All Outputs (27)

The emergence of authenticity: Phases of tourist experience (2024)
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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)
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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.

Authenticity: The state-of-the-art in Tourism Geographies (2023)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Non-Interaction and identity change through Covid-19 tourism (2021)
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Zhang, C., Wang, L., & Rickly, J. (2021). Non-Interaction and identity change through Covid-19 tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 89, Article 103211

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the fundamental desire for social interaction in international tourism. It is vital to understand how the loss of meaningful social interaction will impact on tourists' identity change. As the pandemic fir... Read More about Non-Interaction and identity change through Covid-19 tourism.

Irreconcilable differences: Divorcing ethics from existential authenticity (2021)
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Rickly, J. M., Vidon, E. S., & Knudsen, D. C. (2021). Irreconcilable differences: Divorcing ethics from existential authenticity. Annals of Tourism Research, 88, Article 103174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2021.103174

This paper challenges tourism research that attempts to bring together existential authenticity and ethics. Following on from others who have revived philosophically driven investigations of authenticity, we turn to key existential thinkers to specif... Read More about Irreconcilable differences: Divorcing ethics from existential authenticity.

‘The smell of death and the smell of life’: authenticity, anxiety and perceptions of death at Varanasi’s cremation grounds (2019)
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Sharma, N., & Rickly, J. (2019). ‘The smell of death and the smell of life’: authenticity, anxiety and perceptions of death at Varanasi’s cremation grounds. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 14(5-6), 466-477. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743873X.2019.1610411

This paper contributes to an understanding of existential authenticity and existential anxiety in tourism studies through an investigation of tourists' perceptions of death, the Self, and "others" at the Hindu cremation grounds in Varanasi, India. En... Read More about ‘The smell of death and the smell of life’: authenticity, anxiety and perceptions of death at Varanasi’s cremation grounds.

Spectacle and adventure philanthropy (2018)
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Rickly, J., & Clouser, R. (2019). Spectacle and adventure philanthropy. Annals of Tourism Research, 77, 158-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.12.008

While humanitarian tourism is increasingly examined from critical theory perspectives (see Ingram, 2011; Mostafanezhad, 2013, 2104; Simpson, 2004), less attention has been given to the role of media and spectacle in the enactment of this type of tour... Read More about Spectacle and adventure philanthropy.

Wilderness state of mind: expanding authenticity (2018)
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Vidon, E. S., Rickly, J. M., & Knudsen, D. C. (2018). Wilderness state of mind: expanding authenticity. Annals of Tourism Research, 73, 62-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.09.006

This paper challenges the overuse of existential authenticity as a categorical umbrella encapsulating touristic experience and contributes new insights to the way postmodern authenticity is defined in tourism research. To date, studies associated wit... Read More about Wilderness state of mind: expanding authenticity.

Tourism geographies and the place of authenticity (2018)
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Rickly, J. (2018). Tourism geographies and the place of authenticity. Tourism Geographies, 20(4), 734-737. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2018.1477169

Along with the earliest theories of tourism arose an interest in understanding the role of authenticity. These burgeoning efforts were based in history, anthropology, and sociology (see Boorstin, 1961; MacCannell, 1973, 1976; Cohen, 1979); yet, the s... Read More about Tourism geographies and the place of authenticity.

Alienation and anxiety in tourism motivation (2018)
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Vidon, E. S., & Rickly, J. M. (in press). Alienation and anxiety in tourism motivation. Annals of Tourism Research, 69, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2018.02.001

Although underexplored in tourism studies, recent work suggests theories of alienation, as the dialectic of authenticity, have much to contribute to our understanding of tourism motivation. This paper uses three major theoretical tropes (Marxism, exi... Read More about Alienation and anxiety in tourism motivation.

Considering service animals in tourism (2018)
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Rickly, J. M. (2018). Considering service animals in tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 71, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.12.012

Accessible tourism is a rapidly growing sector of the tourism industry and increasingly recognized as essential to supporting mobility and leisure as human rights (Buhalis & Darcy, 2001; Buhalis, Darcy, & Ambrose, 2012; McCabe & Diekmann, 2015). This... Read More about Considering service animals in tourism.

Self-care for the researcher: dark tourism in Varanasi, India (2017)
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Sharma, N., & Rickly, J. M. (2018). Self-care for the researcher: dark tourism in Varanasi, India. Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 18(1), 41-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313220.2017.1403801

Dark tourism is a popular niche of tourism that allows tourists to come into close proximity with death, atrocity, and the macabre, and therefore has the potential to be an emotional and even traumatic encounter for tourists. While this context has i... Read More about Self-care for the researcher: dark tourism in Varanasi, India.

“They all have a different vibe”: a rhythmanalysis of climbing mobilities and the Red River Gorge as place (2017)
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Rickly, J. (2017). “They all have a different vibe”: a rhythmanalysis of climbing mobilities and the Red River Gorge as place. Tourist Studies, 17(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797617717637

This paper integrates a mobilities perspective and Lefebvre’s notion of rhythmanalysis as a means interrogate place as an entanglement of mobilities, moorings, and rhythms. By investigating one popular rock climbing destination, this paper demonstrat... Read More about “They all have a different vibe”: a rhythmanalysis of climbing mobilities and the Red River Gorge as place.

Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism (2017)
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Rickly, J., & Vidon, E. S. (in press). Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1284856

This paper examines the discourses of authenticity and ethics used among adventure tourists regarding the use of the natural environment. In one case, full-time traveling rock climbers use their dedication to the sport and annual visits to the Red Ri... Read More about Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism.