A presentation on the Tourism Journey at the World Parks Congress, Sydney, Australia. It describes the TAPAS Group, tourism events at the Congress, and also how to contribute to a new publication on papers presented at the meeting. For twitter, see @WPC Sydney #WPCTourism

1. Tourism Journey
@WPC
Dr Anna Spenceley, Chair
IUCN WCPA Tourism and Protected Areas
Specialist Group (TAPAS Group)
annaspenceley@gmail.com
November 2014
connecting experience with idealism to produce protected areas that matter,
transforming visitor experiences & developing more resilient communities

2. Who we are
IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
(WCPA) Specialist Group
Voluntary technical network
Specialists on tourism and protected areas and
areas of particular importance to biodiversity

3. What we do
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PARKS
The I
t er no ational J urnafl o
Protected Areas o and Cnser vation
Developing capacity for a lpr otected p anet
Issue 18.2: December 2012
Develop knowledge
Build capacity
Network

4. Online
What we doing more of
review and
Webinars on key themes comment
New working group on communities

5. Tourism Journey @ WPC
Tourism Journey @ WPC 2014 Twitter: #WPCTourism http://wpc2014.eventranet.com.au/program
7.00 – 8.15 8.30- 10.00 10.30 – 12.00 12.15 – 13.15 13.30 – 15.00 15.30 – 17.00 17.30 – 19.00 19.15 – 21.00
Sun 9th November IUCN Green List workshop, Lane Cove NP, by invitation
Mon 10th IUCN Green List workshop, Lane Cove NP, by invitation
Tues 11th Protected Areas Leaders Forum, by invitation PA Leaders Forum:
Tourism panel dinner,
by invitation
Evaluating conservation capacity development:
Synthesizing ideas and best practice – Jim
Barborak, Capacity Development Room
Wildlife Tourism Australia's workshop
Office of Environment and Heritage
59 Goulburn Street
All welcome, no cost
See: http://www.wildlifetourism.org.au/wildlife-tourism-workshop-
in-sydney-november-2014/
14.00-17.00
Wed 12th Ecotourism Australia Forum, Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, by registration
See: www.globaleco.com.au
WPC OPENING CEREMONY, Hall 6, 16.15-19.00
Welcome cocktail reception, Hall 5, 19.00 – 21.00
Thurs 13th
TAPAS Group Exco
meeting, by
invitation
Nature based
Solutions Pavilion
Tourism as a Nature-based Solution
Presentations and panel discussion
(Anna Spenceley, Sue Snyman, Robyn Bushell,
Elena Nikolaeva, Lamson Maluleke)
Nature based Solutions Pavilion
12.15 – 14.30
E-posters: 17.15-18.15
Reconciling
Development
Challenges:
-Making PA
concessions work for
communities (Sue
Snyman)
Touchscreen 3
Governance (pt 2):
- Finding ways to fund
community
conservation areas
(Steve Collins)
Touchscreen 5
Treasures of Baikal and
Kamchatka (Russia)
(Alexandra Filatkina)
Dialogue
Hordern Room
Tourism and Protected
Areas
Presentations and
panel discussion
(Steve McCool, Pam
Lanier, Kevin Mearns,
Andrew Rylance, Carol
Ritchie, Matteo
Perrone, Peter
Prokosch)
20.00-21.30
Jamison room
How Protected Areas
contribute to human
life: The case of
ecotourism and forest
landscape restoration
Jose Courrau
Catered networking
function
20.00-21.30
Hall 2Nth Pod
E-posters:
Reaching conservation
goals: pt 1:
- PPPs and public use
of PAs (Lorenzo J. De
Rosenzweig)
Touchscreen 1
Supporting human life:
pt 1
-Economic gateways to
PAs: Eco-cultural
tourism at Ayers rock
(Emma Pethybridge)
Touchscreen 3
Governance: pt 1
- The Makuleke’s
community owned
Kruger NP Land (Steve
Collins)
- Joint Mgt for
sustainable community
tourism (Dafne
Dominguez)
Touchscreen 5
Online link:
https://drive.google.com/file/
d/0B84cIS4TjiidMlpQR3NjSV
RlRWM/view?usp=sharing

6. Tourism Journey @ WPC
- Details all tourism-related events, presentations, e-posters, etc.
- The full version (details of presenters) & short version includes only topics,
times and venues
TAPAS Group events:
Twitter: ♯WPCTourism
Thursday 13th @ 12.15 – Tourism as a nature-based solution – Nature based solutions pavilion
Friday 14th @ 20.00 – Tourism in TFCAs – Playfair
Saturday 15th @ 19.15 - TAPAS Group networking meeting, CBD update & GSTC briefing –
Business & Biodiversity pavilion
Monday 17th @ 18.00 - Publications launch (TAPAS Group + UNDP) – Hall 4A1

7. Journal Tourism and Hospitality Research (SAGE)
Special Issue
Tourism and Protected Areas: A review of the last decade
Coordinated by:
Dr. Anna Spenceley (Guest Editor)
Email: annaspenceley@gmail.com
&
Dr. Susan Snyman (Guest Editor)
Email: sues@wilderness.co.za
http://thr.sagepub.com/

8. TAPAS Group online
Membership application: http://tinyurl.com/tapasmembership
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tourism-and-
Protected-Areas-Specialist-Group/122961127797095
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=4735342
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/planeta/tapasgroup
Wiki: http://planeta.wikispaces.com/tapas
Google+:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/117973343043881234019/posts
IUCN Website:
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/gpap_c
apacity2/gpap_wcpacap/gpap_tourism/