School of Tourism

DAVID TWYNAM, B.P.E., M.Sc., Ph.D.

School of Tourism
Office: CT 209
Telephone: 250 371 5861
Email: dtwynam@tru.ca

David grew up in Montreal, Quebec and was involved in teaching outdoor and environmental education and physical education at local high schools. He was the director of Kamp Kanawana and Coordinator of the Montreal YMCA Camping Services. After moving to Vermilion, Alberta in 1982, he worked at Lakeland College as director and faculty member in the recreation department and developed the College’s Adventure and Eco-tourism program. In 1992 he completed his Ph.D at the University of Oregon. He accepted a faculty position in the School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism at Lakehead University to teach courses in natural resource-based tourism and research and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996.

In 1998, David accepted the position of Dean, School of Tourism at Thompson Rivers University. Dave’s research focuses on the following areas: nature based tourism opportunities and market segmentation, local views of tourism development in the north, the Arctic and the Caribbean, the development of principles and codes of conduct for tourism, and motivations and behaviours of special event spectators and volunteers. He has been extensively involved in the Arctic tourism guidelines project initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature and has also participated in the Ecotourism Society’s project in the Caribbean that explored local interest in marine ecotourism guidelines. He has studied special and major events, including longitudinal studies of spectators and volunteers. His work has sought to understand the contributions of local community volunteers and the impacts of special events on communities.

Publications:

Johnston, M.E., & Twynam, G.D. (2006). Sport event tourism and involvement behaviour of resident and non-resident spectators. In Robertson, M., editor, Sporting Events and Event Tourism: Impacts, Plans and Opportunities. LSA Publication number 91, 71-93.

Twynam, G.D., and Johnston, M.E (2004). Changes in host community reactions to a special sporting event. Current Issues in Tourism 7(3), 242-261

Twynam, G.D., Farrell, J.M. and Johnston, M.E ( 2003). Leisure and volunteer motivation at a special sporting event. Leisure/Loisir 27, (3-4) 363-377

Twynam, G.D., and Johnston, M.E. (2002). The use of sustainable tourism practices. Annals of Tourism Research. 29 (4) 1165-1168.

Payne, R.J., Twynam, G.D., & Johnston, M.E. (2001). Tourism, sustainability and the social milieu in Lake Superior’s north shore. In: McCool, S. and Moisey, N., editors Tourism, Recreation and Sustainability: Linking Culture and Environment CABI.

Johnston, M.E., & Twynam, G.D. (2001). Evaluating achievement of sustainable tourism principles: The WWF Arctic tourism guidelines. In: McCool, S. and Moisey, N., editors, Tourism, Recreation and Sustainability: Linking Culture and Environment. CABI

Mason P., Johnston, M.E and Twynam, G.D., (2000). The World Wide Fund for nature Arctic tourism project. In Bramwell, B. and Lane, B. (eds.) Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships: Politics, Practice and Sustainability. Clevedon: Channel View Publications, pp. 98 -116.

Payne, R.J., Twynam, G. D. and Johnston, M.E 2000. Tourism and sustainability in Northern Ontario. In Nelson, J.G., Butler, R. and Wall, G., editors, Tourism and Sustainable Development: A Civic Approach, 2nd Edition. Waterloo, Ontario: Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, pp. 237 – 266.

Twynam, G.D. and Johnston, M.E. 2000. Principles and codes of practice for tourism in natural areas, Compilation of papers. Dialogue on Sustainable Tourism in Natural Areas in North America. Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Montreal, Quebec.