based research into public land management, nature-based tourism, rural tourism, community development, cycle tourism and film-induced tourism. As well as producing numerous academic papers, she has published four books, “Beeton’s Guide to Adventure Horse Riding”, “Ecotourism: a practical guide for rural communities”, “Community Development Through Tourism” and “Film-Induced Tourism”. She is an international Board member of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) and co-convenor of the bi-annual International Tourism and Media conference (ITAM).
Research Boards, Committees
- Rail Trails as a Tourism and Community Development Tool
Refereed journal articles
Beeton, S. (2010) Landscapes as Characters: Film, Tourism and a Sense of Place, Metro, Special Feature Section on Landscape and Location in Australian Cinema, No.166, pp.114-119
Beeton, S. (2010) The Advance of Film Tourism, Tourism and Hospitality Planning and Development, Vol.7, No.1, pp.1-6
Beeton, S. (2010) Regional community entrepreneurship through tourism: the case of Victoria’s rail trails, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol.2, Nos.1/2, pp.128-148
Cynthia, D. and Beeton, S. (2009) Supporting Independent Film Production through Tourism Collaboration, Tourism Review International, , Vol.13, No.2, pp.113-119
Beeton, S. (2008) From the Screen to the Field: the influence of film on tourism and recreation, Tourism Recreation Research, Vol.31 No.1 pp.39-47
Beeton, S. (2008) Location. Location , Location: Film Corporations’ Social Responsibilities, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, Vol.24, Nos.2-3, pp.107-114
Beeton, S. (2007) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: CSR, Film and Tourism. Two Cases of Filming in a Small Community, Tourism Review International, Vol.11 No.2, pp.145-154
Beeton, S. (2006) From Theory to Practice: Participant Interpretation of Research Results, Tourism Recreation Research, Special Edition 2: Tourism Research, guest editor, John Tribe, Vol.31, No.2, pp.3-10
Beeton, S. (2006) Understanding Film-Induced Tourism, Tourism Analysis, Vol.11, No.3, pp.181-188
King, R. and Beeton, S. (2006) Influence of Mass Media’s Coverage of Adventure Tourism on Youth Perceptions of Risk, Tourism, Culture and Communications, Special Edition on Media and Tourism, guest editors S. Beeton, G. Croy and W. Frost, Vol.6 No.3, pp.161-169
Beeton, S. (2006) Sustainable Tourism in Practice: Trails and Tourism – Critical Management Issues of Multi-Use Trails, Tourism and Hospitality Planning and Development, Vol.3, No.1, pp.47-64
Beeton, S. (2004) Rural Tourism in Australia – has the gaze altered? Tracking Rural Images Through Film and Tourism Promotion. International Journal of Tourism Research - Special Issue: Rural Tourism. Vol. 6, pp.125-135
Beeton, S. (2003) ‘Swimming against the tide - Integrating marketing with environmental management via demarketing’ Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Vol. 10 No.2, pp. 95 - 107.
Beeton, S. & Benfield, R. (2003) ‘Demand Control: The case for demarketing as a visitor and environmental management tool’ Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Vol.10 Issue 6, pp.497-513
Beeton, S. & Pinge, I. (2003) ‘Casting the Holiday Dice: Demarketing Gambling to Encourage Local Tourism’. Current Issues in Tourism, Vol. 6 No. 4, pp. 309-322
Beeton, S. (2002) ‘Entrepreneurship in Rural Tourism? Australian Landcare Programs as a Destination Marketing Tool’ Journal of Travel Research, Vol.41 No.2, pp.206-209
Beeton, S. (2002) ‘The Cost of Complacency – Horseback Tourism and Crisis Management Revisited’ Current Issues in Tourism Vol.5, No.5. pp. 467-470
Beeton, S. (2001) ‘Horseback Tourism in Victoria: Cooperative, Proactive Crisis Management’ Current Issues in Tourism, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 403-421
Beeton, S. (2001) ‘Smiling for the Camera: the influence of film audiences on a budget tourism destination’ Tourism, Culture and Communication, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp.15-26
Beeton, S. (2000), ‘Hoofing It - On Four or Two Feet? Managing multi-use trails and sites’ Current Issues in Tourism, Vol.2(2/3) , pp.211-225
Books
Beeton, S. (2006) Community Development through Tourism, Landlinks Press, Melbourne
Beeton, S. (2005) Film-Induced Tourism. Channel View Publications, Clevedon
Beeton, S. (2002) Eko Tsu-Rizumu Kyouhon. Heibonsha Ltd., Tokyo Beeton, S. (1998) Ecotourism, A Practical Guide for Local Communities, Landlinks Press, Melbourne Beeton, S. (1994) Beeton's Guide to Adventure Horse Riding, On-track Tourism Consultants, Melbourne
Book chapters
Beeton, S. (2008) Partnerships and Social Responsibility: leveraging tourism and international film business, International Business and Tourism: Global Issues, Contemporary Interactions, edited by Tim Coles and C.Michael Hall, Routledge, pp.256-272
Beeton, S. Bowen, H. & Santos, C. (2005) State of Knowledge: Mass Media and its Relationship to Perceptions of Quality, Quality Tourism Experiences, eds G. Jennings & N. Nickerson, pp.25-37
Beeton, S. (2005) The Case Study in Tourism Research: A Multi-Method Case Study Approach. Tourism Research Methods. Integrating Theory and Practice, eds. Brent Ritchie, Peter Burns and Cathy Palmer. CAB International, pp.37-48
Beeton, S. (2004) Business Issues in Wildlife Tourism: From Theory to Practice. Wildlife Tourism, ed. Karen Higginbottom, Common Ground, pp.187-209
Beeton, S. (2003) ‘The Effect of Film on Tourism: A Case of Making a Sea Change?’ in Hall, CM, Introduction to Tourism: Dimensions and Issues, 4th edition, Pearson Education, Web Companion
Beeton, S. (2001) 'Lights, Camera, Re-action. How does film-induced tourism affect a country town?' MF Rogers, YMJ Collins (eds) The Future of Australia’s Country Towns, Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, La Trobe University, Bendigo, pp. 172-183