Outputs (28)

The emergence of authenticity: Phases of tourist experience (2024)
Journal Article
Rickly, J., & Canavan, B. (2024). The emergence of authenticity: Phases of tourist experience. Annals of Tourism Research, 109, Article 103844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2024.103844

Using the philosophy of critical realism, this article conceptualizes authenticity as a process of emergence to address the question: What makes authenticity possible? This envisions distinct authenticity phases, which are episodic, non-linear, and p... Read More about The emergence of authenticity: Phases of tourist experience.

Going the distance: endurance philanthropy, spectacle, and development in Central America (2024)
Journal Article
Clouser, R., & Rickly, J. M. (2024). Going the distance: endurance philanthropy, spectacle, and development in Central America. Tourism Geographies, 26(3), 373-388. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2024.2314550

The increasing popularity of fusing adventure, humanitarianism, and travel has received attention from scholars within the fields of leisure and tourism studies, particularly regarding widespread activities such as volunteer tourism. Fewer have exami... Read More about Going the distance: endurance philanthropy, spectacle, and development in Central America.

Smart city or smart tourism destination? The formation of smart Ljubljana in Slovenia (2023)
Book Chapter
Johnson, A.-G., & Rickly, J. M. (2023). Smart city or smart tourism destination? The formation of smart Ljubljana in Slovenia. In D. Buhalis, B. Taheri, & R. Rahimi (Eds.), Smart cities and tourism: co-creating experiences, challenges and opportunities (124-141). Goodfellow Publishers Limited. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.28209972.12

A city comes to be known as ‘smart’ through the deployment of smart initiatives (Komninos et al., 2019). Smart initiatives contribute to the management of urban challenges and are present in varying forms, namely social media platforms, wireless inte... Read More about Smart city or smart tourism destination? The formation of smart Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Authenticity: The state-of-the-art in Tourism Geographies (2023)
Journal Article
Rickly, J., Sharma, N., & Canavan, B. (2023). Authenticity: The state-of-the-art in Tourism Geographies. Tourism Geographies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2023.2290017

A leading concept in the field of tourism studies, authenticity has a unique relationship with tourism geographies. This state-of-the-art review focuses on this relationship. First, we identity key themes of authenticity research in tourism geographi... Read More about Authenticity: The state-of-the-art in Tourism Geographies.

Suppliers' perceptions on engaging in smart destinations: Evidence from Ljubljana (2023)
Journal Article
Johnson, A. G., McCabe, S., & Rickly, J. M. (2023). Suppliers' perceptions on engaging in smart destinations: Evidence from Ljubljana. Tourism Management Perspectives, 47, Article 101125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2023.101125

Although it is acknowledged in research and practice that multiple, diverse tourism stakeholders are essential for the development of smart destinations, local tourism supplier participation is still lacking. There is limited understanding of how to... Read More about Suppliers' perceptions on engaging in smart destinations: Evidence from Ljubljana.

Traveling with a guide dog: Confidence, constraints and affective qualities of the human-guide dog relationship (2022)
Journal Article
Rickly, J., Halpern, N., Hansen, M., & Welsman, J. (2022). Traveling with a guide dog: Confidence, constraints and affective qualities of the human-guide dog relationship. Tourism Management, 93, Article 104617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2022.104617

Guide dogs enhance the confidence of people with vision impairment (PwVI) and improve their everyday mobility, but they also present constraints to travel. This paper investigates the influence of the PwVI-guide dog relationship on travel behavior th... Read More about Traveling with a guide dog: Confidence, constraints and affective qualities of the human-guide dog relationship.

A review of authenticity research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on authenticity (2022)
Journal Article
Rickly, J. M. (2022). A review of authenticity research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on authenticity. Annals of Tourism Research, 92, Article 103349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103349

Authenticity is one of the oldest and most debated concepts in tourism studies. The last major review of authenticity was published in 1999 in this journal. This review aims to contextualize the developments since that review within the broader trend... Read More about A review of authenticity research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research Curated Collection on authenticity.

A review of early COVID-19 research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research's Curated Collection on coronavirus and tourism (2021)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Zhang, C. X., & Rickly, J. M. (2021). A review of early COVID-19 research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research's Curated Collection on coronavirus and tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 91, Article 103313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103313

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unparalleled impacts to the global tourism industry, thus inspiring a wave of academic research. This paper presents a review of the early literature on COVID-19 and tourism, representing 249 papers. The analysis rev... Read More about A review of early COVID-19 research in tourism: Launching the Annals of Tourism Research's Curated Collection on coronavirus and tourism.

COVID-19 and vision impairment: Constraints negotiation, participation, and well-being during lockdown in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Halpern, N., Rickly, J. M., Hansen, M., & Fellenor, J. (2023). COVID-19 and vision impairment: Constraints negotiation, participation, and well-being during lockdown in the United Kingdom. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 41(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/02646196211009931

In response to the Coronavirus disease, the United Kingdom (UK) government introduced lockdown measures requiring people to isolate and adhere to social distancing. This article uses Constraints Negotiation Theory to examine effects of the lockdown o... Read More about COVID-19 and vision impairment: Constraints negotiation, participation, and well-being during lockdown in the United Kingdom.

Marketing ‘Literary England’ beyond the special interest tourist (2021)
Journal Article
Ingram, C., Themistocleous, C., Rickly, J. M., & McCabe, S. (2021). Marketing ‘Literary England’ beyond the special interest tourist. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights, 2(2), 1-10

The paper examines the likelihood of mainstream (US general sample) and special interest tourists (US literary society members) travelling to English literary tourism destinations. The study applied a mixed methods approach comprising a correlational... Read More about Marketing ‘Literary England’ beyond the special interest tourist.