Tourism Research Publications

The Tourism Research Centre publishes on a range of themes and we aim to publish in the top ranked journals. These themes reflect the specialist foci of our group.
Since 2006 we have published the following papers under our research themes:
- Culture, Heritage and Identity
- Economics and Demand Forecasting
- Education and Theory
- Human Resources Development and Labour Markets
- Social Tourism and Exclusionary Practices
- Sustainability and Ethics
- Tourism, Policy and Development Theory
- Visual and Visuals
- Innovation, Knowledge, Entrepreneurship and Risk
- Other Publications produced by the Tourism Subject Group
Biran, A. Poria, Y. & Oren, G. (2011). Sought experiences at (dark) heritage sites. Annals of Tourism Research, in press.
Chambers D, (2009). Trinidad Carnival: the cultural politics of a transnational festival. Green, G. and Scher, P. (eds) (2007). Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events 1(2), 179-180.
Poria, Y., Biran, A. & Reichel, A. (2009) Visitors' Preferences for Interpretation at Heritage Sites, Journal of Travel Research, 48(1), 92-105.
Airey D, Iijima S and Niininen O (2007) ‘Towards a Theory of Visitors’ Evaluation of Historical Districts as Tourism Destinations: frameworks and methods’ Journal of Business Research, 60(4) pp 396-400. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/25/
Naoi T, Airey D, Iijima S and Niininen O (2007) ‘Advancing and Testing Theories of How Visitors Assess Historical Districts as Tourism Destinations: with use of repertory grid analysis and laddering analysis’ in Woodside, A.G. (ed), Advances in Culture, Tourism, & Hospitality Research, Vol 1 pp 289-319. Oxford: Elsevier.
Poria Y, Butler R and Airey D (2007) ‘Understanding Tourism – memorable moments in a complex timeframe’ Asian Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 1(1) pp 25-38
Naoi T, Airey D and Iijima S (2010) ‘Evaluating Historical Districts: Exploring the use of photographs and slide experiments’, Tourism Analysis 14 (5) 587-603.
Niininen O, Hosany S, Ekinci Y and Airey D (2007) ‘Building a Place Brand: The Case Study of Surrey Hills’, Tourism Analysis, 12(5-6) pp 371-385
Naoi T, Airey D, Niininen O and IIjima S (2006) ‘Visitors’ Evaluation of an Historical District: repertory grid analysis and laddering analysis with photographs’, Tourism Management 27(3) pp 420-436. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/56
Poria Y, Butler R and Airey D (2006) ‘Tourist Perceptions of Heritage Exhibits’ Journal of Heritage Tourism, 1(1) pp 51-72. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/21/
D A Higon, Deniz O, Clegg J, Grugulis I, Salis S, Vasilakos N and Williams A M (2010), ‘The determinants of retail productivity: a critical review of the evidence’, International Journal of Management Reviews, v12(2): 201 – 217.
Song H, Witt SF, Li G. (2009) The Advanced Econometrics of Tourism Demand. Routledge: London
Shen S, Li G, Song H. (2011) 'Combination forecasts of International tourism demand'. Annals of Tourism Research, 38 (1), pp. 72-89. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2010.05.003
Wu DC, Li G, Song H. (2011) 'Analyzing Tourist Consumption: A Dynamic System-of-Equations Approach'. Journal of Travel Research, 50 (1), pp. 46-56. doi: 10.1177/0047287509355326
Song H, Li G, Witt SF, Athanasopoulos G. (2011) 'Forecasting Tourist Arrivals Using Time-Varying Parameter Structural Time Series Models'. International Journal of Forecasting, 27 (3), pp. 855-869. doi: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2010.06.001
Chon K, Li G, Lin S, Gao Z. (2010) 'Recovery of Tourism Demand in Hong Kong from the Global Financial and Economic Crisis'. Journal of China Tourism Research, 6 (3), pp. 259-278. doi: 10.1080/19388160.2010.503916
Song H, Li G, Witt SF, Fei B. (2010) 'Tourism Demand Modelling and Forecasting: How Should Demand Be Measured?'. Tourism Economics, 16 (1), pp. 63-81. doi: 10.5367/000000010790872213
Kim YG, Li G. (2009) 'Customer Satisfaction with and Loyalty towards Online Travel Products: A Transaction Cost Economics Perspective'. Tourism Economics, 15 (4), pp. 825-846. doi: 10.5367/000000009789955125
Shen S, Li G, Song H. (2009) 'Effect of Seasonality Treatment on the Forecasting Performance of Tourism Demand Models'. Tourism Economics, 15 (4), pp. 693-708. doi: 10.5367/000000009789955116
Li G. (2009) 'Tourism Demand Modeling and Forecasting: A Review of Literature Related to Greater China'. Journal of China Tourism Research, 5 (2), pp 2-40. doi: 10.1080/19388160802711386
Shen S, Li G, Song H. (2008) 'An Assessment of Combining Tourism Demand Forecasts over Different Time Horizons'. Journal of Travel Research, 47 (2), pp. 197-207. doi: 10.1177/0047287508321199
Song H, Li G. (2008) 'Tourism Demand Modelling and Forecasting: A Review of Recent Research'. Tourism Management, 29 (2), pp. 203-220. doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.07.016
Scarles, C. (2011) Applied Dissertations: Creating Opportunity for Industry Connection in Postgraduate Study. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, Vol.10(1): 37-48
Li G, Chen W, Duanmu J. (2010) 'Determinants of International Students' Academic Performance: A Comparison between Chinese and Other International Students'. Journal of Studies in International Education, 14 (4), pp. 389-405. doi: 10.1177/1028315309331490
Tribe J (2010). Tribes, Territories and Networks in Tourism Studies, Annals of Tourism Research, Vol. 37(1) 7–33.
Ayikoru M, Tribe J and Airey D (2009) Reading Tourism Education: Neoliberalism Unveiled, Annals of Tourism Research, 36(2), 191-221. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1129/
Jiang, B. and Tribe, J. (2009) Tourism jobs – short lived professions’: Student attitudes towards tourism careers in China, Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 8(1), 4 -14.
Kim, YG., Eves, A. & Scarles, C. (2009) Building A Model of Local Food Consumption on Trips and Holidays: A Grounded Theory Approach, International Journal of Hospitality Management , 28(3), 423-431.
Tribe, J (ed.) (2009) Philosophical Issues in Tourism, Bristol: Channel View Publications.
(2008) ‘Tourism Education: Life Begins at 40’, Teoros, 27(1) pp 27-32. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/40/
Stergiou D, Airey D and Riley M (2008) ‘Making Sense of Tourism Teaching’ Annals of Tourism Research, 35(3) pp 631-649. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/51/
Airey D(2008) ‘In Search of a Mature Subject’ Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 7(2) pp 101-103.
Pereda M, Airey D and Bennett M (2007) Service Quality in Higher Education: the experience of overseas students’ Journal of Hospitality Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education, 6(2) pp 55-67. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/24/
Williams A M(2010) ‘An Accidental Career in Tourism: people, places and unexpected turning points’, in S Smith (ed), The Discovery of Tourism, Bingley: Emerald Publishing, pp.93-106.
Salis S and Williams A M (2010) 'Knowledge Sharing through Face-To-Face Communication and Labour Productivity: Evidence from British Workplaces,' British Journal of Industrial Relations v48(2): 436-459
Riley, M and Szivas E (2009) The valuation of skill and the configuration of HRM. Tourism Economics, 15(1), 105-120. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1088/
Riley, M and Szivas, E (2009) Poverty and Tourism Employment: Revisiting the Supply Curve. Tourism Economics, 15(2), 297-305. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1096/
Williams A M(2008), ‘Employability and international migration: theoretical perspectives’, in S MacKay (ed), Refugees, Recent Migrants and Employment, challenging barriers and exploring pathways’, Oxford: Routledge, pp 23-34
. (2011) What is social tourism?. Current Issues in Tourism, 14 (5), pp. 403-415. 10.1080/13683500.2011.568051
Minnaert, L., Quinn, B., Griffen K. & Stacey J. (2010), Social tourism for low-income groups: Benefits in a UK and Irish context, in S. Cole & N. Morgan, Tourism and Inequality, CABI: Wallingford
Minnaert, L., Maitland, R., Miller, G (2009) Tourism and Social Policy: Value of Social Tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 36(2), 316-334.
Kim AK, Airey D and Szivas E(2011) ‘The Multiple Assessment of Interpretation Effectiveness: promoting visitors' environmental attitudes and behaviour, Journal of Travel Research50-321 - 334.
Holmes, K., Miller, G., Scarles, C. & Tribe, J. (2009) Barriers to sustainable leisure. IN J. Caudwell (Ed.) Tourism and Leisure: Local communities and local cultures in the UK. Eastbourne: Leisure Studies Association, pp143-158.
Williams A M and Baláž V (2010) ‘The EU: Between the global and the national, and between neo-liberalism and interventionism’, in R. Butler and W. Suntikul (eds.), Tourism and Political Change, Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers, pp.33-44
Williams, A M and Shaw, G. (2009) ‘Future play: tourism, recreation and land use – a Foresight review’,Land Use Policy 12 Supplement 1: S326-335
Suntikul W, Airey D and Butler R (2010) ‘Implications of Political Change on National Park Operations: Doi Moi and tourism to Vietnam’s national parks’ Journal of EcoTourism 9(3) 201-218.
Airey D and Chong K (2010) ‘National Policy-Makers for Tourism in China’ Annals of Tourism Research, 37(2) pp 295-314. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/61
Suntikul W, Airey D and Butler R (2010) 'The Influence of Foreign Direct Investment on Accommodation Patterns in Vietnam as a Result of the Open Door Policy', Current Issues in Tourism 13(3) 261 – 77.
Stevenson N, Airey D and Miller G (2009) Complexity Theory and Tourism Policy Research, International Journal of Tourism Policy, 2(3), 206-220. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1083/
Seppala, R, Airey D and Szivas E (2009) The Dependence of Tourism SMEs on NTOs: the Case of Finland. Journal of Travel Research, 48(2), 177-190.
Suntikul W, Airey D and Butler R (2008) ‘A Periodisation of the Development of Vietnam’s Tourism Accommodation since the Open Door Policy’, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 13(1) pp 67-80. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/41/
Stevenson N, Airey D and Miller G (2008) ‘Tourism Policy Making: The Policymakers’ Perspectives’ Annals of Tourism Research, 35(3) pp 732-750. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/27/
Mcleod M and Airey D (2007) ‘The Politics of Tourism Development, a case of dual governance in Tobago’, International Journal of Tourism Policy 1(3), 217-231. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/tourism/50/
Scarles C. (2010) 'WHERE WORDS FAIL, VISUALS IGNITE Opportunities for Visual Autoethnography in Tourism Research'. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD ANN TOURISM RES, 37 (4), pp. 905-926. 10.1016/j.annals.2010.02.001
Scarles, C. (2009) Becoming Tourist: Renegotiating the Visual in the Tourist Experience, Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 27(3), 465 – 488.
Rakic, T and Chambers, D. (2009) Researcher with a movie camera: visual ethnography in the field. Current Issues in Tourism, 12(3), 275-290.
Weidenfeld A, Butler R and Williams A M (2011) ‘The role of clustering, cooperation and complementarities in the visitor attraction sector’ Current Issues in Tourism DOI:10.1080/13683500.2010.517312
Baláž V and A M Williams (2011), ‘Risk attitudes and migration experience’, Journal of Risk Research. DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2010.547256
Williams A M and V Baláž (20011) ‘Migration, risk and uncertainty: theoretical perspectives’, Population, Space and Place DOI: 10.1002/psp.663
Shaw G, Bailey A and Williams A M (2010) ‘Service Dominant Logic and its Implications for Tourism Management: the co-production of innovation in the hotel industry’, Tourism Management, 32(2): 207-214.
Williams A M and Shaw G (2010) ‘Internationalization and Innovation in Tourism’, Annals of Tourism Research, 38(1): 27-51.
Shaw G and Williams A M (2010), ‘Tourism SMEs: Changing research agendas and missed opportunities’, in D G Pearce and R W Butler (eds),Tourism Research: a 20-20 Vision, Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers, pp80-93
Weidenfeld A, Williams A M and Butler R (2010), ‘Knowledge transfers and innovations amongst attractions’. Annals of Tourism Research 37(3): 604-626
Weidenfeld, A, Butler R, and Williams A M (2010), ‘Why cluster? Text and sub-text in the engagement of tourism development policies with the cluster concept’, in D Dredge and J Jenkins (eds), Tourism Planning Policies: Case Studies, Ashgate
Shaw G and Williams A M (2009), ‘Knowledge Transfer and Management in Tourism Organisations: an emerging research agenda’, Tourism Management 30 (3) 325–335
Weidenfeld A, Butler R W and Williams A M (2009), ‘Clustering and compatibility between tourism attractions’, International Journal of Tourism Research 12 (1): 1-16
Williams A M and Baláž V (2008), ‘Low cost carriers, economies of flows, and regional externalities’, Regional Studies 43(5): 677 - 691
Hall C M and Williams A M (2008), Tourism and Innovation, London: Routledge
Williams A M and Baláž V (2008), International Migration and Knowledge, London: Routledge
Williams A M and Baláž V (2008), International mobility, learning and knowledge transfer: a case study of Slovak doctors, Social Science and Medicine, 67: 1924-33
Williams A M (2007), ‘Rural Tourism and Innovation’, pp31-42 in S. Mahroum, J. Atterton, N. Ward, A M Williams, R Naylor, R. Hindle and F. Rowe (eds.), Rural Innovation, London: NESTA, Exploration 01
Williams A M (2007), ‘International labour migration and tacit knowledge transactions: a multi-level perspective’, Global Networks 7(1): 1-22
Williams A M (2007), ‘Listen to me, learn with me: International migration and knowledge’, British Journal of Industrial Relations 45(2): 361-82
Williams A M (2006), ‘Lost in translation: International migration, learning and knowledge’, Progress in Human Geography 30(5) 588-607
Song H, Li G, Van Der Veen R, Chen JL. (2011) 'Assessing Mainland Chinese Tourists' Satisfaction with Hong Kong Using Tourist Satisfaction Index'. International Journal of Tourism Research, 13 (1), pp. 82-96. doi: 10.1002/jtr.801
Stergiou D and Airey D, (2011) 'Q-methodology and Tourism Research', Current Issues in Tourism, 14(4) 311-322
Chaban, N, Williams A M and Holland M (2011) ‘Inter-cultural adjustment and temporary migration: the NZ Big OE experience’, International Journal of Intercultural Relations doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.03.004
Williams A M, N Chaban and M Holland (2011), ‘International migration and return: the articulation of place through work, family and community’, Mobilities 6(1): 125-147
Balaz V. and Williams, A M(2008), ‘Path dependency and path creation perspectives on migration trajectories: the economic experiences of Vietnamese migrants in Slovakia’, International Migration 45(2): 37-67
Stergiou D and Airey D (2008) ‘Corporate Identity and Public Relations in the Hotel Industry’, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 6(2) 1-12.
Warnes A and Williams A M (2006), Older migrants in Europe: an innovative focus for migration studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies v32(8): 1257-81
