Larry Dwyer

Dr Larry Dwyer

Dr Larry Dwyer

Larry Dwyer is a Vis­it­ing Research Pro­fess­or in the Busi­ness School at the Uni­ver­sity of Tech­no­logy, Sydney. He is also a Plan­et Hap­pi­ness ambassador.

Dr Dwyer has held pro­fess­or­ships at uni­ver­sit­ies in Aus­tralia and Europe. An elec­ted Fel­low and past Pres­id­ent of the Inter­na­tion­al Academy for the Study of Tour­ism, Larry has also served as Pres­id­ent of the Inter­na­tion­al Asso­ci­ation for Tour­ism Eco­nom­ics, and cur­rently serves on its Inter­na­tion­al Advis­ory Board. He is also a Found­a­tion Fel­low of the Coun­cil of Aus­tralasi­an Uni­ver­sity Tour­ism and Hos­pit­al­ity Edu­cat­ors and Research­ers (CAUTHE).

Tourism & hosts’ well-being: Moving beyond GDP towards a better life

April 27, 2021
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Every­one wants to be happy, or at least con­tent. Travel & tour­ism has long proven to deliv­er that to its cus­tom­ers. But what about about the res­id­ents of places they travel to and through?  In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, uni­ver­sity pro­fess­or Larry Dwyer iden­ti­fies a prom­ising hol­ist­ic frame­work for bench­mark­ing broad­er soci­et­al well-being.  Dr Dwyer […]

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