Research

Handicrafts & landscape, Gran Canaria
Arctic Spirit, Rovaniemi, Finland
Oral history research, Digbeth
Regional cultural mapping, West Bengal
Interpreting the landscape, Marble Arch Caves Geopark
CULTURATI Horizon research at Blenheim Palace

Our research pedigree combines years of practice working in an academic setting, along with providing a broad range of competitive and innovative solutions for commercial projects and consultancies.

The geography of world tourism is changing rapidly. Our research methods are well adapted to achieving a nuanced understanding of emerging trends, market niches, and changing tourist expectations. By using thick data methods to understand destination culture, stakeholder livelihoods and tourist behaviour, we are able to advise on the development of new tourism products, and the best ways to bring these to market.

Our methods derive from extensive experience and we actively continue to develop our research. Our particular research specialities include Geoparks, casino tourism and cultural heritage livelihoods.

Julie has carried out extensive research on casino tourism and the relationship between casino and non-casino segments in a ‘mixed’ tourism destination. She enjoys developing participative methodologies for exploring the relationship between people and the places they inhabit and visit, and particularly likes working in multi-disciplinary collaborations.