The Dynamics of Successful Events - The Experts Perspective (2007)
Journal Article
Ensor, J., Robertson, M., & Ali-Knight, J. (2007). The Dynamics of Successful Events - The Experts Perspective. Managing Leisure, 12(3), 223-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/13606710701406550

Interviews with key leaders formed the basis of this exploratory research to elicit and identify the key factors that festival leaders perceive as the characteristics of creative and innovative festivals. The sample study was of composed of three key... Read More about The Dynamics of Successful Events - The Experts Perspective.

Intrastate travel experiences in international students and their perceptions of Western Australia (WA) as a tourist destination. (2002)
Journal Article
Shanka, T., Ali-Knight, J., & Pope, J. (2002). Intrastate travel experiences in international students and their perceptions of Western Australia (WA) as a tourist destination. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 3, 245-256

This paper presents initial findings from a study examining the impact on Western Australian (WA) tourism of the growing number of international students in the state. Focusing on one university with the largest number of international students (3946... Read More about Intrastate travel experiences in international students and their perceptions of Western Australia (WA) as a tourist destination..

The environmental attitudes and practices of family businesses in the rural tourism and hospitality sectors. (2001)
Journal Article
Carlsen, J., Getz, D., & Ali-Knight, J. (2001). The environmental attitudes and practices of family businesses in the rural tourism and hospitality sectors. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 9(4), 281-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669580108667403

This paper examines the environmental goals of rural, family owned/operated tourism
business with a viewto evaluating their conservationethic andcommitment to sustainable
tourism. From a survey of 198 family businesses in Western Australia, it was... Read More about The environmental attitudes and practices of family businesses in the rural tourism and hospitality sectors..

Who is the wine tourist? (2001)
Journal Article
Charters, S., & Ali-Knight, J. (2002). Who is the wine tourist?. Tourism Management, 23(3), 311-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5177%2801%2900079-6

Both the wine and tourism industries have achieved high levels of growth within Australia in the 1990s, and are significant contributors to the GDP as invisible exports. In 1994, about 10 percent of the total international visitors made a visit to an... Read More about Who is the wine tourist?.