David Airey

Biographic Data

ID3563873
NAMEDavid Airey
GIVEN NAMESDavid
FAMILY NAMEAirey
SIGNATUREAIREY D
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Surrey
ORCID0000-0003-3301-9229
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS40
TOTAL CITATIONS276
AUTHOR COUNT38
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX9

  • Reflexivity in current themes in sociology of tourism

    Jinsheng Zhu, Shuo Yu et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2025

    This study reviews the conceptual and epistemological tensions of the current sociology of tourism research. Adopting a narrative theoretical discussion approach, this paper synthesises the existing theoretical literature of recent decades in sociological theories in tourism. It focuses on themes with current theoretical trends: socio-economy, psychology, materiality, authenticity, and mobility. The research indicates that the field of sociology …

  • Professor Emeritus Brian Archer (1935–2023)

    Open AccessDavid Airey, Haiyan SongARTICLETourism Economics2024

  • Fifty years of tourism education in annals

    Open AccessDavid AireyARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2024Cited by: 1References: 33

    Tourism education; Knowledge

  • Chinese outbound tourists as international consumer in Northern Thailand—A dynamic mobility perspective

    Open AccessJinsheng Zhu, David Airey et al.ARTICLEJournal of Consumer Culture2021Cited by: 1References: 9

    This article examines the mindsets of independent Chinese tourists in the context of the emerging dynamic mobility perspective. It investigates Chinese tourists’ travel impulses, cross-border flows, quality-of-life perceptions, and the meaning of living a mobile lifestyle. Through face-to-face interviews and drawing on narrative descriptions in social media and newsletters, the article draws findings relating to travel motivations, the reconstruc…

  • Chinese outbound tourism: An alternative modernity perspective

    Open AccessJinsheng Zhu, Jinsheng Jason Zhu et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2021Cited by: 6References: 39

    Chinese outbound tourism has become of great interest to tourism scholars. This paper provides a brief review of the current theoretical discussion about modernity and alternative modernity and their connection to Chinese outbound tourism developments. The paper traces the progress of Chinese outbound tourism via the binary structure-agent approach. Its study integrates the institutional development of the Chinese tourism governing body over four…

  • Social holidays as a tourist experience in Finland

    Open AccessRaija Komppula, Riikka Ilves et al.ARTICLETourism Management2016Cited by: 5References: 46

  • Years of Tourism Studies – A Remarkable Story

    David AireyARTICLETourism Recreation Research2015Cited by: 9References: 36

    The formal study of tourism as a distinct subject in the academy is about 40 years old, the same age as Tourism Recreation Research. Over these 40 years, it has shown remarkable growth and development and in the process has changed and adapted. This paper, drawing inter alia on the author's own 40 years in the tourism academy and on his writings over the period, plots the past, present and future of tourism studies. The paper begins with the voca…

  • Lifelong learning for tourism

    Open AccessViolet Cuffy, Violet V Cuffy et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2012Cited by: 7References: 19

  • National Policy-Makers for Tourism in China

    Open AccessDavid Airey, King Chong et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2010Cited by: 18References: 13

  • Reading Tourism Education

    Open AccessMaureen Ayikoru, John Tribe et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2009Cited by: 22References: 43

  • A Periodization of the Development of Vietnam's Tourism Accommodation since the Open Door Policy

    Wantanee Suntikul, Richard Butler et al.ARTICLEAsia Pacific Journal of Tourism…2008Cited by: 4

    This paper proposes that the development of the tourism accommodation sector in Vietnam, since the inauguration of the open door policy within the reform programme of doi moi, can be divided into five periods. This periodization is based on a study and analysis of the evolving roles of accommodation-providers in Vietnam tourism and the shifting patterns of state-owned enterprises, foreign direct investment and private businesses/small and medium-…

  • Making sense of tourism teaching

    Open AccessDimitrios P Stergiou, Dimitrios Stergiou et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2008Cited by: 4References: 27

  • Tourism Policy Making

    Open AccessNancy Stevenson, David Airey et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2008Cited by: 17References: 21

  • Developments in Tourism Research

    David Airey, John TribeBOOKDevelopments in Tourism Research2007

    A Review of Tourism Research:A Review of Tourism Research Researching Tourism Business:Are Plastic Cows The Future for Farming? Implications of an Alternative Diversification Model Implementation of Mass Customised Manufacturing in the Flight Catering Industry Tourism in The Gambia: 10 years on Measuring and Reporting the Impact of Tourism in Poverty Productivity and Yield Measurement in Australian Inbound Tourism using Tourism Satellite Accounts…

  • Professor Rik Medlik 1928–2007

    Open AccessDavid AireyARTICLETourism Management2007

  • Tourist Perceptions of Heritage Exhibits: A Comparative Study from Israel

    Yaniv Poria, Richard Butler et al.ARTICLEJournal of Heritage Tourism2006Cited by: 9References: 1

    It is common in tourism and leisure literature to define and approach tourism subgroups in terms of the presence of the tourists in certain spaces. This approach is challenged in the present paper. It is argued that the understanding of heritage tourism should be based on the link between the individual and the space, namely tourist perceptions of a site relative to their own heritage. Based on a study dealing with visitation patterns to places w…

  • Visitors’ evaluation of an historical district: Repertory Grid Analysis and Laddering Analysis with photographs

    Open AccessTaketo Naoi, David Airey et al.ARTICLETourism Management2006Cited by: 4References: 42

  • An International Handbook of Tourism Education (Advances in Tourism Research)

    David Airey, John TribeBOOKAn International Handbook of…2005

  • Links between Tourists, Heritage, and Reasons for Visiting Heritage Sites

    Open AccessYaniv Poria, Richard Butler et al.ARTICLETravel Research Bulletin2004

    This article clarifies heritage tourism by identifying and segmenting reasons for visiting heritage sites. In doing so, it shows that the links between a site’s attributes and the tourists themselves are essential to understanding tourists’ motivations to visit heritage places. The sample was composed of English-speaking international tourists leaving Israel through Ben-Gurion airport. The research was implemented by the use of structured questio…

  • Labor mobility into tourism

    Open AccessEdith Szivas, Michael Riley et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2003Cited by: 15References: 13

  • The core of heritage tourism

    Open AccessYaniv Poria, Richard Butler et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2003Cited by: 84References: 40

  • Revisiting Mieczkowski's conceptualization of tourism

    Yaniv Poria, Richard Butler et al.ARTICLETourism Geographies2003Cited by: 9

    Mieczkowski's work (1981), has been used by scholars and educators in the field of tourism to describe the relationships between recreation, leisure and tourism to provide a theoretical framework for tourism. The aim of this paper is to illustrate that another element needs to be added, namely the tourists' perception of time as 'free' or 'non-free'. It is suggested that tourists' perception of the time-frame in which their experience takes place…

  • Clarifying Heritage Tourism

    Open AccessYaniv Poria, Richard Butler et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2001Cited by: 14References: 5

  • The content of tourism degree courses in the UK

    Open AccessDavid Airey, Susan Johnson et al.ARTICLETourism Management1999Cited by: 17

  • Bukhara (Uzbekistan)A former oasis town on the Silk Road

    David AireyCHAPTERVisitor management1998