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Member Activities

Dimitrios Buhalis

Journal articles

 


 

Richard Butler

Richard gave a presentation on Fostering Sustainable Tourism in the Digital Era and was a panelist discussing Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals at the conference on Digitalisation and Sustainable Tourism held in Mauritius May 24-25

Journal articles

 


 

Sara Dolnicar

Keynote

  • "Knowledge Development in Tourism and Hospitality"
    Asia-Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (APacCHRIE) Conference. Guangzhou, China, 1 June 2018.
  • "Tricking Tourists Into Behaving More Environmentally Friendly"
    Travel and Tourism Research Association European Chapter (TTRA Europe) Conference.
    Ljubljana, Slovenia, 25 April, 2018.
  • "It takes two to tango – why preaching to tourists about behaving more environmentally friendly does not work … and what does"
    Tourism Naturally Conference. Kaprun, Austria, 16 May, 2018.

Journal articles

  • Juvan, E., Grün, B., & Dolnicar, S. (2018). Biting Off More Than They Can Chew: Food Waste at Hotel Breakfast Buffets. Journal of Travel Research, 57(2): 232-242.
  • Ernst, D., & Dolnicar, S. (2018). How to Avoid Random Market Segmentation Solutions. Journal of Travel Research, 57(1): 69-82.
  • Brosnan, K., Grün, B., & Dolnicar, S. (2018). Identifying Superfluous Survey Items. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 43: 39-45.

 


 

Brian King

Brian's school role has changed from Associate Dean (Industry Partnership and Executive Education) to Associate Dean (Academic Affairs). The Academic Affairs role involves responsibility for our undergraduate and postgraduate students. In attempting to be balanced beyond academic activities I was soloist in a bassoon concerto (by Mozart) with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Orchestra in Shenzhen, China. The audience (1,300) was considerably bigger than in any of my academic presentations!

Journal articles

  • Cheung, C, King, B.E.M & Wong, A. (2018): What does the Industry need to know about Chinese Hospitality Leadership?, Journal of China Tourism Research, 14 (2), 177-192
  • Kim, S., Jin, J.Y & King, B.E.M (2018): Intra-Asian performing arts tourism - The motivations, intentions, and performance preferences of Japanese visitors, Tourism Recreation Research
  • Yuan, J., Deng, J., Pierskalla, C & King, B.E.M. (2018): Urban tourism attributes and overall satisfaction: An asymmetric impact-performance analysis, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 30 (2018), 169-181
  • Ji, M. & King, B.E.M. (2018) Explaining the Embodied Hospitality Experience with ZMET, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 30 (8)
  • Tung, V, Tang, C & King, B.E.M (2018): Tourism Industry Career Prospects and the Business Environment: Evidence from Canada and Macau, International Journal of Tourism Research

Conference presentations

  • 2018 Pan Asia International Tourism Conference (PAITOC), Hanyang University, Korea, July 2018.  Keynote Speaker: Towards Pan Asian tourism: the embrace of integration by the resorts sector

External assessment activities and visits

  • Griffith University, Australia, end-July to early-Aug 2018
  • Victoria University, Australia, Aug 2018

 


 

Metin Kozak

Journal articles

  • Correia, M. Kozak & F. F. Gonçalves (2018) Why do tourists spend extravagantly in Portugal? A binary logistic regression by quartiles, Tourism Planning & Development, 15(4), 458-472.
  • Correia, M. Kozak & S. Kim (2018). Luxury shopping orientations of Mainland Chinese tourists in Hong Kong: Their shopping destination. Tourism Economics, 24(1), 92-108.

Books

  • M. Kozak & N. Kozak (2016). Tourist behaviour: An experiental perspective. Chalm, Switzerland, Springer.
  • Correia, M. Kozak, J. Gnoth & A. Fyall (2017). Co-creation and well-being in tourism. Chalm, Switzerland: Springer.

Conference organisations

  • Co-chair, 10th World Conference for Graduate Research in Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure, 2-7 October 2018, Cappadocia, Turkey
  • Co-chair, 6th Interdisciplinary Tourism Research Conference, 2-7 October 2018, Cappadocia, Turkey

 


 

Chris Ryan

Currently Chris is continuing with the UNWTO initiative he established at Raglan, New Zealand. Surveys have been completed on residents and visitors, and in 2018 work was done with reference to the links between tourism and waste management, Maori and Airbnb. The issues surrounding the renting of accommodation during the summer gave rise to an externally funded research project on housing requirements in Raglan. It is anticipated that in the second half of 2018 research articles will be written seeking publication. Thus far, apart from reports for local stakeholders, from an academic perspective all that has been written is a chapter for a book on destination management being edited by Dogan Gursoy.
In terms of the China-New Zealand Tourism Research Unit, a number of projects have been progressing and some early initial results were provided at the APEC-Chrie conference hosted by Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou in May. These papers included initial results on visitor surveys at the Terracotta Warriors Museum (with Chen Hui and Heng Ho), the Fuxi Mausoleum at Taihau (with Zhang Xiaoyu), differences between Greater China regions in visitation to Macau (with Veronica Lok Lam), impacts of tourism on Anhui villages (with Mary-Anne Ramos Tumanan) and perceptions of risk by Chinese adventure tourist (with Li Ping). Again we have reached the stage when reports have been completed and it is now time to commence writing academic papers. In addition, with Zhang Xiaoyu data are again being collected with reference to visitation at Grand View Gardens, Beijing.

A couple of recent publications include

  • Zhao, G., Deng, Z, Zheng, L., Shen, J., Ryan, C & Gong, J. (2018). Carrying Capacity at Hongcun, and Implications for Sustainable Tourism. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 23(3), 260-280.
  • Jiang, T., Ryan, C. & Zhang, C. (2018). The spiritual or secular tourist? The experience of Zen Meditation Camps in China. Tourism Management, 65, 187-199.
  • Shneikat, B., & Ryan, C. (2018). Refugee experiences and seeking 'normality' in service industries. | [叙利亚难民及其正常化生活的重塑: 论服务产业的作用] The Services Industries Journal. 38:3-4, 201-227.
  • Wang L., Han, Y., Gao, J., Lv, N., & Ryan, C. (2018). Tourists' Decision-making and Experience in the Qinghai Tibet Plateau in the Context of Climate Change: A Perceptual Analysis. (气候变化背景下青藏高原地区 游客决策与体验感知分析) Tourism Tribune

In addition Chris was selected to be an honorary consultant to the Dream of the Red Mansion Museum at Grand View Gardens, Beijing for his work on Chinese culture and tourism. In addition similar recognition including an honorary position at the Wuxi Mausoleum for his work on Chinese culture, heritage and tourism is also being prepared for a ceremony in September.

The photograph indicates Chris and his colleague, Zhang Xiaoyu from Beijing Union University, receiving recognition for their work at Grand View Gardens in Beijing.

 

 


 

Geoff Wall

Geoff's President's Fellowship has been renewed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This will enable him to continue to work on aspects of tourism and heritage in Xinjiang. An English version of a World Heritage nomination document on the Taklamakan Desert was recently completed.

In the next few days, a co-authored (with Anne Lee) book entitled "Rural Tourism Development through a Creative Food Economy (Lambert) will be published.

Geoff continues to work with Chinese collaborators , particularly on aspects natural and built heritage and affected communities (primarily with Dr. Su Ming Ming), on museums and family tourism (particularly with Dr. Wu Maoying) and on a variety of topics with colleagues at Sun yat-Sen University.  He will deliver a keynote address at a China-Asean forum in Xiamen in July.  

 


 

David Weaver

Recognition

  • Elected as a Fellow of the International Association for China Tourism Studies
  • Recipient, Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) Scholarship (Ministry of Education, China)
  • Recipient, Liaoning Province Friendship Award (China)

Journal articles

  • Shakeela, A. & Weaver, D. (2018). "Managed evils" of hedonistic tourism in the Maldives. Annals of Tourism Research, 71, 13-24. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.04.03
  • Bao, J-G., Jin, X. & Weaver, D. (2018). Profiling the elite middle-age Chinese outbound travelers: A 3rd wave? Current Issues in Tourism. http://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2018.1449817
  • Weaver, D. (2018). Creative periphery syndrome? Opportunities for sustainable tourism innovation in Timor-Leste, an early stage destination. Tourism Recreation Research, 43, 118-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2017.1397838
  • Weaver, D. & Lawton, L (2017). The cruise shorescape as contested tourism space: Evidence from the warm-water pleasure periphery. Tourism Management Perspectives, 24, 117-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2017.08.003
  • Weaver, D., Tang, C-Z., Shi, F-F., Huang, M-F., Burns, K. & Sheng, A. (2017). Dark tourism, emotions, and post-experience visitor effects in a sensitive geopolitical context: A Chinese case study. Journal of Travel Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287517720119
  • Weaver, D., Kwek, A., & Wang, Y. (2017). Cultural connectedness and visitor segmentation in diaspora Chinese tourism. Tourism Management, 63, 302-314. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2017.06.028
  • Tang, C-Z., Weaver, D., & Lawton, L. (2017). Can stopovers be induced to revisit transit hubs as stayovers? A new perspective on the relationship between air transportation and tourism. Journal of Air Transport Management, 62, 54-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.02.008
  • Weaver, D. (2017). Core-periphery relationships and the sustainability paradox of small island tourism. Tourism Recreation Research, 42, 11-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2016.1228559
  • Weaver, D. & Lawton, L. (2017). A new visitation paradigm for protected areas. Tourism Management, 60, 140-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.11.018

Books

  • Shakeela, A. & Weaver, D. (2018). Participatory planning and tourism development in the Maldives: A prerequisite of sustainability? In Wang, Y., Shakeela, A., Kwek, A. & Khoo-Lattimore, C. (Eds.) Managing Asia Destinations. Singapore: Springer, pp. xx-xx.
  • Lawton, L. & Weaver, D. (2017). Destination brands Dubai and Abu Dhabi: Bitter rivalry or strategic partnership? In Almuhrzi, H., Alriyami, H., & Scott, N. (Eds.) Tourism in the Arab World: An Industry Perspective. London: Routledge, pp. 161-174.
  • Weaver, D. (2017). Sustainability and mass tourism: A contradiction in terms? In Harrison, D. & Sharpley, R. (Eds.) Mass Tourism in a Small World. Wallingford, UK: CABI, pp. 63-74.
  • Shakeela, A. & Weaver, D. (2017). The Maldives: Parallel paths of conventional and alternative tourism. In Hall, C.M. & Page. S. (Eds.) Routledge Handbook on Tourism in Asia. London: Routledge, pp. 265-274.
  • Lee, Y-S., Weaver, D., & Prebensen, N. (2017). Arctic destinations and attractions as evolving peripheral settings for the production and consumption of peak tourism experiences. In Lee, Y-S., Weaver, D., & Prebensen, N. (Eds.) Arctic Tourism Experiences: Production, Consumption & Sustainability. Wallingford, UK: CABI, pp. 1-8.
  • Lee, Y-S., Weaver, D., & Prebensen, N. (2017). Arctic tourism experiences: Opportunities, challenges and future research directions for a changing periphery. In Lee, Y-S., Weaver, D., & Prebensen, N. (Eds.) Arctic Tourism Experiences: Production, Consumption & Sustainability. Wallingford, UK: CABI, pp. 191-197.
  • Huang, T., Tang, C-Z. & Weaver, D. (2017). The Arctic tourism experience from an evolving Chinese perspective. In Lee, Y-S., Weaver, D., & Prebensen, N. (Eds.) Arctic Tourism Experiences: Production, Consumption & Sustainability. Wallingford, UK: CABI, pp. 89-99.
  • Weaver, D. & Lawton, L. (2017). Degrees of peripherality in the production and consumption of leisure tourism in Greenland. In Lee, Y-S., Weaver, D., & Prebensen, N. (Eds.) Arctic Tourism Experiences: Production, Consumption & Sustainability. Wallingford, UK: CABI, pp. 56-66.

 


 

 

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