Our research on the sustainable development and management of urban and rural destinations has a specific focus on facilitating leadership skills to develop leaders and networks to engage communities in responsible and resilient destination management.
Publications (selected)
Backhaus, C., Heussler, T., & Croce, V. (2022). Planning Horizon in International Travel Decision-Making: The Role of Individual and Cultural Determinants. Journal of Travel Research, in print.
Chu, A, and Hsu, C. (2023). Cruise revenue management: Cross-discipline literature review and development of an integrated cruise revenue management framework. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-07-2022-0838
Chu, A. (2018, February). Narrative study: Travelers’ perception of Maldives ‘one island – one resort’ setting. 83rd TOSOK International Tourism Conference, Korea.
Chu, A. (2019, May). Do attraction attract tourists?. Paper presented at 2019 APacCHRIE & EuroCHRIE Joint Conference, Hong Kong
Chu, A., and Hsu, C. (2021). Principal-agent relationship within a cruise supply chain model for China. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/1096348020985328
"Chu, A., and Tung, V. (2022). Investigating the motivations and preferences of Chinese cruise travelers amid COVID-19: Marketing implications for tourism recovery. Journal of China Tourism Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19388160.2022.2103606"
Chu, A.M.C. Vithala R. Rao: Advanced introduction to pricing strategy and analytics. J Revenue Pricing Manag 22, 319–320 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41272-023-00431-z
Denizci-Guillet, B., and Chu, A. (2021). Managing hotel revenue amid the COVID-19 crisis. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-06-2020-0623
Hansen, M., Fyall, A., Leask, A. and Wardrop, K. (2022) Creating Dementia Friendly Destinations in Scotland in Duignan, M. (Ed.) Managing Events, Festivals and the Visitor Economy: Concepts, Collaborations and Cases. CABI. Chapter 3 pp. 17-36.
Holder, A. & Ruhanen, L. (2018). Exploring the market appeal of Indigenous tourism: netnographic evidence from Australia. Journal of Vacation Marketing.
Holder, A. & Scott, N. (2017). Perceptions of the Trinidad carnival experience from international travel bloggers. In J. Gao, J. Ma & N. Scott, Visitor Experience Design.
"King, B., Richards, G., and Chu, A. (2023). Developing a tourism region through tourism and culture: Bordering, branding and placemaking processes. Tourism Recreation Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2023.2207156 "
Muldoon, M., Witte, A., & Xue, Y. (2023). Gendered (im)mobilities in China: The impacts of COVID-19 on women in tourism. In Çakmak, E., Isaac, R., & Butler, R. (Eds) Changing Practices of tourism stakeholders in COVID-19 affected destinations (pp. 159-178). Channel View Press.
Newland, B. & Robertson, M. (2018) An exploration of tourists’ perception of a rural mountain bike event Journal of Applied Sports Management 10 (1), 13-22.
Stanley, P., and Wight A, C.,. (2023) Interrogating Racialized “Cultural Authenticity” Discourses Among Language-Learner Tourists in Australia. Journal of Travel Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875231194272
Todd, L., Leask, A. & Ensor, J. (2017) Understanding primary stakeholders’ multiple roles in hallmark event tourism management, Tourism Management, 59, pp. 494-509 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.09.010
Sood, J., Lynch, P., & Anastasiadou, C. (2017). Community non-participation in homestays in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, India. Tourism Management, 60, 332-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.12.007
Robertson, M., Yeoman, I., Smith, K. & McMahon-Beattie, U. (2015) Technology, Society and Visioning the Future of Music Festivals Event Management 19 (4). 567-587. ISSN 1943-430
Robertson, M., Rogers, P. & Leask, A. (2009) Progressing socio-cultural impact evaluation for festivals: literature synthesis and measuring perceptions Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events 1(2), 156 - 169. ISSN: 1940-7963
Wang, Q., and Witte, A. (2023). Hokkien Chinese diaspora visitors’ image construction of their ancestral hometown: the role of the tourist gaze, Journal of Heritage Tourism. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2023.2252112
Wight, A, C., and Victoria, M. (2021). “Hayan na ang mga Hampas-dugo! (the Penitents are coming!)”: Penitensya as Religious-Dark Tourism. Tourist Studies, 22 (1) 89-113