G Wall

Biographic Data

ID18211
NAMEG Wall
GIVEN NAMESG
FAMILY NAMEWall
SIGNATUREWALL G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Waterloo
ORCID0000-0001-5649-8715
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS181
TOTAL CITATIONS845
AUTHOR COUNT181
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX16

  • Ethnicity perception through food experiences using the ZMET method: Siqinama Mongolian restaurant, China

    Hangyu Dong, Ming Ming Su et al.ARTICLEJournal of Tourism and Cultural…2026

    Ethnic restaurants are multi-sensory interactive spaces providing immersive experiences related to ethnicity. However, how customers experience and perceive ethnicity through food experiences has not yet been explored in detail. With Siqinama Mongolian restaurant as a representative case and the 8-step ZMET method to guide data collection, the formation of customers’ ethnicity perception from sensory experiences is addressed with the embodiment t…

  • Spirit of place and brand equity: Culinary tourism through a Confucian lens

    Open AccessCheng Li, Li Cheng et al.ARTICLEBritish Food Journal2025

    Purpose This study explores the interplay between the spirit of place, brand equity and tourists’ travel intentions within the context of culinary tourism at destinations influenced by Confucian culture. It examines how Confucian values, such as benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trust, shape the personality of culinary tourism destinations and how this personality influences tourists’ travel intentions both directly and indirectly …

  • Authentic experiences and visitor stickiness: When landscapes are restored at a world natural heritage site

    Open AccessCheng Li, Li Cheng et al.ARTICLETourism Management2025References: 50

  • Identifying, selecting and defining research questions: Reflections on Fifty Years of Tourism Scholarship

    G WallARTICLETourism Recreation Research2025References: 7

    It is argued that the selection and definition of research topics are crucial early research steps that deserve more systematic attention than is commonly the case. Research topics should be actively sought. Means of finding research topics and narrowing the foci to delimit research questions, through the construction of venn and hourglass diagrams, are suggested. These are crucial tasks for graduate students in which supervisors should provide t…

  • Gender equality in a Chinese rural tourism destination: Perspectives of Females and Males

    Ming Ming Su, Ming Su et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2025Cited by: 1References: 41

    Gender equality is an important UN sustainable development goal. With tourism often encouraging and favoring female participation, relationships between tourism and gender equality have attracted much research attention. However, being dynamic and highly contextual, the multi-faceted complex of gender and tourism interactions are relevant to both males and females. Therefore, nuanced and contextual case studies incorporating perspectives of both …

  • Collective actions and crisis adaptation of a rural tourism community

    Xiang Luo, Honggang Xu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2025Cited by: 1References: 68

  • Authenticity, ethics and restoration of an earthquake-modified landscape: Jiuzhaigou World Natural Heritage Site

    Cheng Li, Li Cheng et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2024

    Restoring a World Natural Heritage Site (WNHS) after a disaster to attract tourists raises multifaceted issues that concern heritage authenticity, environmental ethics, and tourists’ acceptance. In the case of Jiuzhaigou post-earthquake landscape, this study analyses authenticity perceptions, attitudes, and behavioral intentions of tourists and explores environmental ethics through three perspectives. Results reveal tourists’ authenticity percept…

  • Sustainable livelihoods following an extreme event: Post‐earthquake practices of the Tibetan community in Jiuzhaigou World Heritage site, China

    Open AccessCheng Li, Li Cheng et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2024Cited by: 1References: 11

    Under the guidance of a sustainable livelihoods framework and using qualitative research methods, members of Tibetan communities in Jiuzhaigou World Heritage site were interviewed following an earthquake. Based on grounded theory and methods, the core elements, connotation and impact relationships concerning the sustainable livelihoods of Tibetan residents after an extreme event were extracted. A framework comprised of livelihood capital, livelih…

  • Intergenerational evolution of intangible cultural heritage through tourism development: Perspectives of practitioners in Hangzhou China

    Jiayu Wang, Ming Ming Su et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Heritage…2024Cited by: 1References: 50

    As cultural carriers of intangible cultural heritage (ICH), practitioners are key stakeholders in its inheritance and tourism use. Master-apprentice transmission is a major mechanism of generational inheritance. This paper examines ICH masters and apprentices at the Arts & Crafts Museum of Hangzhou, China, and analyzes the cultural composition of handicraft ICH and its intergenerational evolutionary mechanisms. Semi-structured interviews with two…

  • Tourists’ psychological reactions and destination attachment following an earthquake in Jiuzhaigou, China

    Cheng Li, Li Cheng et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2023

    Few tourism studies have focused on tourists who have been victims of a disaster. Their destination attachment has implications for re-establishment of market confidence and resilience. Structural equation modelling of data from 242 tourists who were victims of the Jiuzhaigou earthquake was used to explore their feelings of attachment. The results confirm that earthquake-affected tourists can generate positive emotional attachment toward the dest…

  • Empowerment of women through cultural tourism: Perspectives of Hui minority embroiderers in Ningxia, China

    Ming Ming Su, Ming Su et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2023

    Engagement of vulnerable rural women in the demonstration and practices of cultural heritage for tourism is a strategy that can empower them. Five dimensions of women’s empowerment (economic, social, psychological, educational and political) are examined at multiple scales (self, family, community and society) in a Hui ethnic community in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest of China. This county is nationally recognized for i…

  • Ethnic Tourism: Impacts, Challenges and Opportunities

    Li Yang, G WallBOOKEthnic Tourism2023

    The book explores emerging themes, concepts, and issues in ethnic tourism, through examination of theoretical underpinnings and empirical research in various ethnic destinations worldwide. It encapsulates cultural, environmental, and economic dimensions of ethnic tourism, which is a force of change in many ethnic communities and suggests means through which local benefits can be enhanced and costs reduced. This book presents a range of case studi…

  • Measuring Tourism Impacts on Community Well-being at the Hani Rice Terraces Giahs Site, Yunnan Province of China

    Ming Ming Su, Ming Su et al.ARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2023Cited by: 5References: 2

    To reflect the intricate relationships between heritage, tourism, and community pertinent to Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), the framework of community well-being is adapted to evaluate the status and changes to destination communities imposed by conservation and tourism initiatives. A multi-stakeholder, mixed-method approach is adopted using qualitative interviews and a quantitative questionnaire survey at two villages …

  • Asset assemblages and livelihood resilience in a coastal community

    Chao Wei, Honggang Xu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2023Cited by: 2References: 7

    Both livelihood resilience and sustainability have received substantial attention from tourism researchers. Capital is crucial to livelihood resilience, and different livelihoods depend on different asset portfolios. However, the transformation of capital across livelihoods has not been examined carefully. Instead of treating capital as singular, we investigate capital as a multiplicity. We evaluate the transformation of capital through a qualita…

  • Entrepreneurial networks in creative tourism place-making: Dali village, Wuhan, China

    Lingxu Zhou, Xiaoyun Cheng et al.ARTICLETourism Geographies2023Cited by: 6References: 53

    Entrepreneurial motivations and networks in creative tourism place-making are examined using a descriptive case study approach. In Dali creative village in Wuhan, China, place-making was primarily driven by creative artisans and entrepreneurs from elsewhere. Actors' social networks were primarily personal and lacked business cooperation, indicating the organic nature of place-making. The diversity of individual resources, capabilities and expecta…

  • Risk perceptions and behavioral intentions of wildlife tourists during the Covid-19 pandemic in China

    Linlin Xu, Cong Li et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ecotourism2022

    The COVID-19 pandemic is having a huge impact on global tourism, including wildlife tourism. Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), risk perceptions of wildlife tourism are explored and a structural equation model is created of the influence of COVID-19 on tourists' behavioral intentions in China. A total of 677 quantitative surveys were obtained in April and May 2020. The results indicate that attitude, subjective norms and perceived beh…

  • China’s scuba divers’ marine-based environmental behaviors

    Nhiem Trieu Ha, Cong Li et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2021

    This study examined China’s scuba divers’ marine-based environmental behaviors. Three types of behaviors were identified: contact, general diving and educational behaviors. A model developed from the theory of planned behavior was used to study these behaviors. An online survey was used to collect data from 625 scuba divers. Structural equation modeling was applied to analyze relationships between constructs. Only perceived behavioral control was…

  • Tourism place making through the bioluminescent “Blue Tears” of Pingtan Islands, China

    Open AccessMing Ming Su, Ming Su et al.ARTICLEMarine Policy2021

  • Heritage Tourism in a Historic Town in China: Opportunities and Challenges

    Li Yang, G WallARTICLEJournal of China Tourism Research2021Cited by: 3References: 13

    Heritage tourism is a driver of economic growth in many historic towns. However, these places often experience many problems and current planning usually does not address all the difficulties adequately. Small towns in peripheral areas often lack economic opportunities and rely heavily on cultural heritage to develop tourism. A conceptual framework was applied to examine the challenges and opportunities of heritage tourism development in a small …

  • Ancient town tourism and the community supported entrance fee avoidance – Xitang Ancient Town of China

    Ming Ming Su, Ming Su et al.ARTICLEJournal of Tourism and Cultural…2021Cited by: 1References: 3

    Ancient towns, embedded with traditional architecture, culture and life style, are popular tourism attractions worldwide. Tourism use often transforms residents’ living spaces into shared multi-functional spaces for residents and tourists, which imposes impacts to residents and complicates community and tourism relationships. Entrance fees are widely used as an economic strategy for destination management and benefit re-distribution, triggering c…

  • Perspectives on Asian tourism: Experiences from the field

    G WallARTICLEAsia Pacific Journal of Tourism…2021References: 10

    This paper provides a personal statement concerning the author's involvement in tourism research in Asia, particularly Indonesia and China, including Taiwan. Personal background and major projects are introduced, and seven research dimensions are suggested: the role of tourism, extending project activities, finance, synergy, timing, collaboration, and language and culture. Current activities are outlined. Concluding comments address timeliness, a…

  • Cultural production and transmission in museums: A social practice perspective

    Open AccessMao-Ying Wu, Yixuan Tong et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2021Cited by: 12References: 24

  • A value-based analysis of the tourism use of agricultural heritage systems: Duotian Agrosystem, Jiangsu Province, China

    Ming Ming Su, Ming Su et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2020

    With worldwide industrialization and urbanization, agricultural heritage systems are under threat at the global scale despite their exceptional values reflecting intricate human-nature relationships. As a new function of agricultural heritage, tourism does not realize its potential for heritage conservation and community development. Therefore, the integration of multiple heritage values with tourism is highly important for sustaining agricultura…

  • Social media, space and leisure in small cities

    Han Shen, G WallARTICLEAsia Pacific Journal of Tourism…2020Cited by: 5References: 2

    This special issue focus on the trends, problems, solutions and experiences relating to development, marketing and sustainability in small cities. By comparison with large cities, small cities and towns have smaller populations supported by less extensive infrastructure. Nevertheless, they serve as administrative, commercial, religious, and cultural centers for their surrounding areas. Because of their smaller physical and population scales, and …

  • Visitors’ spatio-temporal behavior at a zoo in China

    Ding Xu, Cong Li et al.ARTICLEAsia Pacific Journal of Tourism…2020Cited by: 1References: 10

    Information on tourists’ spatio-temporal behavior is useful for destination marketing and management. GPS data collection, GIS and statistical analyses of survey data from a zoo in Beijing are reported. Results indicate that seven behavior patterns exist that are distinct according to demography and visit attributes. Tourist behavior is influenced by animal features (e.g. the number of animals, endangerment category, feeding habits and aggressive…