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Alexandra Coghlan is an academic researcher affiliated with James Cook University, with a focus on tourism management and marine environmental science. Her work emphasizes sustainable tourism practices, climate change impacts, and visitor behavior in sensitive ecosystems like the Great Barrier Reef. Coghlan holds a PhD from James Cook University (2005), specializing in volunteer tourism and its socio-ecological dimensions.
Her research interests span reef tourism resilience, adventure tourism (e.g., four-wheel-drive and scuba activities), and the integration of environmental science with tourism policy. Notable contributions include studies on visitor perception of climate change, photographic behavior in marine tourism, and heritage-driven tourism in arid regions.
Her publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches to tourism challenges, bridging natural resource management and social science. Recent work analyzes market segments in dive tourism and evaluates interpretive strategies for marine conservation education.
