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TOURISTS AND BEACH SAFETY IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

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Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ) is a leading authority on beach safety, providing patrol, education, and rescue services to both tourists and local residents along the coast of Queensland, Australia. SLSQ recognizes that tourists are a target group requiring special attention due to their unfamiliarity with ocean beaches and surfing activities, and in some cases having the additional challenge of poor swimming skills, language barriers, and disorientation in a foreign vacation environment. This article describes SLSQ initiatives to provide beach safety for tourists through a focus on service delivery and partnerships with the tourism industry and relevant government agencies. The positive involvement of SLSQ in tourism is a model for other coastal destinations, given that drowning is the second most frequent cause of injury death among international travelers.

Keywords: Beach safety; Surf lifesaving; Tourism

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: *The University of Queensland, 11 Salisbury Road, Ipswich, QLD 4305, Australia 2: †Surf Life Saving Queensland, PO Box 3747, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia

Publication date: January 1, 2005

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  • Tourism in Marine Environments is an interdisciplinary journal dealing with a variety of management issues in marine settings. It is a scientific journal that draws upon the expertise of academics and practitioners from various disciplines related to the marine environment, including tourism, marine science, geography, social sciences, psychology, environmental studies, economics, marketing, and many more.
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