Kelly Bricker

Biographic Data

ID4192318
NAMEKelly Bricker
GIVEN NAMESKelly
FAMILY NAMEBricker
SIGNATUREBRICKER K
AFFILIATIONSParks, Recreation & Tourism, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS30
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2004
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • The role of formal tourism institutions in empowering communities

    Ruan De Lange, Kelly S Bricker et al.ARTICLECommunity Development2024Cited by: 1References: 44

    Community-based tourism (CBT) shows promise for facilitating community empowerment, which may be enhanced when CBT enterprises are coupled with formal tourism institutions. Still, there is limited research on the role formal tourism institutions play in promoting resident participation in CBT development. This qualitative case study utilized content analysis of semi-structured interviews, archival documents, and data reporting on CBT initiatives …

  • Tourism in protected and conserved areas amid the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAnna Spenceley, Steve McCool et al.ARTICLEPARKS2021

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a global impact on the tourism sector. With tourism numbers dramatically reduced, millions of jobs could be lost, and progress made in equality and sustainable economic growth could be rolled back. Widespread reports of dramatic changes to protected and conserved1 area visitation have negative consequences for conservation finances, tourism businesses and the livelihoods of people who supply labour, goods and service…

  • Outdoor Recreation, Nature-Based Tourism, and Sustainability

    Open AccessPatricia L Winter, Steven Selin et al.ARTICLESustainability2019

    This Special Issue addresses the intersections of outdoor recreation, nature-based tourism, and sustainability. Outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism provide essential benefits to individuals, communities, and society and thereby contribute to sustainability. Equitable provision of opportunities, cultural variations in desired experiences, barriers to outdoor recreation, and diverse perceptions of both nature and recreation add to the compl…

  • Linking urban and rural tourism

    Christina T Cavaliere, Kelly Bricker et al.BOOKLinking Urban and Rural Tourism2017

  • The encyclopedia of sustainable tourism

    Eke Eijgelaar, Kelly Bricker et al.BOOKEncyclopedia of Sustainable Tourism2015

    The intention of this encyclopedia is to provide a reference resource of theories, concepts and terminology relevant to understanding the principles and practices of sustainable tourism. This reference work defines and explains terms associated with considering and preserving the environment, host peoples, communities, cultures, customs, lifestyles and social and economic systems

  • Demystifying theories in tourism research

    Kelly Bricker, Holly DonohoeEDITORBOOKDemystifying Theories in Tourism…2015

    This text provides an overview and analysis of the way in which theory is utilized in tourism research. While not meant to be a comprehensive and complete use of theory applied to tourism problems and issues, it is meant to provide guidance to researchers, either beginning their journey or for those that have been researching for some time and would like to creatively consider new theories or application of theories in their own line of work. The…

  • An Examination of Recreationists' Relationships with Activities and Settings

    Gerard T Kyle, GERARD KYLE et al.ARTICLELeisure Sciences2004Cited by: 29References: 41

    The place attachment construct has demonstrated utility for explaining a variety of leisure behavior in outdoor recreation contexts. Preliminary evidence suggests that recreationists' involvement with leisure activities is an antecedent to their attachment to specific settings. Multidimensional measures of these constructs, however, indicate that linear interpretations of their relations may be misleading. Given that both involvement and place at…