Tagged with Schoolies

Griffith opens tourism research Institute

Exotic tourist destination, which will be part of the focus for Griffith researchers at GIFt.
Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
The Griffith Institute for Tourism (GIFT), Australia’s largest dedicated centre for world-leading research in this area, opened at Griffith University on January 1. Its Strategic Research Program will focus on key areas covering business, environment, health and the Asia-Pacific region, aiming to influence development of tourism-related policy and how the tourism industry adopts evidence-based best […]

Conflict of Schoolies ‘tolerated’ by residents

David Weaver, Griffith University, in white T-shirt in a wooded setting.
Department of Tourism, Sport and Hotel Management
Published AuthorStephen O'Grady
Gold Coast residents are characterised by an overall attitude of tolerance toward Schoolies Week, new Griffith University research reveals. An online survey of 880 adults living on the Gold Coast shows a diverse range of attitudes towards the annual celebration which brings an estimated 40,000 high school leavers to the Queensland city each year. The […]