After-hours events at the National Museum of Scotland: a product for attracting, engaging and retaining new museum audiences?
Journal Article
Easson, H., & Leask, A. (in press)
After-hours events at the National Museum of Scotland: a product for attracting, engaging and retaining new museum audiences?. Current Issues in Tourism, 23(11), 1343-1356. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2019.1625875
Cultural heritage is recognised as one of the major contributors to the economy and has traditionally been funded from the public sector. Museums have had to become more comme...
The development of core concepts of yield management
Journal Article
Leask, A. E., & Yeoman, I. (1999)
The development of core concepts of yield management. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 5(2), 96-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527259908722254
Abstract Yield management offers an Operations Manager a decision support framework for examining the revenue and conservation decision variables that integrate the characteri...
An assessment of ‘international best practice’ in visitor attraction management: does Scotland really lag behind?
Journal Article
Garrod, B., Leask, A., & Fyall, A. (2007)
An assessment of ‘international best practice’ in visitor attraction management: does Scotland really lag behind?. International Journal of Tourism Research, 9, 21-42. doi:10.1002/jtr.591
This paper compares and contrasts selected management practices among visitor attractions in Scotland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The catalyst for the study was the gr...
Progress in visitor attraction research: towards more effective management
Journal Article
Leask, A. (2010)
Progress in visitor attraction research: towards more effective management. Tourism Management, 31, 155-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2009.09.004
Visitorattractions (VAs) play a crucial role in the success of a tourism destination, where they act as key motivators for visits and as resources for local communities. The r...
Management Challenges at Film-Induced Tourism Heritage Attractions.
Presentation / Conference
Bakiewicz, J. & Leask, A. (2016, May)
Management Challenges at Film-Induced Tourism Heritage Attractions. Paper presented at IACuDiT 3rd International Conference -Tourism, Culture and Heritage in a Smart Economy, Athens, Greece
No abstract available.
Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts.
Journal Article
Garrod, B., Fyall, A. & Leask, A. (2002)
Scottish visitor attractions: managing visitor impacts. Tourism Management. 23, 265-279. doi:10.1016/S0261-5177(01)00077-2. ISSN 0261-5177
The visitor attraction sector in Scotland plays a vital, if often overlooked, role in the wider Scottish tourism industry. Yet the sector presently faces a host of internal an...
Women in Tourism: identification of opportunities and barriers to career progressions and skills development
Presentation / Conference
Ali-Knight, J., Leask, A. & Bakiewicz, J. (2016, July)
Women in Tourism: identification of opportunities and barriers to career progressions and skills development. Paper presented at Making an Impact: Creating Constructive Conversations Conference,, Guildford, UK
No abstract available.