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The Nature and Role of Visitor Attraction (2022)
Book Chapter
Leask, A. (2022). The Nature and Role of Visitor Attraction. In A. Fyall, B. Garrod, A. Leask, & S. Wanhill (Eds.), Managing Visitor Attractions. (3rd). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003041948-2

Visitor attractions play a vital role in the development and success of tourism destination. The aim of this chapter is first to define the terms ‘visitor attraction’ and ‘tourism destination’, showing how they are distinct yet increasingly overlappi... Read More about The Nature and Role of Visitor Attraction.

What next for tourism policy in the post-Brexit EU? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Anastasiadou, C. (2019). What next for tourism policy in the post-Brexit EU?. In Tourman 2019 Conference Proceedings (193-195)

Tourism is a major socio-economic activity in the European Union that has traditionally been, cast as a means of promoting European identity and progressing the EU’s aims for further European economic and political integration. The decision of the U... Read More about What next for tourism policy in the post-Brexit EU?.

The use of Volunteer Employed Photography within undergraduate assessment: An international field trip perspective (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snell, S. (2022, June). The use of Volunteer Employed Photography within undergraduate assessment: An international field trip perspective. Paper presented at Visual Methods & Ethnography in Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Edinburgh Napier University

Volunteer Employed Photography (VEP) has been used within tourism studies to better understand destinations and the way residents and visitors interpret and experience them. Seen as an innovative research method, VEP encourages participants to eng... Read More about The use of Volunteer Employed Photography within undergraduate assessment: An international field trip perspective.

The use of Volunteer Employed Photography within undergraduate assessment: A international tourism field trip perspective (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snell, S. (2022, May). The use of Volunteer Employed Photography within undergraduate assessment: A international tourism field trip perspective. Poster presented at Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME) Conference, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

Volunteer Employed Photography (VEP) is used within tourism studies to better understand destinations and the manner in which residents and visitors interpret and experience them. Known for its ability to enhance observational skills, VEP has the po... Read More about The use of Volunteer Employed Photography within undergraduate assessment: A international tourism field trip perspective.

Arts-based research and the intersected tourist gaze (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Todd, L. (2022, June). Arts-based research and the intersected tourist gaze. Paper presented at Future Visualities: Visual Methods & Ethnography in Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh

There is an extant of research devoted to the ocular nature of tourism as a set of visual practices, and accordingly, to the tourist gaze thesis (Urry & Larsen, 2011). Within this construct, it is suggested that tourists’ and others’ visual practices... Read More about Arts-based research and the intersected tourist gaze.

Arion Art Group exhibition of current work (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. Arion Art Group exhibition of current work. [Fine Art Painting and Drawing]. Exhibited at St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh. 15 June 2022 - 19 June 2022. (Unpublished)

Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research (2021)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2021). Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research. In R. Sharpley (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of the Tourist Experience (9-23). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219866-3

This chapter introduces the concept of postmodernity as it relates to the tourism industry, and to tourism research. The aim is to offer students and academics interested in postmodern thinking for research and other purposes a synthesis of key theme... Read More about Tourism, the tourist experience and postmodernity: theory, application and research.

Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension (2009)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2009). Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension. In R. Sharpley, & P. R. Stone (Eds.), The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (129-144). Channel View Publications. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845411169-008

This chapter explores some of the intrinsically western ethical complexities associated with the production and consumption of dark tourism attractions, focusing specifi cally on contested narratives of national tragedy and dis-graced mo... Read More about Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension.

Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (2009)
Book Chapter
Rainford, S., & Wight, C. (2009). Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. In D. Leslie (Ed.), Tourism Enterprises and Sustainable Development: International Perspectives on Responses to the Sustainability Agenda (157-175). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203873588

The issue of sustainable tourism continues to dominate industry and public forums such as conferences, textbooks, and corporate policy statements, yet there are still relatively few examples of established sustainable tourism initiatives the world ov... Read More about Owner-Manager Perspectives on Environmental Management in Micro and Small Tourism Enterprises in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester (2004)
Journal Article
Wight, C., & Lennon, J. (2004). Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 2(2), 105-122

Governments and authoritative stakeholders are faced with dilemmas regarding the representation of sites associated with death and disaster in the context of tourism visits. Not least of these are the owners and mangers of museums in the U.K which ar... Read More about Towards an Understanding of Visitor Perceptions of ‘Dark’ Attractions: The Case of the Imperial War museum of the North, Manchester.

Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain (2008)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2008). Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain. In L. C. Rubin (Ed.), Food for thought: essays on eating and culture (153-165). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company

Food and eating are firmly established components within the burgeoning mix of new ‘ethical’, culturally-concerned tourism experiences in the West. Perhaps as much as 25 per cent of total UK tourist expenditure is accounted for by food purchases (Hud... Read More about Reengineering “Authenticity”: Tourism Encounters with Cuisine in Rural Great Britain.

Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom (2013)
Journal Article
Wight, A. C. (2013). Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 19(2), 133-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/1356766712463717

The UK Leisure and Tourism sector is uniquely fragmented at government and industry levels and comprises a wide and diverse range of products and services. Tourist boards and strategic authorities are important for the thousands of small enterprises... Read More about Identifying best practice in national tourism organisations: Lessons for the United Kingdom.

Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences (2023)
Journal Article
Wyatt, B., Leask, A., & Barron, P. (2024). Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences. Journal of Travel Research, 63(2), 496-516. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875221151074

This study explores the perspectives of re-enactor tour guides (RTG) concerning their role and re-enactment of dark histories—an overlooked topic within dark tourism research. A conceptual model is proposed that reflects the role of RTGs and how they... Read More about Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences.

EU Tourism and Student Identities in a pre-Brexit UK (2023)
Journal Article
Anastasiadou, C., Pilcher, N., Gutu, M., & Panyik, E. (2023). EU Tourism and Student Identities in a pre-Brexit UK. Annals of Tourism Research, 99, Article 103545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2023.103545

The EU has long advocated cultural tourism to construct a shared, supranational European identity. Drawing on data collected prior to the UK Brexit referendum, the paper compares EU discourse in selected tourism policy documents, and the travel exper... Read More about EU Tourism and Student Identities in a pre-Brexit UK.

“The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream (2021)
Newspaper / Magazine
Kulpa, R. (2021). “The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream. [Magazine article]. Warsaw

A week after the premiere of the fourth season of "The Crown", the British media announced that viewership records were broken. Diana's story is the main theme in it. What is it about her character that attracts the attention of filmmakers, the media... Read More about “The Crown” - Princess Diana and the Cinderella Dream.

Deconstructing commemorative narratives: the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall (2023)
Journal Article
Viol, M., Anastasiadou, C., Todd, L., & Theodoraki, E. (2024). Deconstructing commemorative narratives: the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Leisure Studies, 43(1), 153-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2215468

Historically, researchers have studied commemorative events primarily for their political role in the (re)construction of contested national collective memories and identities, but globalisation, social justice movements, multiculturalism and regiona... Read More about Deconstructing commemorative narratives: the anniversaries of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

'Port of Call' painting by Louise Todd selected for the 197th Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Annual Exhibition (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Todd, L. 'Port of Call' painting by Louise Todd selected for the 197th Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Annual Exhibition. [Original artwork, oil paint on stretched linen canvas, 30cm x 30cm x 3cm.]. Exhibited at Royal Scottish Academy (RSA), Edinburgh. 6 May 2023 - 11 June 2023

The artist: "I am an artist and academic researcher based in Edinburgh. I am particularly interested in narratives of visual culture in tourism, and the tourist gaze, alongside the experience and performance of tourism. This painting, ’Port of call’,... Read More about 'Port of Call' painting by Louise Todd selected for the 197th Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Annual Exhibition.