Larry Dwyer PhD is an Adjunct Fellow at the UTS Business School. He publishes widely in the areas of tourism economics, management, sustainable development, policy and planning.

He is the recipient of the 2025 Ulysses Prize awarded by UN Tourism for excellence in lifetime contributions to tourism research 

With over 350 publications in international journals, books, book chapters, government reports and monographs, Larry has been awarded numerous research grants to contribute to tourism knowledge.

Formerly Professor of Tourism Management at Western Sydney University, 1999-2003, he was appointed Qantas Professor of Travel and Tourism Economics and Professor of Travel and Tourism Economics, University of New South Wales, 2003- 2015.

Larry is now Visiting Professor, School of Business, University of Technology Sydney

Professor Dwyer is past President and Board Chair of the International Academy for Study of Tourism, the world’s peak academic tourism association with a cap of 75 members worldwide. 

Larry is past President of the International Association for Tourism Economics, and currently serves on its International Advisory Board.

Larry is a Foundation Fellow of the Council of Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Educators and Researchers (CAUTHE).

Awarded UN Tourism Ulysses Laureate 2025 for lifetime achievements in tourism research

Professor Dwyer maintains strong links with the tourism industry at international, national, and regional levels. He receives invitations to give keynote addresses at numerous international tourism conferences worldwide. He also has undertaken an extensive number of consultancies for public and private sector tourism organisations, and for international agencies, including the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the OECD.