Rachel Dodds
Biographic Data
| ID | 120877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Dodds |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Dodds |
| SIGNATURE | DODDS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9156-6370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Redefining success: Comparing theoretical and practical definitions of value-based tourism performance
Despite evolving to consider social and environmental thresholds, tourism success continues to be primarily defined by economic growth. As international tourism volumes return to pre-pandemic levels, recent literature advocates for a paradigmatic shift from a tourism model focused on volume generation to one centred around holistic value creation. While this emerging approach has been conceptualized within the literature, there remains a lack of …
Seasoned travelers are more sustainable: Modelling the tourism experience life cycle
Mapping a tourist’s travel frequency and behaviour over time (as outlined in the Tourism Experience Life Cycle (TELC)), may be as important as Butler’s Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) as there is a ‘need to understand the life cycle for a tourist’ (Dodds, 2020 Dodds, R. (2020). The tourist experience life cycle: A perspective article. Tourism Review, 75(1), 216–220. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-05-2019-0163[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Sc…
The Destination Marketing Organization as an intelligent agent: Evaluating engagement in knowledge management practices
DMOs have been increasingly called upon to adopt the role of knowledge management, becoming intelligent agents with the capacity to gather, assess, and disseminate information among internal and external stakeholders. While knowledge management has remained a prominent topic in the literature, its application within the field of tourism management has been limited. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to ascertain to what extent DMOs have en…
Because I believe in it: Examining intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for sustainability in festivals through self-determination theory
In today’s fast-paced and globalized business landscape, the need for sustainability has increased for organizations. The need to re-evaluate practices, however, can be difficult if existing practices or models of operation are traditionally change adverse. For organizations to be motivated to make these changes, understanding both the intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for change are essential. This is especially true in the festival industry. T…
Tourism development from disaster capitalism
Introduction to special issue on island tourism resilience
The purpose of this Special Issue is to frame island tourism research while bringing to the forefront the myriad of challenges facing islands to develop successful tourism destinations. Islands are special geographic features spread all across the globe, and tourism has been an important economic activity for many of these often resource constrained territories. If tourism is a means to economic prosperity, then island destinations need to explor…
The phenomena of overtourism: A review
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of overtourism, outline the issues and contributing factors, as it relates to cities, and to suggest possible mitigation measures that might be taken by policy makers. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws from a review of literature looking at longitudinal issues of tourism development overtime and what has contributed to the phenomena of overtourism. A discussion of implicatio…
Overtourism: Issues, Realities and Solutions
Introduction
Mobilizing knowledge: Determining key elements for success and pitfalls in developing community-based tourism
Community-based tourism (CBT) has often been cited as an alternative to mass tourism and an approach for tourism to become more sustainable. If developed well, CBT can become a poverty alleviation mechanism and a way to access improvements in quality of life, providing empowerment and greater economic benefit to individuals in local communities. Despite the plethora of literature on CBT and evaluation of models, there is little analysis of the fa…
Blue Flag beach certification: An environmental management tool or tourism promotional tool
Beach certification schemes, such as Blue Flag, have become prevalent in the current literature as a beach management tool that is said to bridge the gap between recreation and conservation. Ontario’s Great Lakes beaches offer services that are vitally important for both environmental and economic benefit and recent policy and governance actions across multiple levels of government are recognising the importance of protecting beaches along the Gr…
Willingness to pay for environmentally linked clothing at an event: Visibility, environmental certification, and level of environmental concern
Apparel and the attributes they portray have an opportunity to influence the willingness to pay (WTP) of those who purchase them. While there have been a number of studies examining WTP, few examine purchases in a festival setting. The goal of this study was to explore participants’ WTP for apparel based on a more external motivation (visible environmental message) and/or an internal motivation (environmentally sustainable certification) at a fes…
Consumer Choice and Farmers’ Markets
Responsible Hospitality
Will tourists pay for a healthy environment? Assessing visitors' perceptions and willingness to pay for conservation and preservation in the island of Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
This paper seeks to profile the views and characteristics of travellers to Koh Phi Phi, an island in southwestern Thailand. The island is facing many issues of environmental and social degradation as a result of tourism related over-development. Using individual surveys, visitors were probed to determine their attitudes towards sustainability in Koh Phi Phi and their potential willingness to pay to preserve its environment. The study concludes th…
Greening of the Pride Toronto Festival: Lessons Learned
Pride Toronto is one of Canada's biggest festivals, drawing in over 1 million people. This festival attempted to become the greenest festival in Canada by achieving zero waste and carbon neutrality by 2015. Despite specific goals, funding, and expertise along with a carbon, waste, and benchmark audit, the festival failed to continue greening its operations. This article, using a case study approach, outlines findings that include a misalignment o…
Questioning Slow As Sustainable
Although the authors of the lead-off article bring up some very valid points surrounding definitions that seem to be so much of the focus on tourism research, this author questions whether we are debating the right issues. First, this author questions what is the difference between sustainable tourism and ecologically sustainable development? This author believed that ecologically sustainable development was one of the pillars of sustainability: …
Anthropogenic climate change coverage in two Canadian newspapers, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, from 1988 to 2007
Koh Phi Phi: Moving Towards or Away from Sustainability
This article examines tourism development and sustainability and whether this idea can truly exist in practice. Using the Theory of the Commons and Stakeholder Theory as a starting point, it is examined whether sustainable tourism is a true concept that can exist among stakeholders. The purpose of this research was to investigate stakeholders and their influence on achieving sustainability practices within an island tourism destination – Koh Phi …
Environmental Impacts of Ecotourism
Making Sense of scientific claims in advertising. A study of scientifically aware consumers
Evidence that science is becoming increasingly embedded in culture comes from the proliferation of discourses of ethical consumption, sustainability, and environmental awareness. Al Gore's recent award, along with UN's Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the Nobel peace prize - provided a recent high profile linking of consumption and science. It is not clear to what extent the public at large engages in evaluating the scientific…
Quality Assurance and Certification in Ecotourism
Malta’s Tourism Policy: Standing Still or Advancing towards Sustainability
As with most warm water islands, Malta’s tourism has been historically focused on ‘sun, sea and sand’ package holidays. As a result, the ratio of visitors to locals has expanded very quickly and the strain on infrastructure from too many tourists is evident. As do other small islands, Malta also suffers from an absence of pluralism amongst the politicaleconomic elite and a familiarity between voters and politicians, thereby creating barriers to i…
Anthropogenic climate change coverage in two Canadian newspapers, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, from 1988 to 2007
Introduction to special issue on island tourism resilience
The purpose of this Special Issue is to frame island tourism research while bringing to the forefront the myriad of challenges facing islands to develop successful tourism destinations. Islands are special geographic features spread all across the globe, and tourism has been an important economic activity for many of these often resource constrained territories. If tourism is a means to economic prosperity, then island destinations need to explor…
Because I believe in it: Examining intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for sustainability in festivals through self-determination theory
In today’s fast-paced and globalized business landscape, the need for sustainability has increased for organizations. The need to re-evaluate practices, however, can be difficult if existing practices or models of operation are traditionally change adverse. For organizations to be motivated to make these changes, understanding both the intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for change are essential. This is especially true in the festival industry. T…
Tourism development from disaster capitalism
Malta’s Tourism Policy: Standing Still or Advancing towards Sustainability
As with most warm water islands, Malta’s tourism has been historically focused on ‘sun, sea and sand’ package holidays. As a result, the ratio of visitors to locals has expanded very quickly and the strain on infrastructure from too many tourists is evident. As do other small islands, Malta also suffers from an absence of pluralism amongst the politicaleconomic elite and a familiarity between voters and politicians, thereby creating barriers to i…
Consumer Choice and Farmers’ Markets
Blue Flag beach certification: An environmental management tool or tourism promotional tool
Beach certification schemes, such as Blue Flag, have become prevalent in the current literature as a beach management tool that is said to bridge the gap between recreation and conservation. Ontario’s Great Lakes beaches offer services that are vitally important for both environmental and economic benefit and recent policy and governance actions across multiple levels of government are recognising the importance of protecting beaches along the Gr…
Willingness to pay for environmentally linked clothing at an event: Visibility, environmental certification, and level of environmental concern
Apparel and the attributes they portray have an opportunity to influence the willingness to pay (WTP) of those who purchase them. While there have been a number of studies examining WTP, few examine purchases in a festival setting. The goal of this study was to explore participants’ WTP for apparel based on a more external motivation (visible environmental message) and/or an internal motivation (environmentally sustainable certification) at a fes…
Will tourists pay for a healthy environment? Assessing visitors' perceptions and willingness to pay for conservation and preservation in the island of Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
This paper seeks to profile the views and characteristics of travellers to Koh Phi Phi, an island in southwestern Thailand. The island is facing many issues of environmental and social degradation as a result of tourism related over-development. Using individual surveys, visitors were probed to determine their attitudes towards sustainability in Koh Phi Phi and their potential willingness to pay to preserve its environment. The study concludes th…
Questioning Slow As Sustainable
Although the authors of the lead-off article bring up some very valid points surrounding definitions that seem to be so much of the focus on tourism research, this author questions whether we are debating the right issues. First, this author questions what is the difference between sustainable tourism and ecologically sustainable development? This author believed that ecologically sustainable development was one of the pillars of sustainability: …
Koh Phi Phi: Moving Towards or Away from Sustainability
This article examines tourism development and sustainability and whether this idea can truly exist in practice. Using the Theory of the Commons and Stakeholder Theory as a starting point, it is examined whether sustainable tourism is a true concept that can exist among stakeholders. The purpose of this research was to investigate stakeholders and their influence on achieving sustainability practices within an island tourism destination – Koh Phi …
Quality Assurance and Certification in Ecotourism
Malta’s Tourism Policy: Standing Still or Advancing towards Sustainability
As with most warm water islands, Malta’s tourism has been historically focused on ‘sun, sea and sand’ package holidays. As a result, the ratio of visitors to locals has expanded very quickly and the strain on infrastructure from too many tourists is evident. As do other small islands, Malta also suffers from an absence of pluralism amongst the politicaleconomic elite and a familiarity between voters and politicians, thereby creating barriers to i…
Making Sense of scientific claims in advertising. A study of scientifically aware consumers
Evidence that science is becoming increasingly embedded in culture comes from the proliferation of discourses of ethical consumption, sustainability, and environmental awareness. Al Gore's recent award, along with UN's Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the Nobel peace prize - provided a recent high profile linking of consumption and science. It is not clear to what extent the public at large engages in evaluating the scientific…
Quality Assurance and Certification in Ecotourism
Environmental Impacts of Ecotourism
Koh Phi Phi: Moving Towards or Away from Sustainability
This article examines tourism development and sustainability and whether this idea can truly exist in practice. Using the Theory of the Commons and Stakeholder Theory as a starting point, it is examined whether sustainable tourism is a true concept that can exist among stakeholders. The purpose of this research was to investigate stakeholders and their influence on achieving sustainability practices within an island tourism destination – Koh Phi …
Anthropogenic climate change coverage in two Canadian newspapers, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, from 1988 to 2007
Greening of the Pride Toronto Festival: Lessons Learned
Pride Toronto is one of Canada's biggest festivals, drawing in over 1 million people. This festival attempted to become the greenest festival in Canada by achieving zero waste and carbon neutrality by 2015. Despite specific goals, funding, and expertise along with a carbon, waste, and benchmark audit, the festival failed to continue greening its operations. This article, using a case study approach, outlines findings that include a misalignment o…
Questioning Slow As Sustainable
Although the authors of the lead-off article bring up some very valid points surrounding definitions that seem to be so much of the focus on tourism research, this author questions whether we are debating the right issues. First, this author questions what is the difference between sustainable tourism and ecologically sustainable development? This author believed that ecologically sustainable development was one of the pillars of sustainability: …
Consumer Choice and Farmers’ Markets
Responsible Hospitality
Will tourists pay for a healthy environment? Assessing visitors' perceptions and willingness to pay for conservation and preservation in the island of Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
This paper seeks to profile the views and characteristics of travellers to Koh Phi Phi, an island in southwestern Thailand. The island is facing many issues of environmental and social degradation as a result of tourism related over-development. Using individual surveys, visitors were probed to determine their attitudes towards sustainability in Koh Phi Phi and their potential willingness to pay to preserve its environment. The study concludes th…
Willingness to pay for environmentally linked clothing at an event: Visibility, environmental certification, and level of environmental concern
Apparel and the attributes they portray have an opportunity to influence the willingness to pay (WTP) of those who purchase them. While there have been a number of studies examining WTP, few examine purchases in a festival setting. The goal of this study was to explore participants’ WTP for apparel based on a more external motivation (visible environmental message) and/or an internal motivation (environmentally sustainable certification) at a fes…
Mobilizing knowledge: Determining key elements for success and pitfalls in developing community-based tourism
Community-based tourism (CBT) has often been cited as an alternative to mass tourism and an approach for tourism to become more sustainable. If developed well, CBT can become a poverty alleviation mechanism and a way to access improvements in quality of life, providing empowerment and greater economic benefit to individuals in local communities. Despite the plethora of literature on CBT and evaluation of models, there is little analysis of the fa…
Blue Flag beach certification: An environmental management tool or tourism promotional tool
Beach certification schemes, such as Blue Flag, have become prevalent in the current literature as a beach management tool that is said to bridge the gap between recreation and conservation. Ontario’s Great Lakes beaches offer services that are vitally important for both environmental and economic benefit and recent policy and governance actions across multiple levels of government are recognising the importance of protecting beaches along the Gr…
The phenomena of overtourism: A review
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the emergence of overtourism, outline the issues and contributing factors, as it relates to cities, and to suggest possible mitigation measures that might be taken by policy makers. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws from a review of literature looking at longitudinal issues of tourism development overtime and what has contributed to the phenomena of overtourism. A discussion of implicatio…
Overtourism: Issues, Realities and Solutions
Introduction
Tourism development from disaster capitalism
Introduction to special issue on island tourism resilience
The purpose of this Special Issue is to frame island tourism research while bringing to the forefront the myriad of challenges facing islands to develop successful tourism destinations. Islands are special geographic features spread all across the globe, and tourism has been an important economic activity for many of these often resource constrained territories. If tourism is a means to economic prosperity, then island destinations need to explor…
Because I believe in it: Examining intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for sustainability in festivals through self-determination theory
In today’s fast-paced and globalized business landscape, the need for sustainability has increased for organizations. The need to re-evaluate practices, however, can be difficult if existing practices or models of operation are traditionally change adverse. For organizations to be motivated to make these changes, understanding both the intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for change are essential. This is especially true in the festival industry. T…
Seasoned travelers are more sustainable: Modelling the tourism experience life cycle
Mapping a tourist’s travel frequency and behaviour over time (as outlined in the Tourism Experience Life Cycle (TELC)), may be as important as Butler’s Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) as there is a ‘need to understand the life cycle for a tourist’ (Dodds, 2020 Dodds, R. (2020). The tourist experience life cycle: A perspective article. Tourism Review, 75(1), 216–220. https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-05-2019-0163[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Sc…
The Destination Marketing Organization as an intelligent agent: Evaluating engagement in knowledge management practices
DMOs have been increasingly called upon to adopt the role of knowledge management, becoming intelligent agents with the capacity to gather, assess, and disseminate information among internal and external stakeholders. While knowledge management has remained a prominent topic in the literature, its application within the field of tourism management has been limited. The purpose of this study, therefore, was to ascertain to what extent DMOs have en…
Redefining success: Comparing theoretical and practical definitions of value-based tourism performance
Despite evolving to consider social and environmental thresholds, tourism success continues to be primarily defined by economic growth. As international tourism volumes return to pre-pandemic levels, recent literature advocates for a paradigmatic shift from a tourism model focused on volume generation to one centred around holistic value creation. While this emerging approach has been conceptualized within the literature, there remains a lack of …
Business (18 works) · Political science (16 works) · Tourism (15 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (12 works) · Geography (11 works) · Marketing (10 works) · Sustainability (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works)