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67
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901
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50

Overview

Geoffrey Wall is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a primary focus on topics related to tourism research. Their work encompasses a broad range of themes within sociology, political science, demography, geography, planning and development, social psychology, as well as tourism, leisure, and hospitality management.

Their research output is characterized by publications in multiple well-regarded journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Tourism Review
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
  • Journal of Travel Research
  • Current Issues in Tourism

Key recent papers document various aspects of tourism studies, including:

  • From carrying capacity to overtourism: a perspective article, 2020, Tourism Review
  • Empowerment of women through cultural tourism: perspectives of Hui minority embroiderers in Ningxia, China, 2020, Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Interaction Rituals and Social Relationships in a Rural Tourism Destination, 2022, Journal of Travel Research
  • Cultural production and transmission in museums: A social practice perspective, 2020, Annals of Tourism Research
  • Tourism carrying capacity reconceptualization: Modelling and management of destinations, 2021, Journal of Destination Marketing & Management

Their research topics display diversity and concentration in several areas, including:

  • Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
  • Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
  • Religious Tourism and Spaces
  • Hospitality and Tourism Education
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Cultural Industries and Urban Development
  • Cruise Tourism Development and Management

Geoffrey Wall has also collaborated frequently with several coauthors, reflecting interdisciplinary research partnerships. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Ming Su
  • Cheng Li
  • Cong Li
  • Meiyu Wang
  • Mao-Ying Wu

Their work integrates theoretical and practical concerns in tourism, addressing social practices, cultural transmission, empowerment mechanisms, and destination management strategies. Across the collected publications, the integration of social sciences frameworks and tourism studies is emphasized, contributing to the understanding of tourism's social, cultural, and development dimensions.

Best Publications

  • Tourism: Economic, Physical and Social Impacts

    Alister Mathieson;Geoffrey Wall

  • Tourism: Change, Impacts and Opportunities

    Geoffrey Wall;Alister Mathieson

  • Tourism as a sustainable livelihood strategy

    Teresa C.H. Tao;Geoffrey Wall

  • Ecotourism: towards congruence between theory and practice

    Sheryl Ross;Geoffrey Wall

  • Linkages between tourism and food production.

    David J. Telfer;Geoffrey Wall

  • FORUM: Is Ecotourism Sustainable?

    Geoffrey Wall

  • Planning tourism employment: a developing country perspective

    Abby Liu;Geoffrey Wall

  • Evaluating ecotourism: The case of North Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Sheryl Ross;Geoffrey Wall

  • Livelihood sustainability in a rural tourism destination - Hetu Town, Anhui Province, China

    Ming Ming Su;Geoffrey Wall;Yanan Wang;Min Jin

  • Marketing Tourism Destinations: A Strategic Planning Approach

    Ernie Heath;Geoffrey Wall

  • Ethnic tourism development:: Chinese Government Perspectives

    Li Yang;Geoffrey Wall;Stephen L.J. Smith

  • Strengthening backward economic linkages: Local food purchasing by three Indonesian hotels

    David J. Telfer;Geoffrey Wall

  • Environmental Management, Environmental Image and the Competitive Tourist Attraction

    Wei Hu;Geoffrey Wall

  • Shopping experiences: international tourists in Beijing's Silk Market

    Mao-Ying Wu;Geoffrey Wall;Philip L. Pearce

  • Selling to tourists: Indonesian street vendors

    Dallen J. Timothy;Geoffrey Wall

  • Ethnic tourism: A framework and an application

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  • Community Participation in Tourism at a World Heritage Site: Mutianyu Great Wall, Beijing, China

    Ming Ming Su;Geoffrey Wall

  • Visitors' perceptions of authenticity at cultural attractions in Hainan, China

    Philip Feifan Xie;Geoffrey Wall

  • Ecotourism and community development: case studies from Hainan, China.

    Mike Stone;Geoffrey Wall

  • Tourism: Economic, Physical and Social Impacts

    Timothy O'Riordan;Alister Mathieson;Geoffrey Wall

  • Tourism and sustainable development : monitoring, planning, managing

    James Gordon Nelson;R. Butler;Geoffrey Wall

  • Tourism: Economic, Physical and Social Impacts

    Mary L. Barker;Alister Mathieson;Geoffrey Wall

  • The Competitive Destination: a Sustainable Tourism Perspective

    Geoffrey Wall

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Butler
Richard Butler University of Strathclyde
Sander van der Linden
Sander van der Linden University of Cambridge
James Higham
James Higham University of Otago
Daniel Scott
Daniel Scott University of Waterloo
David Bruce Weaver
David Bruce Weaver Queensland University of Technology
Dallen J. Timothy
Dallen J. Timothy Arizona State University
Philip L. Pearce
Philip L. Pearce James Cook University
David A. Fennell
David A. Fennell Brock University
Scott A. Cohen
Scott A. Cohen University of Surrey
Stefan Gössling
Stefan Gössling Linnaeus University

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