Sera Vada
Biographic Data
| ID | 3100311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sera Vada |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sera |
| FAMILY NAME | Vada |
| SIGNATURE | VADA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6192-9444 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Unlocking the gateway to tourist well-being: The Triple-A model of engagement in tourism experiences
Engagement in tourist experiences is essential for destination development. However, how tourist engagement generates positive psychological outcomes, such as tourist well-being, remains underexplored. Consequently, drawing on an interpretivist paradigm, this study conducts in-depth focus groups with 23 tourism professionals to explore the mechanism through which engagement in tourism experiences is enhanced and subsequently influences tourist we…
Enhancing compliance assessment through regenerative transformations: A Food Waste Perspective
Addressing food waste is a growing priority for hotel groups. However, aligning corporate sustainability goals with the practicalities of individual hotels is challenging. While hotels increasingly adopt certification programs to enable transparency on sustainability performance, there is a risk that compliance-based assessment systems may not fully capture the nuances of each hotel’s local context. The notion of regeneration, emphasizing reinves…
Rethinking Travel Companionship: An Alternative Conceptual Model and Future Research Agenda
Travel companionship is commonplace across tourism industries, with existing discourse exclusively emphasizing positive downstream outcomes. However, limited studies have provided a potential counterpoint to the positive outcomes embedded in scholarly work associated with travel companionship. This research, building on interdisciplinary insights, aims to create a comprehensive perspective on travel companionship, elucidating the conditions where…
The state-of-the-art in sport tourism geographies
The geography of sport offers valuable theoretical and conceptual frames to inform the study of sport-related tourism. While all sports share fundamental aspects such as rule structures, elements of competition and aspects of physical play, the manifestations of these dimensions of sport are enormously diverse. Sport and tourism are socially constructed phenomena. The constant evolution of sports in different societies raise a spectacular array o…
Re‐thinking tourist wellbeing: An integrative model of affiliation with nature and social connections
Research on positive psychological outcomes of tourism has experienced exponential growth. However, a critical dimension of tourist wellbeing, affiliation, remains underexplored and conceptually underdeveloped. This study draws on 26 in‐depth interviews with international tourists to Fiji to explore the influence of affiliation with nature and social connectedness on tourist wellbeing. Findings demonstrate the integral role of travel companionshi…
Exploring Chinese Tourists’ Well-Being Through a Confucian Lens: A Multi-Focal Model
Despite exponential growth in research interest in the psychological benefits derived from travel experiences, existing conceptualizations of well-being in tourism predominantly adopt Western perspectives. This conceptual paper proposes a multifocal model for understanding tourist well-being through a Confucian lens. By comparing the five cardinal Confucian virtues with Aristotelian well-being perspectives, this multidimensional framework integra…
Dolphins: Communication and engagement in marine mammal tourism attractions
This paper delves into the ethical dimensions and public perceptions surrounding dolphin tourism, both seeing them in the wild and in the marine park. Using a comprehensive analysis of social media data over seven years, we focus on dolphins as a central element of marine mammal tourism, investigating how digital narratives shape tourist attitudes and behaviours towards these intelligent creatures. Informed by a multi-method data analysis approac…
Disaster recovery as disorientation and reorientation
As research on disasters in the tourism context matures, a more holistic understanding of how businesses and communities can recover is needed. Using the disorientation and reorientation framework, this study explores recovery as a place-based process. The perceptions and memories of key stakeholders of Binna Burra Lodge, which was affected by the 2019–2020 bushfires in Australia, are investigated and the analysis reveals two themes of disorienta…
Route tourism: A narrative literature review
Route tourism has received little attention and only a few studies have addressed the challenges and opportunities of developing specific itineraries. Through a narrative literature review, this paper assesses the state-of-the-art knowledge by exploring definitions of route tourism, their main features and some emerging themes regarding route tourism. The analysis of definitions indicates three main dimensions of route tourism in terms of area, a…
Using Q method to investigate the influence of inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (Wash) on tourists’ hotel choice in Fiji
Consequent to the COVID-19 pandemic and the reopening of international borders, tourists are increasingly concerned about sanitation and hygiene practices in tourism destinations. There is an evident need to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed tourist choices. This paper investigates the perceptions of hotel staff and tourists on the influence of inclusive water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices on tourists’ hotel choice…
Welcome back: Repeat visitation and tourist wellbeing
The influence of travel companionships on memorable tourism experiences, well‐being, and behavioural intentions
This study examines the role of companionship in shaping memorable tourism experiences, traveller well‐being and behavioural intentions by drawing upon a conceptual framework of well‐being. Based on data collected from 430 respondents in Australia who had recent travel experience, the results from structural equation modelling (SEM) confirmed that companionship impacted on and had a significant influence on revisitation intentions and recommendat…
Recreating history: The evolving negotiation of staged authenticity in tourism experiences
Positive psychology and tourist well-being: A systematic literature review
Welcome back: Repeat visitation and tourist wellbeing
Rethinking Travel Companionship: An Alternative Conceptual Model and Future Research Agenda
Travel companionship is commonplace across tourism industries, with existing discourse exclusively emphasizing positive downstream outcomes. However, limited studies have provided a potential counterpoint to the positive outcomes embedded in scholarly work associated with travel companionship. This research, building on interdisciplinary insights, aims to create a comprehensive perspective on travel companionship, elucidating the conditions where…
Recreating history: The evolving negotiation of staged authenticity in tourism experiences
Enhancing compliance assessment through regenerative transformations: A Food Waste Perspective
Addressing food waste is a growing priority for hotel groups. However, aligning corporate sustainability goals with the practicalities of individual hotels is challenging. While hotels increasingly adopt certification programs to enable transparency on sustainability performance, there is a risk that compliance-based assessment systems may not fully capture the nuances of each hotel’s local context. The notion of regeneration, emphasizing reinves…
The state-of-the-art in sport tourism geographies
The geography of sport offers valuable theoretical and conceptual frames to inform the study of sport-related tourism. While all sports share fundamental aspects such as rule structures, elements of competition and aspects of physical play, the manifestations of these dimensions of sport are enormously diverse. Sport and tourism are socially constructed phenomena. The constant evolution of sports in different societies raise a spectacular array o…
Dolphins: Communication and engagement in marine mammal tourism attractions
This paper delves into the ethical dimensions and public perceptions surrounding dolphin tourism, both seeing them in the wild and in the marine park. Using a comprehensive analysis of social media data over seven years, we focus on dolphins as a central element of marine mammal tourism, investigating how digital narratives shape tourist attitudes and behaviours towards these intelligent creatures. Informed by a multi-method data analysis approac…
Positive psychology and tourist well-being: A systematic literature review
The influence of travel companionships on memorable tourism experiences, well‐being, and behavioural intentions
This study examines the role of companionship in shaping memorable tourism experiences, traveller well‐being and behavioural intentions by drawing upon a conceptual framework of well‐being. Based on data collected from 430 respondents in Australia who had recent travel experience, the results from structural equation modelling (SEM) confirmed that companionship impacted on and had a significant influence on revisitation intentions and recommendat…
Recreating history: The evolving negotiation of staged authenticity in tourism experiences
Route tourism: A narrative literature review
Route tourism has received little attention and only a few studies have addressed the challenges and opportunities of developing specific itineraries. Through a narrative literature review, this paper assesses the state-of-the-art knowledge by exploring definitions of route tourism, their main features and some emerging themes regarding route tourism. The analysis of definitions indicates three main dimensions of route tourism in terms of area, a…
Using Q method to investigate the influence of inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (Wash) on tourists’ hotel choice in Fiji
Consequent to the COVID-19 pandemic and the reopening of international borders, tourists are increasingly concerned about sanitation and hygiene practices in tourism destinations. There is an evident need to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed tourist choices. This paper investigates the perceptions of hotel staff and tourists on the influence of inclusive water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices on tourists’ hotel choice…
Welcome back: Repeat visitation and tourist wellbeing
Re‐thinking tourist wellbeing: An integrative model of affiliation with nature and social connections
Research on positive psychological outcomes of tourism has experienced exponential growth. However, a critical dimension of tourist wellbeing, affiliation, remains underexplored and conceptually underdeveloped. This study draws on 26 in‐depth interviews with international tourists to Fiji to explore the influence of affiliation with nature and social connectedness on tourist wellbeing. Findings demonstrate the integral role of travel companionshi…
Exploring Chinese Tourists’ Well-Being Through a Confucian Lens: A Multi-Focal Model
Despite exponential growth in research interest in the psychological benefits derived from travel experiences, existing conceptualizations of well-being in tourism predominantly adopt Western perspectives. This conceptual paper proposes a multifocal model for understanding tourist well-being through a Confucian lens. By comparing the five cardinal Confucian virtues with Aristotelian well-being perspectives, this multidimensional framework integra…
Dolphins: Communication and engagement in marine mammal tourism attractions
This paper delves into the ethical dimensions and public perceptions surrounding dolphin tourism, both seeing them in the wild and in the marine park. Using a comprehensive analysis of social media data over seven years, we focus on dolphins as a central element of marine mammal tourism, investigating how digital narratives shape tourist attitudes and behaviours towards these intelligent creatures. Informed by a multi-method data analysis approac…
Disaster recovery as disorientation and reorientation
As research on disasters in the tourism context matures, a more holistic understanding of how businesses and communities can recover is needed. Using the disorientation and reorientation framework, this study explores recovery as a place-based process. The perceptions and memories of key stakeholders of Binna Burra Lodge, which was affected by the 2019–2020 bushfires in Australia, are investigated and the analysis reveals two themes of disorienta…
Unlocking the gateway to tourist well-being: The Triple-A model of engagement in tourism experiences
Engagement in tourist experiences is essential for destination development. However, how tourist engagement generates positive psychological outcomes, such as tourist well-being, remains underexplored. Consequently, drawing on an interpretivist paradigm, this study conducts in-depth focus groups with 23 tourism professionals to explore the mechanism through which engagement in tourism experiences is enhanced and subsequently influences tourist we…
Enhancing compliance assessment through regenerative transformations: A Food Waste Perspective
Addressing food waste is a growing priority for hotel groups. However, aligning corporate sustainability goals with the practicalities of individual hotels is challenging. While hotels increasingly adopt certification programs to enable transparency on sustainability performance, there is a risk that compliance-based assessment systems may not fully capture the nuances of each hotel’s local context. The notion of regeneration, emphasizing reinves…
Rethinking Travel Companionship: An Alternative Conceptual Model and Future Research Agenda
Travel companionship is commonplace across tourism industries, with existing discourse exclusively emphasizing positive downstream outcomes. However, limited studies have provided a potential counterpoint to the positive outcomes embedded in scholarly work associated with travel companionship. This research, building on interdisciplinary insights, aims to create a comprehensive perspective on travel companionship, elucidating the conditions where…
The state-of-the-art in sport tourism geographies
The geography of sport offers valuable theoretical and conceptual frames to inform the study of sport-related tourism. While all sports share fundamental aspects such as rule structures, elements of competition and aspects of physical play, the manifestations of these dimensions of sport are enormously diverse. Sport and tourism are socially constructed phenomena. The constant evolution of sports in different societies raise a spectacular array o…
Tourism (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Marketing (6 works) · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (6 works)