Dr Raymond Rastegar
Lecturer in Tourism & Casual RA (Lisa Ruhanen)
School of Business
Book Chapters
Rastegar, Raymond (2010). Study of local community as the main stakeholder in ecotourism programs. In Rabindra Nath Pati and Atul K. Jain (Ed.), Biodiversity and sustainable development (pp. 253-260) New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers.
Zarezadeh, Zohreh and Rastegar, Raymond (2010). Role of local community awareness in implementation of ecotourism. In Rabindra Nath Pati and Atul K. Jain (Ed.), Biodiversity and sustainable development (pp. 213-220) New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers.
Journal Articles
Rastegar, Raymond (2019) Tourism development and conservation, do local resident attitudes matter?. International Journal of Tourism Sciences, . doi:10.1080/15980634.2019.1663998
Zarezadeh, Zara, Rastegar, Raymond and Gretzel, Ulrike (2018) Reviewing the past to inform the future: a literature review of social media in tourism. Czech Journal of Tourism, 7 2: 115-131. doi:10.1515/cjot-2018-0006
Rastegar, Raymond (2018) Local communities and protected areas in developing countries, Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Tourism, 20 2: 41-46.
Rastegar, Raymond (2018) Tourism development and local community wellbeing: understanding the needs. Tourism Innovations, 8 2: 66-70.
Ehsani, Nastaran and Rastegar, Raymond (2016) Investigating ecotourism as an approach for sustainable development: A case study of Taft region in central Iran.. Journal of Environmental Research and Development, 10 4: 758-769.
Rastegar, Hamidreza (2010) Tourism development and residents' attitude: A case study of Yazd, Iran. Tourismos, 5 2: 203-211.
Conference Papers
Rastegar, Raymond (2019). Visitor loyalty and nature-based tourism experiences: the case of Queensland popular parks. In: Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference, CAUTHE19, Cairns, Australia, (563-566). 11-14 February 2019.
Rastegar, Raymond and Sarrafan, Amir (2014). Significance of local residents’ motivation in sustainable tourism development in Iran. In: Second National Conference on Tourism, Geography and Sustainable Development, Hamedan, Iran, (). November 2014.
Rastegar, H., Driml, S. and Breakey, N. (2012). Does tourism development change local communities’ attitudes towards the environment?. In: 5th International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-12), Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, (). 22-24 November 2012.
Rastegar, Raymond and Zarezadeh, Zara (2009). Role of ecotourism in community development. In: Second International Doctoral Colloquium, Ahmedabad, India, (). January 2009.
Rastegar, Raymond and Zarezadeh, Zara (2009). The Role of Leadership in Ecotourism Projects Implementation. In: 4th International Conference on Vision 2020-Manegerial challenges &Strategies, Ahmedabad, India, (). January 2009.
Rastegar, Raymond and Zarezadeh, Zara (2008). Ecotourism business and local community as the main stakeholder, a practice for sustainable development in rural area. In: International Conference on Changing Face of Emerging India and its Impact on The New Global Order, Pune, India, (). December 2008.
Thesis
Rastegar, Hamidreza Raymond (2017). Environmental protection and local resident attitudes at early stages of tourism development PhD Thesis, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2017.727