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Professor John Tribe

Professor of Tourism and Subject Group Leader

Qualifications: BSc.(Econ), MA, PhD, AcSS

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Phone: Work: 01483 68 6319
Room no: 45 MS 02

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Further information

Biography

John studied his first degree, Masters and PhD at University of London. John was previously Professor of Tourism and Head of Research, Faculty of Leisure and Tourism, Buckinghamshire New University.

John is Co-Chair of the UN World Tourism Organisation Education Council, Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Tourism Research and Chair of the Editorial Board of Higher Education Academy Network Journal of Hospitality, Leisure Sport and Tourism Education.

John in a recent interview on HTMi Hotel School TV, talking to Anthony Lack on tourism trends and forecasts, looking at - growth, economic development, climate change, poor tourist experiences, the need for good tourism planning, the increased role of technology, social media effects, and global tourism actions.

Research Interests

Sustainability, epistemology and education in tourism.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Cuffy V, Tribe J, Airey D. (2012) 'Lifelong Learning for Tourism'. Annals of Tourism Research,
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2012.02.007
  • Kler BK, Tribe J. (2012) 'Flourishing through SCUBA: Understanding the pursuit of dive experiences'. Tourism in Marine Environments, 8 (1-2), pp. 19-32.
    doi: 10.3727/154427312X13262430524027
  • Tribe J, Xiao H, Chambers D. (2012) 'The reflexive journal: Inside the black box'. Annals of Tourism Research, 39 (1), pp. 7-35.
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.11.001
  • Tribe J, Tribe J. (2012) 'Annals of tourism research and article-based publishing'. Annals of Tourism Research, 39 (2), pp. 527-527.
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2012.03.006
  • Tribe J, Xiao H. (2011) 'Developments in tourism social science'. Annals of Tourism Research, 38 (1), pp. 7-26.
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2010.11.012
  • Sheldon PJ, Fesenmaier DR, Tribe J. (2011) 'The Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI): Activating change in tourism education'. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 11 (1), pp. 2-23.
    doi: 10.1080/15313220.2011.548728
  • Tribe J. (2011) 'Where do you want to go today?'. Journal of Marketing Management, 26 (7, 8), pp. 706-726.
    doi: 10.1080/02672571003780007
  • Tribe J, Xiao H, Chambers D. (2011) 'The reflexive journal: Inside the black box'. Annals of Tourism Research,
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2011.11.001
  • Tribe J. (2010) 'TRIBES, TERRITORIES AND NETWORKS IN THE TOURISM ACADEMY'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, 37 (1), pp. 7-33.
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2009.05.001
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1101/
  • Miller G, Rathouse K, Scarles C, Holmes K, Tribe J. (2010) 'PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, 37 (3), pp. 627-645.
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2009.12.002
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/6984/
  • Tribe J. (2010) 'Editorial'. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sports and Tourism Education, 9 (1), pp. 1-3.
    doi: 10.3794/johlste.92.ed
  • Wu K-L, Tribe J, Holmes K. (2010) ''Where do you want to go today?' An analysis of family group decisions to visit museums'. Journal of Marketing Management, 26 (7-8), pp. 706-726.
    doi: 10.1080/02672571003780007
  • Tribe J. (2009) 'Editorial'. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sports and Tourism Education, 8 (2), pp. 1-3.
    doi: 10.3794/johlste.82.ed
  • Tribe J. (2009) 'Untitled'. HOSPITALITY LEISURE SPORT & TOURISM NETWORK JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY LEISURE SPORT & TOURISM EDUCATION, 8 (1), pp. 1-3.
    doi: 10.3794/johlste.81.ed
  • Ayikoru M, Tribe J, Airey D. (2009) 'Reading Tourism Education:Neoliberalism Unveiled'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANN TOURISM RES, 36 (2), pp. 191-221.
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2008.11.001
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1129/

    Abstract

    This article deploys poststructuralist discourse theory to examine ideological influences in tourism higher education in England. It foregrounds neoliberalism and managerialism circulating from government policy to higher education institutions and illustrates how the notions of competition, markets, performativity and quality assurance, commonly associated with industry and commerce, converge in tourism higher education. It highlights the role of power in mediating the relationship between tourism higher education and institutions responsible for producing and disseminating the texts analyzed. It. points to the discursive construction of tourism higher education in England and concludes by posing the question: to what extent has this state of affairs contributed to furthering its venerability within the broader higher education academe?

  • Jiang B, Tribe J. (2009) ''Tourism jobs - short lived professions': Student attitudes towards tourism careers in China'. HOSPITALITY LEISURE SPORT & TOURISM NETWORK JOURNAL OF HOSPITALITY LEISURE SPORT & TOURISM EDUCATION, 8 (1), pp. 4-19.
    doi: 10.3794/johlste.81.168
  • Tribe J. (2009) 'The Study of Tourism: Anthropological and Sociological Beginnings'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD TOURISM MANAGEMENT, 30 (1), pp. 142-143.
    doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.05.003
  • Tribe J. (2009) 'Editorial'. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sports and Tourism Education, 8 (1), pp. 1-3.
    doi: 10.3794/johlste.81.ed
  • Tribe J. (2008) 'THE ART OF TOURISM'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, 35 (4), pp. 924-944.
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2008.07.003
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1132/
  • Tribe J. (2008) 'Editorial'. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sports and Tourism Education, 7 (1), pp. 1-3.
    doi: 10.3794/johlste.71.ed
  • Tribe J. (2008) 'Tourism: A Critical Business'. SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC JOURNAL OF TRAVEL RESEARCH, 46 (3), pp. 245-255.
    doi: 10.1177/0047287507304051
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1107/
  • Roberts S, Tribe J. (2008) 'Sustainability Indicators for Small Tourism Enterprises - An Exploratory Perspective'. CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM, 16 (5), pp. 575-594.
    doi: 10.2167/jost579.0
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'The truth about tourism'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, 33 (2), pp. 360-381.
    doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2005.11.001
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1127/
  • Tribe J. (2005) 'Higher education and opinion making in twentieth-century England'. CARFAX PUBLISHING EDUCATIONAL REVIEW, 57 (2), pp. 266-268.
  • Tribe J. (2002) 'The philosophic practitioner'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, 29 (2) Article number PII S0160-7383(01)00038-X , pp. 338-357.
    doi: 10.1016/S0160-7383(01)00038-X
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1104/
  • Tribe J. (2001) 'Research paradigms and the tourism curriculum'. Journal of Travel Research, 39 (4), pp. 442-448.
  • Tribe J. (2000) 'Sustainable tourism a marketing perspective'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD TOURISM MANAGEMENT, 21 (5), pp. 539-540.
  • Tribe J. (2000) 'Indisciplined and unsubstantiated'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, 27 (3), pp. 809-813.
    doi: 10.1016/S0160-7383(99)00122-X
  • Tribe J. (1999) 'Sustainable tourism a marketing perspective'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD TOURISM MANAGEMENT, 20 (3), pp. 375-377.
  • Tribe J, Snaith T. (1998) 'From SERVQUAL to HOLSAT: holiday satisfaction in Varadero, Cuba'. ELSEVIER SCI LTD TOURISM MANAGEMENT, 19 (1), pp. 25-34.
    doi: 10.1016/S0261-5177(97)00094-0
  • Tribe J. (1997) 'TOURFOR: Tourism, forestry and the environment'. CANADIAN INST FORESTRY FORESTRY CHRONICLE, 73 (6), pp. 663-663.
  • Tribe J. (1997) 'The indiscipline of tourism'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, 24 (3), pp. 638-657.
    doi: 10.1016/S0160-7383(97)00020-0
  • Tribe J. (1996) 'Core skills: A critical examination'. CARFAX PUBL CO EDUCATIONAL REVIEW, 48 (1), pp. 13-27.
    doi: 10.1080/0013191960480102

Conference papers

  • Eichhorn VM, Tribe J, Miller G. (2009) 'Denying the Development of Tourism Experiences – The Authoritative Discourse of Social Exclusion'. Aalborg, Denmark: ATLAS
  • Scarles CE, Holmes K, Miller G, Tribe J. (2008) 'Towards a conceptualisation of sustainable leisure'. Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK: Leisure Studies Annual Conference, “Community, Capital and Cultures: Leisure and Regeneration as Cultural Practice”
  • Johan N, Tribe J, Sadler-Smith E. (2008) 'Travel, Transitions and Transformations: the Role of Gap Year Travel (GYT) in Young People’s Learning and Personal Transformation'. Glasgow, U.K.: CHME Conference
  • Scarles CE, Miller G, Rathouse K, Holmes K, Tribe J. (2008) 'Public Understanding of Sustainable Tourism Torquay'. Torquay, UK: “Keen to be Green” one-day conference hosted by Tourism South West
  • Scarles CE, Miller G, Rathouse K, Holmes K, Tribe J. (2008) 'Public Understanding of Sustainable Tourism'. Exeter, UK: “Increasing the Visitor Contribution to Sustainable Tourism in the South West” one-day conference hosted by Future Footprints and Sustainability South West
  • Johan N, Tribe J, Sadler-Smith E. (2008) 'Gap Year Travel: In the Gappers’ Own Words'. Shimla, India: ATLAS Conference
  • Scarles CE, Miller G, Rathouse K, Holmes K, Tribe J. (2008) 'Public Understanding of Sustainable Tourism'. DEBRR
  • Scarles CE, Miller G, Tribe J. (2008) 'Public Understanding of Sustainable Tourism: The UK Perspective'. Reisepavilon, Stuttgart, Germany: Responsible Tourism Marketing
  • Johan N, Tribe J, Sadler-Smith E. (2008) 'Mobilities and Transitions and Transformations: the role of Gap Year Travel (GYT)'. Harrogate, U.K.: BAM Conference
  • Miller G, Scarles C, Tribe J. (2007) 'Keynote presentation: Public Understanding of Sustainable Tourism'. Guildford, UK: Tourism Society
  • Miller G, Scarles C, Tribe J. (2007) 'Public Understanding of Sustainable Tourism. Achieving Sustainable Tourism'. Helsingborg, Sweden:
  • Tribe J. (2007) 'Keynote presentation: Promoting an Academy of Hope'. Croatia: 2nd International Critical Tourism Studies Conference: Promoting an Academy of Hope?
  • Tribe J. (2007) 'This is (not) tourism'. University of Brighton, UK: 6th International Symposium on Aspects of Tourism: Gazing, Glancing and Glimpsing: Tourists and Tourism in a Visual World
  • Tribe J. (2007) 'Keynote presentation: The Treachery of Tourism Research'. Sydney, Australia: CAUTHE: Tourism - Past Achievements, Future Challenges
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'Don’t Be a Tosser: Image Enriched Learning in Tourism'. Cambridge, UK: ATHE: Knowledge, Communication, Networking: Locating tourism knowledge
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'Keynote presentation: The philosophic practitioner'. Gold Coast, Australia: Critical Issues and Future Directions on Tourism and Hospitality Education
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'Keynote presentation: (Re)presenting Tourism: the artist's gaze'. Faro, Portugal: Recent Developments in Tourism
  • Tribe J, Kler B, Miller G. (2006) 'Discover SCUBA. Experiencing Dive Destinations'. Durban, South Africa: XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology
  • Miller G, Kler BK, Tribe J. (2006) 'Discover SCUBA. Experiencing Dive Destinations'. Durban, South Africa: XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'Keynote presentation: Academic Renewal'. University of the West of England, UK: LSA: Making Space: Leisure, Tourism and Renewal
  • Miller G, Kler B, Tribe J. (2006) 'Dive Tourism: A Phenomenological Study of Place Attachment'. University of Surrey, UK: Cutting Edge Research in Tourism
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'Keynote presentation: Professional Competence and Social Engagement in Tourism: The Role of Universities'. Forteleza, Brazil: XXVI Brazilian Congress of Tourism
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'Keynote presentation: Working in and and for the Real World'. Nottingham, UK: CHME
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'Image-enhanced Learning in Tourism'. Melbourne, Australia: CAUTHE: To the City and Beyond
  • Tribe J. (2005) 'Is tourism studies critical'. Dubrovnik, Croatia: Embodying Tourism Research: advancing critical approaches
  • Tribe J. (2005) 'Runaway tourism'. Patras, Greece: International Conference on Tourism Planning and Development (ATEI)
  • Tribe J. (2005) 'Sharing tourism knowledge: beyond mum, dad and references A and B'. University of Darwin, Alice Springs, Australia: CAUTHE: sharing tourism knowledge
  • Tribe J. (2004) 'The truth about tourism'. University of Queensland, Australia: CAUTHE: creating tourism knowledge
  • Tribe J. (2004) 'The state of tourism art'. University of Strathclyde, UK: Tourism State of the Art II
  • Tribe J. (2004) 'Exploring the economic sustainability of the small tourism enterprise: a case study of Tobago'. Hilton Hotel, Tobago: From Turbulence to Tourism: Tobago in transition conference
  • Tribe J. (2003) 'The RAE-ification of tourism research'. Southern Cross University, Australia: CAUTHE: riding the wave of tourism research
  • Tribe J. (2003) 'The quality agenda'. Sheffield Hallam University, UK: LTSN Pedagogic Conference
  • Tribe J. (2003) 'Tourism education: a big and messy business'. University of Greenwich, UK: ATHE/ICOMOS
  • Tribe J. (2003) 'Sustainability differences in small tourism enterprises in Tobago'. University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece: Sustainable Tourism and the Environment
  • Tribe J. (2002) 'Sustainability and the tourism curriculum: voices from the Caribbean'. Estorill, Portugal: ATLAS: visions of sustainability
  • Tribe J. (2002) 'Whose journeys? Where and why...and with what consequences'. Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK: International Conference on Whose Journeys? Where and Why?
  • Tribe J. (2002) 'Researching tourism education'. University of Zagreb, Croatia: Rethinking Tourism Education
  • Tribe J. (2002) 'Delivering higher education'. St Anne's College, Oxford, UK: LTSN
  • Tribe J. (2001) 'Tourism education and innovation in Moldova: the THEME project'. Dublin, EIRE: ATLAS: tourism, innovation and regional development
  • Tribe J. (2001) 'Aims and values in tourism education'. University of Surrey, Guildford, UK: University of Surrey/ATTT/Tourism Society: Tourism Education: challenges, trends and European Experiences
  • Tribe J. (2001) 'Tourism education and community development in developing countries'. Guilin, China: International Conference of Tourism Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Books

  • Tribe J, Airey D. (2007) Developments in tourism research. Elsevier Science Ltd
  • Airey DW, Tribe J. (2005) An international handbook of tourism education. Elsevier Science Ltd
  • Tribe J. (2005) The economics of recreation, leisure & tourism. Butterworth-Heinemann
  • TRIBE J. (2003) ECONOMIA DO LAZER E DO TURISMO.

Book chapters

  • Miller G, Holmes K, Scarles C, Tribe J. (2009) 'Barriers to sustainable leisure'. in Caudwell J (ed.) Tourism and Leisure: Local communities and local cultures in the UK Eastbourne, UK : Leisure Studies Association , pp. 143-158.
  • Tribe J, Airey D. (2007) 'A Review of Tourism Research'. in Tribe J, Airey D (eds.) Developments in tourism research Elsevier Science Ltd
  • Tribe J. (2007) 'Critical Tourism: Rules and Resistance'. in Ateljevic I, Pritchard A, Morgan N (eds.) The critical turn in tourism studies: Innovative Research Methodologies Elsevier Science Ltd , pp. 29-39.
  • Tribe J. (2007) 'Enhancing the Interpretive and Critical Approaches to Tourism Education Inquiry through a Discursive Analysis'. in Ateljevic I, Pritchard A, Morgan N (eds.) The critical turn in tourism studies: Innovative Research Methodologies Elsevier Science Ltd
  • Tribe J. (2007) 'A Review of Tourism Research'. in (ed.) Developments in Tourism Research
  • Tribe J. (2006) 'The economic impacts of tourism'. in Beech J, Chadwick S (eds.) The business of tourism management Pearson Education
  • Tribe J. (2005) 'Overview of research'. in Airey DW, Tribe J (eds.) An international handbook of tourism education Elsevier Science Ltd
  • Tribe J. (2005) 'Tourism, knowledge and the curriculum'. in Airey DW, Tribe J (eds.) An international handbook of tourism education Elsevier Science Ltd
  • Tribe J. (2005) 'Curriculum, development and conflict: a case study of Moldova'. in Airey DW, Tribe J (eds.) An international handbook of tourism education Elsevier Science Ltd
  • Tribe J. (2005) 'Strategy for tourism'. in Pender L, Sharpley R (eds.) The management of tourism Sage Publications Ltd
  • Tribe J. (2004) 'Knowing about tourism'. in Phillimore J, Goodson L (eds.) Qualitative Research in Tourism: ontologies, epistemologies and methodologies
  • Tribe J. (2003) 'Attitudes of the young to careers in hospitality and tourism: review and recommendation'. in Kusluvan S (ed.) Managing Employee Attitudes and Behaviors in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Nova Science Pub Inc
  • Tribe J. (2003) 'Whose Journeys? Where and why...and with what consequences?'. in Humberstone B, Brown H, Richards K (eds.) Whose Journeys? The Outdoors and Adventure as Social and Cultural Phenomena , pp. 13-16.
  • Tribe J. (2002) 'Mystery shopping: theory and practice'. in Laws E (ed.) Tourism Marketing: quality and service management perspectives Thomson Learning , pp. 75-86.
  • Tribe J. (2001) 'The process of developing an Ecolabel'. in Font X, Buckley R (eds.) Tourism ecolabelling: certification and promotion of sustainable management CABI
  • Tribe J. (2001) 'Tourfor - award for quality of tourism, forests and the environment'. in Metla (ed.) Finnish Forest Research Institute, Research Papers 792 Joennsu, Finland : , pp. 107-122.

Reports

  • Scarles CE, Miller G, Rathouse K, Holmes K, Tribe J. (2007) Public Understanding of Sustainable Leisure and Tourism. in (ed.) Public Understanding of Sustainable Leisure and Tourism Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Tribe J. (2003) Technical Report on Quality in Higher Education in Tourism.
  • Tribe J. (2002) Technical Report on the Curriculum Development Project for Moldova.

Affiliations

Academician of the Academy for the Social Sciences

Fellow of the Tourism Society

Fellow of the Academy of Higher Education