Jerome Agrusa
Biographic Data
| ID | 3538433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jerome Agrusa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jerome |
| FAMILY NAME | Agrusa |
| SIGNATURE | AGRUSA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hawaii Pacific University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8165-8469 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 119 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Island destination workforce development and inclusion
The one island-one resort concept of the Maldives features a distinct upscale tourism experience for visitors that offers seclusion, remoteness, and privacy. In view of each island as its own resort, the isolation among the islands poses unique challenges for workforce development as employees live on the same island where they work to serve the tourists. In an increasingly competitive tourism market, the resilience of the Maldives as a tourism d…
Strategies for health and wellness tourism development
Driven by changing consumer behavior trends, a transitioning economy, unique cultural and historical traditions, in conjunction with a wide‐ranging exposure to health, wellbeing, and holistic approaches to human needs, Thailand is well suited to accelerate its involvement in this niche market. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the traveler's motivations and revisit intentions to Thailand along with seeking further understanding of emergin…
Serving Diverse Customers
This study examined the impact of cultural intelligence (CQ) on three key work-related attitudinal outcomes (burnout, engagement and job satisfaction) in a structural equation model. Data were collected from 288 restaurant employees in Hawaii, United States, where restaurant patrons are culturally diverse. Among the four dimensions of CQ (metacognitive, cognitive, motivational, and behavioral), cognitive and motivational CQ played a primary role …
Emergency Remote Education and Its Impact on Higher Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to problems and upheaval throughout the higher-education sector, with university campuses ceasing face-to-face instruction and with assessments shifting to an online model for a few years. As a result, the pandemic prompted educators to teach online, utilizing online lectures, narrated power points, audio snippets, podcasts, instant messaging, and interactive videos, whereas traditional universities had primarily rel…
Classification of senior tourists according to personality traits
This research aims to conduct a cross cultural study of Mainland Chinese and the United States (U.S.) seniors’ personality traits and identify how they affect motivation, preferences, sociodemographic, and travel-related characteristics. Using samples of 496 Mainland Chinese and 532 U.S. senior responses, this research determined that three personality traits (psychocentric, midcentric, and allocentric) described U.S. senior participants and two …
Short-term rental
The popularity and the number of short-term rentals (STRs) in residential areas that are enabled by platform businesses are increasing, for the touted benefits of asset sharing, more authentic tourism experience, and travel democratization. However, evidence is accumulating to reveal that STRs are sources for various community disturbances and exacerbate the housing crisis, displacing the residents of tourism destinations. Based on in-depth inter…
A comparative study of perceptions of destination advertising according to message appeal and endorsement type
As today’s world is flattening, the landscape of tourist destinations is becoming similar. In turn, an increasing number of destinations are seeking to effectively promote themselves. For these reasons, this study investigated the differences in the advertising effectiveness of destination promotions by message appeal and endorsement type. The main objective of the study was to compare the effectiveness of destination advertising by message appea…
Comparison of Japanese and North American Runners of the Ideal Marathon Competition Destination
The Honolulu Marathon has a significant economic impact on the state of Hawaii's economy. Some 25,000 runners registered for the 2007 Honolulu Marathon, making it the sixth largest in the world as well as the third largest marathon in the USA, trailing only New York (34,729) and Chicago (32,332). Of the 25,000 Honolulu Marathon runners, over 17,000 were out-of-state runners. This study asked out-of-state participants in the marathon to assess the…
Integrating Sustainability and Hawaiian Culture into the Tourism Experience of the Hawaiian Islands
The travel industry in Hawaii has been experiencing a trend towards more authentic tourism, which reintegrates Hawaiian culture into the visitors' experience. This study investigated the reintegration of Hawaiian culture into the tourism experience on the Hawaiian Islands by reviewing existing literature, and by analyzing primary data collected through visitor surveys. The purpose of the study was to determine whether there is a visitors' demand …
The Impact of Consumer Behavior and Service Perceptions of a Major Sport Tourism Event
The Honolulu Marathon has consistently provided a positive economic impact to the state of Hawaii's economy. The purpose of this study was to assess the economic benefits of the 2007 Honolulu Marathon by runners from outside the state of Hawaii and their traveling companions on the city of Honolulu. Another purpose of this study was to compare the service perceptions of Japanese participants with those of English-speaking participants, with a foc…
An Investigation into the Procedures Involved in Creating the Hampyeong Butterfly Festival as an Ecotourism Resource, Successful Factors, and Evaluation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the factors that made the Hampyeong Butterfly Festival a success and to identify its impacts on the host community. Hitherto, most studies have focused on a festival's economic impact or the level of visitor satisfaction, which was mainly regarded as the overall satisfaction of festival participants. However, this study examines the festival's operational procedures to clarify the successful factors. In ad…
Willingness to pay entrance fees to natural attractions
The study motivations and study preferences of student groups from Asian nations majoring in hospitality and tourism management programs
Effects of Korean television dramas on the flow of Japanese tourists
The Bottom-up Approach to Sustainable Tourism
Thailand as a tourist destination
In the tourism industry, the perceptions of a tourist destination are critical to its image. Image can be either a mental image of a product created by a marketing department or an associative image of a product that is developed by the consumer. Tourism destinations must be careful about their image so the perception that they have is not different from the way that they are perceived by potential travelers. This study examines the perceptions o…
The positioning of overseas honeymoon destinations
Exotic or erotic – contrasting images for defining destinations
Sex and sexuality are powerful human emotions that have been exploited by the tourism industry to develop aspects of destination image. Where destinations have sought to exploit sex by use of the erotic as an appealing image, sex becomes a featured selling point and may inadvertently become more important than other elements of the desti-nation’s preferred image as a result of image capture where the preferred image is displaced by a less preferr…
The ninth Asia Pacific Tourism Association annual conference “current research, future strategies
Tourism and the threat of HIV/Aids in Vietnam
Vietnam is a relative new comer to international tourism and exhibits considerable scope for tourism development. This paper comments on the potential for Vietnam's already significant domestic commercial sex industry to be exploited as a source for the international sex tourism industry in a manner reminiscent of Thailand and the Philippines. Should this situation eventuate there is a possibility that Vietnam will develop a reputation as a sex t…
The eighth Asia pacific tourism association annual conference “tourism development in the Asia pacific region
Perceptions of restaurant employees in Asia Pacific on sexual harassment in the hospitality industry
A major issue facing all of the hospitality industry is that of sexual harassment and the explosion of the number of sexual harassment lawsuits being filed. According to the National Restaurant Industry (U.S.) in 1998, in certain states there are more sexual harassment lawsuits than slip and fall cases filed within the restaurant industry. With the cost of litigation and the dollar amount of settlements both increasing substantially, it is with a…
One world, one community, one mission” international society of travel and tourism educators Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 4–7, 1999
Perceptions and attitudes toward the legislation of gaming in Hawaii by Japanese‐speaking tourists and English‐speaking tourists
The purpose of this article is, in part, to measure the perceptions and attitudes that Japanese‐ and English‐speaking tourists have about the legislation of casino gaming in Hawaii. One result of the research is that, by analyzing the responses of these two distinct tourist groups, a better understanding of their similarities and differences is achieved. Another result — as well as the ultimate aim of this exploratory study — is to provide perspe…
Building for tomorrow
Effects of Korean television dramas on the flow of Japanese tourists
Willingness to pay entrance fees to natural attractions
Thailand as a tourist destination
In the tourism industry, the perceptions of a tourist destination are critical to its image. Image can be either a mental image of a product created by a marketing department or an associative image of a product that is developed by the consumer. Tourism destinations must be careful about their image so the perception that they have is not different from the way that they are perceived by potential travelers. This study examines the perceptions o…
A comparative study of perceptions of destination advertising according to message appeal and endorsement type
As today’s world is flattening, the landscape of tourist destinations is becoming similar. In turn, an increasing number of destinations are seeking to effectively promote themselves. For these reasons, this study investigated the differences in the advertising effectiveness of destination promotions by message appeal and endorsement type. The main objective of the study was to compare the effectiveness of destination advertising by message appea…
The positioning of overseas honeymoon destinations
Group tours in Hawaii
Classification of senior tourists according to personality traits
This research aims to conduct a cross cultural study of Mainland Chinese and the United States (U.S.) seniors’ personality traits and identify how they affect motivation, preferences, sociodemographic, and travel-related characteristics. Using samples of 496 Mainland Chinese and 532 U.S. senior responses, this research determined that three personality traits (psychocentric, midcentric, and allocentric) described U.S. senior participants and two …
The study motivations and study preferences of student groups from Asian nations majoring in hospitality and tourism management programs
Exotic or erotic – contrasting images for defining destinations
Sex and sexuality are powerful human emotions that have been exploited by the tourism industry to develop aspects of destination image. Where destinations have sought to exploit sex by use of the erotic as an appealing image, sex becomes a featured selling point and may inadvertently become more important than other elements of the desti-nation’s preferred image as a result of image capture where the preferred image is displaced by a less preferr…
Comparison of Japanese and North American Runners of the Ideal Marathon Competition Destination
The Honolulu Marathon has a significant economic impact on the state of Hawaii's economy. Some 25,000 runners registered for the 2007 Honolulu Marathon, making it the sixth largest in the world as well as the third largest marathon in the USA, trailing only New York (34,729) and Chicago (32,332). Of the 25,000 Honolulu Marathon runners, over 17,000 were out-of-state runners. This study asked out-of-state participants in the marathon to assess the…
The ninth Asia Pacific Tourism Association annual conference “current research, future strategies
Tourism and the threat of HIV/Aids in Vietnam
Vietnam is a relative new comer to international tourism and exhibits considerable scope for tourism development. This paper comments on the potential for Vietnam's already significant domestic commercial sex industry to be exploited as a source for the international sex tourism industry in a manner reminiscent of Thailand and the Philippines. Should this situation eventuate there is a possibility that Vietnam will develop a reputation as a sex t…
The eighth Asia pacific tourism association annual conference “tourism development in the Asia pacific region
Perceptions of restaurant employees in Asia Pacific on sexual harassment in the hospitality industry
A major issue facing all of the hospitality industry is that of sexual harassment and the explosion of the number of sexual harassment lawsuits being filed. According to the National Restaurant Industry (U.S.) in 1998, in certain states there are more sexual harassment lawsuits than slip and fall cases filed within the restaurant industry. With the cost of litigation and the dollar amount of settlements both increasing substantially, it is with a…
One world, one community, one mission” international society of travel and tourism educators Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 4–7, 1999
Group tours in Hawaii
Building for tomorrow
Perceptions and attitudes toward the legislation of gaming in Hawaii by Japanese‐speaking tourists and English‐speaking tourists
The purpose of this article is, in part, to measure the perceptions and attitudes that Japanese‐ and English‐speaking tourists have about the legislation of casino gaming in Hawaii. One result of the research is that, by analyzing the responses of these two distinct tourist groups, a better understanding of their similarities and differences is achieved. Another result — as well as the ultimate aim of this exploratory study — is to provide perspe…
Perceptions of restaurant employees in Asia Pacific on sexual harassment in the hospitality industry
A major issue facing all of the hospitality industry is that of sexual harassment and the explosion of the number of sexual harassment lawsuits being filed. According to the National Restaurant Industry (U.S.) in 1998, in certain states there are more sexual harassment lawsuits than slip and fall cases filed within the restaurant industry. With the cost of litigation and the dollar amount of settlements both increasing substantially, it is with a…
One world, one community, one mission” international society of travel and tourism educators Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 4–7, 1999
Tourism and the threat of HIV/Aids in Vietnam
Vietnam is a relative new comer to international tourism and exhibits considerable scope for tourism development. This paper comments on the potential for Vietnam's already significant domestic commercial sex industry to be exploited as a source for the international sex tourism industry in a manner reminiscent of Thailand and the Philippines. Should this situation eventuate there is a possibility that Vietnam will develop a reputation as a sex t…
The eighth Asia pacific tourism association annual conference “tourism development in the Asia pacific region
The ninth Asia Pacific Tourism Association annual conference “current research, future strategies
Exotic or erotic – contrasting images for defining destinations
Sex and sexuality are powerful human emotions that have been exploited by the tourism industry to develop aspects of destination image. Where destinations have sought to exploit sex by use of the erotic as an appealing image, sex becomes a featured selling point and may inadvertently become more important than other elements of the desti-nation’s preferred image as a result of image capture where the preferred image is displaced by a less preferr…
The positioning of overseas honeymoon destinations
The Bottom-up Approach to Sustainable Tourism
Thailand as a tourist destination
In the tourism industry, the perceptions of a tourist destination are critical to its image. Image can be either a mental image of a product created by a marketing department or an associative image of a product that is developed by the consumer. Tourism destinations must be careful about their image so the perception that they have is not different from the way that they are perceived by potential travelers. This study examines the perceptions o…
The study motivations and study preferences of student groups from Asian nations majoring in hospitality and tourism management programs
Effects of Korean television dramas on the flow of Japanese tourists
An Investigation into the Procedures Involved in Creating the Hampyeong Butterfly Festival as an Ecotourism Resource, Successful Factors, and Evaluation
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the factors that made the Hampyeong Butterfly Festival a success and to identify its impacts on the host community. Hitherto, most studies have focused on a festival's economic impact or the level of visitor satisfaction, which was mainly regarded as the overall satisfaction of festival participants. However, this study examines the festival's operational procedures to clarify the successful factors. In ad…
Willingness to pay entrance fees to natural attractions
The Impact of Consumer Behavior and Service Perceptions of a Major Sport Tourism Event
The Honolulu Marathon has consistently provided a positive economic impact to the state of Hawaii's economy. The purpose of this study was to assess the economic benefits of the 2007 Honolulu Marathon by runners from outside the state of Hawaii and their traveling companions on the city of Honolulu. Another purpose of this study was to compare the service perceptions of Japanese participants with those of English-speaking participants, with a foc…
Integrating Sustainability and Hawaiian Culture into the Tourism Experience of the Hawaiian Islands
The travel industry in Hawaii has been experiencing a trend towards more authentic tourism, which reintegrates Hawaiian culture into the visitors' experience. This study investigated the reintegration of Hawaiian culture into the tourism experience on the Hawaiian Islands by reviewing existing literature, and by analyzing primary data collected through visitor surveys. The purpose of the study was to determine whether there is a visitors' demand …
Comparison of Japanese and North American Runners of the Ideal Marathon Competition Destination
The Honolulu Marathon has a significant economic impact on the state of Hawaii's economy. Some 25,000 runners registered for the 2007 Honolulu Marathon, making it the sixth largest in the world as well as the third largest marathon in the USA, trailing only New York (34,729) and Chicago (32,332). Of the 25,000 Honolulu Marathon runners, over 17,000 were out-of-state runners. This study asked out-of-state participants in the marathon to assess the…
A comparative study of perceptions of destination advertising according to message appeal and endorsement type
As today’s world is flattening, the landscape of tourist destinations is becoming similar. In turn, an increasing number of destinations are seeking to effectively promote themselves. For these reasons, this study investigated the differences in the advertising effectiveness of destination promotions by message appeal and endorsement type. The main objective of the study was to compare the effectiveness of destination advertising by message appea…
Short-term rental
The popularity and the number of short-term rentals (STRs) in residential areas that are enabled by platform businesses are increasing, for the touted benefits of asset sharing, more authentic tourism experience, and travel democratization. However, evidence is accumulating to reveal that STRs are sources for various community disturbances and exacerbate the housing crisis, displacing the residents of tourism destinations. Based on in-depth inter…
Classification of senior tourists according to personality traits
This research aims to conduct a cross cultural study of Mainland Chinese and the United States (U.S.) seniors’ personality traits and identify how they affect motivation, preferences, sociodemographic, and travel-related characteristics. Using samples of 496 Mainland Chinese and 532 U.S. senior responses, this research determined that three personality traits (psychocentric, midcentric, and allocentric) described U.S. senior participants and two …
Emergency Remote Education and Its Impact on Higher Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to problems and upheaval throughout the higher-education sector, with university campuses ceasing face-to-face instruction and with assessments shifting to an online model for a few years. As a result, the pandemic prompted educators to teach online, utilizing online lectures, narrated power points, audio snippets, podcasts, instant messaging, and interactive videos, whereas traditional universities had primarily rel…
Serving Diverse Customers
This study examined the impact of cultural intelligence (CQ) on three key work-related attitudinal outcomes (burnout, engagement and job satisfaction) in a structural equation model. Data were collected from 288 restaurant employees in Hawaii, United States, where restaurant patrons are culturally diverse. Among the four dimensions of CQ (metacognitive, cognitive, motivational, and behavioral), cognitive and motivational CQ played a primary role …
Island destination workforce development and inclusion
The one island-one resort concept of the Maldives features a distinct upscale tourism experience for visitors that offers seclusion, remoteness, and privacy. In view of each island as its own resort, the isolation among the islands poses unique challenges for workforce development as employees live on the same island where they work to serve the tourists. In an increasingly competitive tourism market, the resilience of the Maldives as a tourism d…
Tourism (20 works) · Geography (19 works) · Political science (19 works) · Business (17 works) · Marketing (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (10 works) · Advertising (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Destinations (7 works)