Welsh Centre for Tourism Research

Social tourism & older people: the IMSERSO initiative

Sedgley, Diane; Haven-Tang, Claire; Espeso-Molinero, Pilar (Taylor&Francis Online, 2018-04-18)

Extant demand-perspective social tourism studies have generally focused on children, families and the disabled whilst older people remain an under-researched group in relation to the personal and social benefits of social ...

Food Tourism

Haven-Tang, Claire (CABI InternationalCardiff School of Management, 2015)

Satisfaction, value and intention to return in hotels

Worsfold, Kate; Fisher, Ron; McPhail, Ruth; Francis, Mark; Thomas, Andrew (Emerald, 2016)

Purpose – This research investigates employee and guest satisfaction, guests’ perceptions of value and their intention to return. Considered are: hotel workers’ job satisfaction, how job satisfaction impacts on guests’ ...

Tourism Specialization, Absorptive Capacity, and Economic Growth

De Vita, Glauco; Kyaw, Sandy (SAGECardiff School of Management, 2017-04-01)

This article investigates the relationship between tourism specialization and economic growth while accounting for the absorptive capacity of host (tourism destination) countries, defined in terms of financial system ...

Tourism development and growth

De Vita, Glauco; Kyaw, Khine S. (Elsevier, 2016-06-04)

•Role of the level of economic development on the tourism-growth relationship. •We use SYS-GMM estimation on a panel of 129 countries over 1995–2011. •Our specification includes the level of financial development. ...

Promoting local? Developing sustainable local food and drink networks within destination development

Haven-Tang, Claire (RoutledgeCardiff School of Management, 2014)

Capitalising on rurality: Tourism micro-businesses in rural tourism destinations

Haven-Tang, Claire; Jones, Eleri (Routledge, 2014)

Online communication in Spanish destination marketing organizations: The view of practitioners

Fernandez-Cavia, Jose; Marchiori, Elena; Haven-Tang, Claire; Cantoni, Lorenzo (SAGE, 2017-07-01)

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have had a significant impact on both the travel and tourism experience and industry. In particular, destination marketing organizations (DMOs) have found ICT a powerful ...

What really happens in Kavos

Williams-Burnett, Nicola; Fallon, Julia (Emerald, 2017)

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to compare and contrast the organic destination image of Kavos, as portrayed through irresponsible tourism-related behaviours on “reality” TV programmes, with its complex image according ...

Reality television portrayals of Kavos, Greece: tourists behaving badly

Williams-Burnett, Nicola; Skinner, Heather; Fallon, Julia (Taylor & Francis, 2016-12-20)

Reality television programmes are an increasingly ubiquitous element of popular culture. While other forms of popular culture’s impact on tourists’ perceptions of destination image have been considered in the extant ...

Knowledge dialogue through Indigenous tourism product design: a collaborative research process with the Lacandon of Chiapas, Mexico

Espeso-Molinero, Pilar; Carlisle, Sheena; Pastor-Alfonso, Maria Jose (Taylor & Francis, 2016-07-11)

This research analyzes an innovative process employed by Indigenous entrepreneurs and employees to design new and imaginative products closely related to their cultural, social and natural heritage, values and resources. ...

Sustainable tourism: Developing local capacity frameworks - the colead (cooperating for leadership in tourism) initiative

Jones, Andrew; Carlisle, Sheena; Cardia, Giusy; Barbone, Silvia (Department of Tourism, University of Otago, 2017)

This study analyses the importance of sustainability in tourism and how it can be implemented in the management of tourism projects and destinations through a clear and structured methodology utilising the PM4SD (Project ...

Exploring industry priorities regarding customer satisfaction and implications for event evaluation

Jaimangal-Jones, Dewi; Fry, Jonathan; Haven-Tang, Claire (Emerald, 2018-02-08)

This paper explores the priorities of event organisers and venue managers in terms of evaluation criteria and avenues for advancing the development and implementation of banks of questions regarding customer satisfaction ...

Understanding, evidencing and promoting adolescent wellbeing: An emerging agenda for schools

Matthews, Nic; Kilgour, Lindsey; Christian, Polly; Mori, Kate; Hill, Denise M. (SAGE Journals, 2015-09-01)

The well-being of young people is of considerable concern with many initiatives targeting the health behaviors of this population. Educators are among the professional groups being challenged to understand, evidence, and ...

The psychological characteristics of performance under pressure in professional Rugby Union referees

Hill, Denise M.; Matthews, Nic; Senior, Ruth (Human Kinetics Journals, 2016-12-01)

This study used qualitative methods to explore the stressors, appraisal mechanism, emotional response, and effective/ineffective coping strategies experienced by elite rugby union referees during pressurized performances. ...

Analysing the media discourses surrounding DJs as authentic performers and artists within electronic dance music culture magazines

Jaimangal-Jones, Dewi (Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-06-26)

This paper critically analyses how the media construct, consolidate and perpetuate discourses surrounding DJs as artists. It explores representations of their status and roles in a selection of dance music magazines (Mixmag ...