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The economics of well-being: Crafting tourism policies that benefit destinations, residents and the bottom line
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The economics of well-being: Crafting tourism policies that benefit destinations, residents and the bottom line

  • 09:00–09:55 UK time55 minutes
  • Online, on Zoom, inside ScholardemiaRegister, then join on this page from 08:50. How to join
  • Larry DwyerConvened by Prof. Eugenia Wickens

This webinar asks how tourism policy can support viable businesses, healthy communities and functioning environments.

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Speaker update, 2 October 2026: Larry Dwyer is confirmed as the academic speaker. The industry speaker will be announced once confirmed.
Visitor arrivals, total expenditure and employment figures provide an incomplete account of tourism's value to a destination. This webinar examines economic frameworks that also consider resident wellbeing, environmental degradation, social inclusion and the distribution of income. It asks how public policy can recognise commercial contribution while accounting for costs that do not appear in conventional business measures. The session will connect subjective experience with observable conditions such as housing, public services, employment security and access to environmental resources.
Panellists will evaluate extended cost-benefit analysis, distributional assessment and alternative wellbeing frameworks. These approaches will be applied to tourism taxation, infrastructure funding, visitor management and investment incentives. The discussion will consider how assumptions about value, time and affected populations shape the result of an appraisal. It will also examine who receives tourism income, who pays for public capacity and how decision-makers can avoid treating gains to one group as automatic compensation for losses experienced by another.
Participants will learn to select indicators that reflect local policy objectives and to combine financial, social and environmental evidence. They will consider methods for identifying hidden costs, testing alternative options and communicating trade-offs to residents and businesses. The webinar will also address the practical limits of monetising cultural or ecological value. Delegates will leave with a methodology for designing tourism policies that support viable enterprise while protecting the community assets and public legitimacy on which profitability depends over the long term. This approach connects economic appraisal with democratic accountability and responsible public finance.

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This webinar runs on Zoom. You join it here on Scholardemia, where the meeting opens inside the page with the chat, questions and polls beside it. You do not need a Zoom account or a Zoom link.

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  2. Come back on the dayThe room opens at 08:50 on Friday 12 February. We email you reminders with the Join button 24 hours and 1 hour before.
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The economics of well-being: Crafting tourism policies that benefit destinations, residents and the bottom line

WebinarOnlineSession 12 of 29

This webinar asks how tourism policy can support viable businesses, healthy communities and functioning environments.

  • 09:00–09:55 UK time
  • Online, on Zoom, inside Scholardemia · 55 minutesRegister, then join on this page from 08:50. How to join
  • Larry DwyerConvened by Prof. Eugenia Wickens

About this webinar

Speaker update, 2 October 2026: Larry Dwyer is confirmed as the academic speaker. The industry speaker will be announced once confirmed.
Visitor arrivals, total expenditure and employment figures provide an incomplete account of tourism's value to a destination. This webinar examines economic frameworks that also consider resident wellbeing, environmental degradation, social inclusion and the distribution of income. It asks how public policy can recognise commercial contribution while accounting for costs that do not appear in conventional business measures. The session will connect subjective experience with observable conditions such as housing, public services, employment security and access to environmental resources.
Panellists will evaluate extended cost-benefit analysis, distributional assessment and alternative wellbeing frameworks. These approaches will be applied to tourism taxation, infrastructure funding, visitor management and investment incentives. The discussion will consider how assumptions about value, time and affected populations shape the result of an appraisal. It will also examine who receives tourism income, who pays for public capacity and how decision-makers can avoid treating gains to one group as automatic compensation for losses experienced by another.
Participants will learn to select indicators that reflect local policy objectives and to combine financial, social and environmental evidence. They will consider methods for identifying hidden costs, testing alternative options and communicating trade-offs to residents and businesses. The webinar will also address the practical limits of monetising cultural or ecological value. Delegates will leave with a methodology for designing tourism policies that support viable enterprise while protecting the community assets and public legitimacy on which profitability depends over the long term. This approach connects economic appraisal with democratic accountability and responsible public finance.

How to join

This webinar runs on Zoom. You join it here on Scholardemia, where the meeting opens inside the page with the chat, questions and polls beside it. You do not need a Zoom account or a Zoom link.

  1. RegisterFree, with your Scholardemia account.
  2. Come back on the dayThe room opens at 08:50 on Friday 12 February. We email you reminders with the Join button 24 hours and 1 hour before.
  3. Press JoinSign in with the same account. The meeting opens here, with questions, polls and the group chat beside it.

Use an up-to-date Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox. Allow sound when your browser asks, and use headphones if you can.

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Prof. Larry Dwyer

Presenter

University of Technology Sydney

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Prof. Eugenia Wickens

Convenor

OTS Academy

United Kingdom

Professor Eugenia Wickens edits the Journal On Tourism & Sustainability (JOTS) and the Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education (JTHE), and chairs Scholardemia webinar sessions. Her research covers tourist experience and typologies, tourism routes and rural development, volunteer tourism, and event and cultural tourism. Formerly Reader in Tourism at Buckinghamshire New University, she has helped plan tourism education in Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Serbia, Greece, Ireland and Turkey.

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Prof. Eugenia Wickens

Convenor

OTS Academy

United Kingdom

Professor Eugenia Wickens edits the Journal On Tourism & Sustainability (JOTS) and the Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Education (JTHE), and chairs Scholardemia webinar sessions. Her research covers tourist experience and typologies, tourism routes and rural development, volunteer tourism, and event and cultural tourism. Formerly Reader in Tourism at Buckinghamshire New University, she has helped plan tourism education in Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Serbia, Greece, Ireland and Turkey.

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