David Jarratt

Dr David Jarratt

Dr Dav­id Jarratt

Dav­id Jar­ratt is a Seni­or Lec­turer in Tour­ism Man­age­ment with­in the School of Busi­ness at The Uni­ver­sity of Cent­ral Lan­cashire (UCLan) in the UK. Dr Jar­rat­t’s research interests include tour­ist motiv­a­tion, well-being, and sense of place.

For some time he has been research­ing the exper­i­ences of vis­it­ors to the Brit­ish sea­side and more recently has con­sidered cur­rent issues relat­ing to tech­no­logy and the envir­on­ment. (ORCID)

Prof Richard Butler on tourism’s challenges and academia’s inadequacies

December 12, 2023

Professor Richard Butler on tourism’s challenges and academia’s inadequacies ... "[Don't] let wishful thinking take precedence over logic"

As most travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers rush towards an uncer­tain future filled with very real chal­lenges, Richard But­ler wor­ries that aca­demia is los­ing itself down ideo­lo­gic­al alley­ways and crit­ic­al cul-de-sacs. The cre­at­or of But­ler­’s Tour­ism Area Life Cycle (TALC) mod­el thinks it is import­ant for tour­ism research­ers and edu­cat­ors to check in with real­ity. Prof […]

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‘Where seagulls don’t land anymore’: Are British seaside resorts trending again?

March 7, 2023
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British seaside resorts: St Leonard’s-on-Sea

Many Brit­ish sea­side resorts are mak­ing a comeback after dec­ades of sniffy cri­ti­cism led by the media, and des­pite a per­sist­ent nar­rat­ive of decay and decline. Dav­id Jar­ratt shares this “Good Tour­ism” Insight; the second in a series ini­ti­ated by Tourism’s Hori­zon, a “GT” Insight Part­ner.  [You too can write a “GT” Insight.] Tra­di­tion­al Brit­ish sea­side resorts […]

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