Yanyan Dong

Yanyan Dong serves as a Casual Teaching academic at The University of Western Australia's School of Agriculture and Environment and UWA Oceans Institute. Holding a multi-disciplinary PhD, she specializes in sustainable tourism and marine environmental conservation research within Pacific Island contexts, focusing on balancing tourism growth with ecological preservation through evidence-based policy development.

Her research expertise spans Environmental Economics, Coastal and Marine Environment conservation, Behaviour Change analysis, and Non-market Valuation methodologies. Dr. Dong employs survey-based research to examine tourist preferences and environmental impacts, particularly investigating how rising tourism demand affects Pacific coastal ecosystems and identifying pathways for sustainable development aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Recent publications (2022-2025) reveal consistent focus on cross-cultural tourist behavior analysis, marine conservation policy, and post-pandemic tourism recovery. Her work demonstrates methodological specialization in discrete choice experiments and benefit-cost analysis, with significant attention to Australian-Chinese tourist comparisons in Pacific destinations like Fiji.

Dr. Dong's recognition includes:

• Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (July 2025)
• Convocation Postgraduate Research Travel Awards (July 2025)
• 2024 Robson and Robertson Awards (August 2024)
• VYT-Winner (2024)
• PSA fieldwork/data collection award (2023)

No information is available regarding graduate student supervision or externally funded research grants.

She maintains active research collaboration through the UWA Oceans Institute, leveraging its interdisciplinary marine science platform to advance conservation-focused tourism strategies in vulnerable coastal regions.