Prokopis A Christou
Biographic Data
| ID | 462293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Prokopis A Christou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Prokopis A |
| FAMILY NAME | Christou |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTOU P A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cyprus University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6628-2619 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
When “friends” make place in small rural destinations
Reconfiguring Reflexivity in the Era of AI
Reflexivity has long been central to qualitative research, supporting ethical, epistemological, and methodological rigor. However, the increasing use of AI, especially generative AI (GenAI), in qualitative inquiry both unsettles and reconfigures reflexive practice. Drawing on constructivist and posthumanist perspectives, this paper examines how GenAI generates distinct but interconnected dilemmas. For constructivism, it may undermine reflexivity …
Artificial intelligence overdependence in tourism
The technology acceptance model, underpinned by the principles of resource dependence theory, may elucidate the dependence, over-reliance, and potential dominance of AI in tourism. This paper draws inspiration from balance theory and the foundations of human-centered design, proposing a novel conceptual model. In this model, equilibrium is achieved through a balance between two antithetical dynamics, utilised synergistically to leverage the stren…
From AI to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Purpose The world is progressing toward an evolutionary phase of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), while the manner in which AGI-led robots and experiential technologies are evolving and interconnecting is a crucial topic worthy of our attention – hence the focus of this study. Design/methodology/approach Within the boundaries of qualitative inquiry, this study merges critical review with conceptualization, to explore in depth the concept, i…
AI as a Co-researcher in the Qualitative Research Workflow
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into qualitative research is shifting the boundaries of knowledge production. Instead of mere tools, AI is increasingly conceptualized as a co-researcher or research partner-an epistemic agent that helps in the analysis, interpretation, and reflexivity of data. This article proposes an abductive model, called AbductivAI, for analyzing qualitative data, based on collaboration between humans and AI ag…
Dark tourism development in a leisure destination
The aim of this exploratory study was to increase the understanding of the perceptions of local communities of dark tourism development in a leisure destination and whether their perceptions could have an impact on the further development or hindrance of dark sites. Cyprus was used as a focal point for the study, an island that is a popular holiday destination but nonetheless has its share of locations and sites related to dark tourism. Social ex…
Spiritual tourism
The prolific and increasing number of academic studies concerned with spiritual tourism echoes humans’ enduring quest for spirituality through travel and the entanglement of many destinations in this unique form of social activity. Yet, what we know about spiritual tourism remains equivocal and unsynthesized. This critical review, followed by a thematic analysis offers a comprehensive and rigorous overview of the nexus between spirituality and to…
Reflections on tourists’ experiential engagement with Scotland’s whisky heritage
This study investigates how tourists engage with heritage at contemporary experiential sites that have become popular amongst visitors and vital ambassadors of a destination’s heritage. Grounded in the theoretical concept of engagement from an andragogical standpoint, the study utilizes and critically examines reviews from a specific interactive and technologically- advanced whisky experience in Edinburgh, Scotland, namely the Scotch Whisky Exper…
Designing and offering legend-based experiences
How to use thematic analysis in qualitative research
Thematic analysis has received increased attention from the research academic community, echoing Braun and Clarke’s (2006) influential argument of its theoretical accessibility and flexibility. Along with its current status, dilemmas have arisen in regard to its practice as a result of escalated demand for analytical software programs. Synchysis, the rhetorical practice of creating bewilderment by scattering words, endures in critical reviews and…
Impacts of the pandemic
This study postulates that ‘masks’ on the face of service employees during the pandemic had a deeper role to play other than shielding their own and tourists’ health. A mixed methodological approach revealed various personal, physical and psycho-social impacts of face masks in services. Contrary to other domains such as the theatre, entertainment and events industry, face masks possess a negative valence since they deprive expressions of emotions…
Senior entrepreneurship in tourist places
This study examines the drivers and conditions of senior entrepreneurship in tourist places using place embeddedness theory. Drawing from semi-structured interviews with senior business owners, study findings identify the different roles they play according to their entrepreneurial orientation and level of place embeddedness. By depicting these along a continuum, the study reveals the personal and contextual conditions that enhance and/or restric…
Digitalization, agility, and customer value in tourism
The History and Evolution of Tourism
This book provides an overview of the history and evolution of tourism to the present, and speculates on possible and probable change into the future. It discusses significant travel, tourism and hospitality events while referring to tourism-related notions and theories that have been developed since the beginnings of tourism. Its scope moves beyond a comprehensive historical account of facts and events. Instead, it bridges these with contemporar…
Silence, sounds and the well-being of tourism entrepreneurs in noisy tourism workplaces
The value of silence is increasingly acknowledged in an era of noisy phenomena, with concerns being raised over the well-being of those who are involved in tourism. This study investigates whether silence is craved by entrepreneurs who are often required to work in urban, bustling, and noisy tourism places. The findings enable the conceptualization of silence as a notion that is internalized by entrepreneurs to offset the prevailing noisy workpla…
Tourists' perceptions of non‐human species in zoos
This qualitative study aims to reveal tourists' perceptions of non‐human species in zoos while adopting an animal rights perspective. Study findings indicate that tourists are concerned about the well‐being of animals that are kept in zoos and conceive that animals in zoos are distressed and “unhappy”. Yet, they value the outcome of their zoo experience and interaction with animals, thus continue to visit zoos for leisure/educational purposes. Th…
Aura, thanatoplaces, and the construction of thanatourism emotions
The present study addresses thanatourism emotions by focusing on tourists’ individual perceptions and the role of the thanatourism place (referred to as the thanatoplace). The research draws on fifty in-depth interviews with tourists in close and distant proximity from thanatoplaces. The findings illustrate that thanatourism emotions can be conceptualized at the intersection of ‘physical place’ and ‘mental space’. The physical dimension encompass…
Neoteny
A Lefebvrian analysis of Airbnb space
Place disbelief
Philosophies of Hospitality and Tourism
Philoxenia offered to tourists? A rural tourism perspective
Reconnaissance of philanthropy
Utopia as a reinforcement of tourist experiences
Exploring agape
Nurturing nostalgia
Exploring agape
Philoxenia offered to tourists? A rural tourism perspective
A Lefebvrian analysis of Airbnb space
Utopia as a reinforcement of tourist experiences
AI as a Co-researcher in the Qualitative Research Workflow
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into qualitative research is shifting the boundaries of knowledge production. Instead of mere tools, AI is increasingly conceptualized as a co-researcher or research partner-an epistemic agent that helps in the analysis, interpretation, and reflexivity of data. This article proposes an abductive model, called AbductivAI, for analyzing qualitative data, based on collaboration between humans and AI ag…
Dark tourism development in a leisure destination
The aim of this exploratory study was to increase the understanding of the perceptions of local communities of dark tourism development in a leisure destination and whether their perceptions could have an impact on the further development or hindrance of dark sites. Cyprus was used as a focal point for the study, an island that is a popular holiday destination but nonetheless has its share of locations and sites related to dark tourism. Social ex…
Designing and offering legend-based experiences
Aura, thanatoplaces, and the construction of thanatourism emotions
The present study addresses thanatourism emotions by focusing on tourists’ individual perceptions and the role of the thanatourism place (referred to as the thanatoplace). The research draws on fifty in-depth interviews with tourists in close and distant proximity from thanatoplaces. The findings illustrate that thanatourism emotions can be conceptualized at the intersection of ‘physical place’ and ‘mental space’. The physical dimension encompass…
Reconnaissance of philanthropy
The Routledge Handbook of Hospitality Studies
Skandrani and Kamoun (2014) argue that perceptions of hospitality may foster behavioural and aective loyalty and that cultural sensitivity is a critical skill that may help hospitality providers cope with guests’ cultural dierences. They argue that the hospitality conception seems to have a pentagonal structure revolving around personalisation, comfort, relationship of guest/ host, hospitableness and warm welcoming dimensions. Lashley (2015) make…
Exploring agape
Nurturing nostalgia
Philoxenia offered to tourists? A rural tourism perspective
Reconnaissance of philanthropy
Utopia as a reinforcement of tourist experiences
Neoteny
A Lefebvrian analysis of Airbnb space
Place disbelief
Philosophies of Hospitality and Tourism
Silence, sounds and the well-being of tourism entrepreneurs in noisy tourism workplaces
The value of silence is increasingly acknowledged in an era of noisy phenomena, with concerns being raised over the well-being of those who are involved in tourism. This study investigates whether silence is craved by entrepreneurs who are often required to work in urban, bustling, and noisy tourism places. The findings enable the conceptualization of silence as a notion that is internalized by entrepreneurs to offset the prevailing noisy workpla…
Tourists' perceptions of non‐human species in zoos
This qualitative study aims to reveal tourists' perceptions of non‐human species in zoos while adopting an animal rights perspective. Study findings indicate that tourists are concerned about the well‐being of animals that are kept in zoos and conceive that animals in zoos are distressed and “unhappy”. Yet, they value the outcome of their zoo experience and interaction with animals, thus continue to visit zoos for leisure/educational purposes. Th…
Aura, thanatoplaces, and the construction of thanatourism emotions
The present study addresses thanatourism emotions by focusing on tourists’ individual perceptions and the role of the thanatourism place (referred to as the thanatoplace). The research draws on fifty in-depth interviews with tourists in close and distant proximity from thanatoplaces. The findings illustrate that thanatourism emotions can be conceptualized at the intersection of ‘physical place’ and ‘mental space’. The physical dimension encompass…
How to use thematic analysis in qualitative research
Thematic analysis has received increased attention from the research academic community, echoing Braun and Clarke’s (2006) influential argument of its theoretical accessibility and flexibility. Along with its current status, dilemmas have arisen in regard to its practice as a result of escalated demand for analytical software programs. Synchysis, the rhetorical practice of creating bewilderment by scattering words, endures in critical reviews and…
Impacts of the pandemic
This study postulates that ‘masks’ on the face of service employees during the pandemic had a deeper role to play other than shielding their own and tourists’ health. A mixed methodological approach revealed various personal, physical and psycho-social impacts of face masks in services. Contrary to other domains such as the theatre, entertainment and events industry, face masks possess a negative valence since they deprive expressions of emotions…
Senior entrepreneurship in tourist places
This study examines the drivers and conditions of senior entrepreneurship in tourist places using place embeddedness theory. Drawing from semi-structured interviews with senior business owners, study findings identify the different roles they play according to their entrepreneurial orientation and level of place embeddedness. By depicting these along a continuum, the study reveals the personal and contextual conditions that enhance and/or restric…
Digitalization, agility, and customer value in tourism
The History and Evolution of Tourism
This book provides an overview of the history and evolution of tourism to the present, and speculates on possible and probable change into the future. It discusses significant travel, tourism and hospitality events while referring to tourism-related notions and theories that have been developed since the beginnings of tourism. Its scope moves beyond a comprehensive historical account of facts and events. Instead, it bridges these with contemporar…
Spiritual tourism
The prolific and increasing number of academic studies concerned with spiritual tourism echoes humans’ enduring quest for spirituality through travel and the entanglement of many destinations in this unique form of social activity. Yet, what we know about spiritual tourism remains equivocal and unsynthesized. This critical review, followed by a thematic analysis offers a comprehensive and rigorous overview of the nexus between spirituality and to…
Reflections on tourists’ experiential engagement with Scotland’s whisky heritage
This study investigates how tourists engage with heritage at contemporary experiential sites that have become popular amongst visitors and vital ambassadors of a destination’s heritage. Grounded in the theoretical concept of engagement from an andragogical standpoint, the study utilizes and critically examines reviews from a specific interactive and technologically- advanced whisky experience in Edinburgh, Scotland, namely the Scotch Whisky Exper…
Designing and offering legend-based experiences
Dark tourism development in a leisure destination
The aim of this exploratory study was to increase the understanding of the perceptions of local communities of dark tourism development in a leisure destination and whether their perceptions could have an impact on the further development or hindrance of dark sites. Cyprus was used as a focal point for the study, an island that is a popular holiday destination but nonetheless has its share of locations and sites related to dark tourism. Social ex…
Artificial intelligence overdependence in tourism
The technology acceptance model, underpinned by the principles of resource dependence theory, may elucidate the dependence, over-reliance, and potential dominance of AI in tourism. This paper draws inspiration from balance theory and the foundations of human-centered design, proposing a novel conceptual model. In this model, equilibrium is achieved through a balance between two antithetical dynamics, utilised synergistically to leverage the stren…
From AI to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
Purpose The world is progressing toward an evolutionary phase of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), while the manner in which AGI-led robots and experiential technologies are evolving and interconnecting is a crucial topic worthy of our attention – hence the focus of this study. Design/methodology/approach Within the boundaries of qualitative inquiry, this study merges critical review with conceptualization, to explore in depth the concept, i…
AI as a Co-researcher in the Qualitative Research Workflow
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into qualitative research is shifting the boundaries of knowledge production. Instead of mere tools, AI is increasingly conceptualized as a co-researcher or research partner-an epistemic agent that helps in the analysis, interpretation, and reflexivity of data. This article proposes an abductive model, called AbductivAI, for analyzing qualitative data, based on collaboration between humans and AI ag…
Tourism (23 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (21 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Business (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Marketing (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Public relations (7 works)