Gabrielle Walters
Biographic Data
| ID | 4795190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabrielle Walters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabrielle |
| FAMILY NAME | Walters |
| SIGNATURE | WALTERS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1653-5395 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Impact of Home Environment Insecurity on Tourists’ Self-Protective Behavior in the Event of a Terrorist Attack
Terrorist attacks have a profound and lasting impact on tourism destinations and tourists’ safety. By applying protection motivation theory as the theoretical lens and adopting the threat of a terrorist attack in London as the study context, this study examines the impact of home environment insecurity on tourists’ risk evaluation (i.e., threat and coping appraisals) and self-protective behavioral intentions amid a terrorism incident while travel…
Physiological Measurements in Hospitality and Tourism Research
This article reviews 82 papers that apply physiological measurement, otherwise known as biometric data collection techniques, in the fields of tourism and hospitality. It aims to reveal the key focus areas to which they have been applied to date, and how researchers have used these techniques in their attempts to contribute knowledge to the field. In doing so, we concentrate on how theory features in these works and critically discuss the role th…
Virtual Tourism Experiences and Mental Restoration
Virtual reality is providing new opportunities for health and well-being, organizational learning, and tourism management. The study reported in this paper aims to examine whether engaging in a virtual reality tourism experience could function as a restorative intervention strategy to enhance mental well-being of employees in the workplace. The study employed a lab-based pre–post experimental design to test the effectiveness of a virtual reality …
“I think … I feel …”
Socio-cultural aversions encompass a multitude of avoidant behaviours expressed in different forms and intensities. While there has been an increase in research on aversions that are somewhat underpinned by racism and discrimination, little research to date explores the existence of these aversions within an Indigenous tourism context. This study utilises projective techniques to explore the extent to which socio-cultural aversions may exist and …
Air travel and persuasive climate communications
This study explores whether air travel attitudes can be changed through persuasive climate change communications. A 3 x 2 experimental design was utilized to test the impact of climate-framed messages on Australian tourists’ attitudes towards leisure air travel. The manipulations were persuasive advertisements framed around attitude functions, containing either central or peripheral message cues. The results indicate that utilitarian and value-ex…
Methodological Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality Research
The recent emergence of affordable and relatively accessible psychophysiological equipment has led to significant advancements in the study of human behavior in hospitality and tourism research.The technology becoming available to tourism and hospitality researchers is moving at a rapid pace, and it is exciting to see how the application of technologies designed specifically to measure human psychological responses is enhancing the quality and va…
The effectiveness of virtual vs real-life marine tourism experiences in encouraging conservation behaviour
Nature-based tourism experiences have the potential to inspire visitors to adopt conservation behaviours that protect natural environments; however, to have global effect on environmentally sensitive areas such as the Great Barrier Reef, we may need to expand this influence to beyond just visitors. One way to reach large audiences is through digital technology. Virtual reality is becoming increasingly popular due to its ability to replicate reali…
Cruising through a pandemic
Consumer attitudes towards flying amidst growing climate concern
Despite increasing attention on air travel’s significant and disproportionate contribution to climate change, meaningful reduction in consumer demand is nowhere in sight. Taking a consumer behaviour approach, this study adopts Katz’s attitude functions theory as a framework to better understand factors that shape attitudes towards discretionary air travel amidst growing climate concern. Interviews with Australian travellers indicate that the func…
Special Issue on “Where to from here? Covid 19 and the future of tourism”
COVID 19 has impacted the tourism and hospitality sector in multiple ways. While it was initially thought to exert a short-term impact on tourism, the pandemic has proven to be remarkably resilient
Effective conservation behaviours for protecting marine environments
Conservation agencies and eco-tourism operators spend considerable effort developing strategies and programs to educate visitors about environmental issues. Typically, these include appeals for individuals to adopt environmentally friendly lifestyles. A review of messages distributed by marine conservation organisations and studies on interpretive tourism experiences on the Great Barrier Reef indicate there are multiple suggestions about which co…
A market positioning approach to university–industry collaboration in tourism
The dissemination and sharing of knowledge between universities and industry has long been recognised as problematic; this has also been identified as an issue for tourism. Despite the increased importance of external research funding and impactful research, there is often a reluctance amongst industry practitioners to collaborate with academics on research related projects. For those academic researchers and academic institutions seeking to purs…
Managing seasonality in rural destinations
Seasonality, a distinctive feature of the tourism and hospitality industry, refers to the temporal imbalance in tourism demand at a destination. In order to address this issue, the tourism literature often suggests that tourism operators cooperate with each other to create marketing synergies, and that destinations should develop a variety of products and services to cater for different market segments. However, there are limited studies that exa…
The effectiveness of ad-induced emotion in reducing tourist risk perceptions towards politically unstable destinations
Political crises have a significant impact on tourists’ risks perceptions towards both the affected destination and the neighbouring regions. The longevity of such crises has a long term detrimental impact on those countries whose economies are dependent on tourism due to the tourists’ propensity to avoid destinations they perceive as unsafe. This study investigates the relationship between the theoretical constructs of emotion and risk perceptio…
Fandom and risk perceptions of Olympic tourists
Chinese Travel Behavior in Response to Disastrous Events
In a bid to identify Chinese travelers that can be relied upon in the event of a significant disaster this paper examines the travel behavior of the Chinese tourism market following the 2011 Japan earthquake. The post-disaster travel behavior of 535 Chinese travelers who had existing plans to travel to Japan at the time of the earthquake is explored to reveal the characteristics of Chinese travelers who would still travel under such circumstances…
Investigating the Role of Prior Knowledge in Tourist Decision Making
To date, limited research has investigated the effects of tourist prior knowledge as a multidimensional construct on their perceived risk. This research is one of the first studies to investigate the relationships among tourists’ risk perceptions and various types of their prior knowledge, namely subjective knowledge, objective knowledge, prior visitation, and past international travel experience. The research also investigates the nature of the …
Cruising through a pandemic
Fandom and risk perceptions of Olympic tourists
The effectiveness of ad-induced emotion in reducing tourist risk perceptions towards politically unstable destinations
Political crises have a significant impact on tourists’ risks perceptions towards both the affected destination and the neighbouring regions. The longevity of such crises has a long term detrimental impact on those countries whose economies are dependent on tourism due to the tourists’ propensity to avoid destinations they perceive as unsafe. This study investigates the relationship between the theoretical constructs of emotion and risk perceptio…
Managing seasonality in rural destinations
Seasonality, a distinctive feature of the tourism and hospitality industry, refers to the temporal imbalance in tourism demand at a destination. In order to address this issue, the tourism literature often suggests that tourism operators cooperate with each other to create marketing synergies, and that destinations should develop a variety of products and services to cater for different market segments. However, there are limited studies that exa…
The Impact of Home Environment Insecurity on Tourists’ Self-Protective Behavior in the Event of a Terrorist Attack
Terrorist attacks have a profound and lasting impact on tourism destinations and tourists’ safety. By applying protection motivation theory as the theoretical lens and adopting the threat of a terrorist attack in London as the study context, this study examines the impact of home environment insecurity on tourists’ risk evaluation (i.e., threat and coping appraisals) and self-protective behavioral intentions amid a terrorism incident while travel…
Air travel and persuasive climate communications
This study explores whether air travel attitudes can be changed through persuasive climate change communications. A 3 x 2 experimental design was utilized to test the impact of climate-framed messages on Australian tourists’ attitudes towards leisure air travel. The manipulations were persuasive advertisements framed around attitude functions, containing either central or peripheral message cues. The results indicate that utilitarian and value-ex…
Special Issue on “Where to from here? Covid 19 and the future of tourism”
COVID 19 has impacted the tourism and hospitality sector in multiple ways. While it was initially thought to exert a short-term impact on tourism, the pandemic has proven to be remarkably resilient
A market positioning approach to university–industry collaboration in tourism
The dissemination and sharing of knowledge between universities and industry has long been recognised as problematic; this has also been identified as an issue for tourism. Despite the increased importance of external research funding and impactful research, there is often a reluctance amongst industry practitioners to collaborate with academics on research related projects. For those academic researchers and academic institutions seeking to purs…
Investigating the Role of Prior Knowledge in Tourist Decision Making
To date, limited research has investigated the effects of tourist prior knowledge as a multidimensional construct on their perceived risk. This research is one of the first studies to investigate the relationships among tourists’ risk perceptions and various types of their prior knowledge, namely subjective knowledge, objective knowledge, prior visitation, and past international travel experience. The research also investigates the nature of the …
Chinese Travel Behavior in Response to Disastrous Events
In a bid to identify Chinese travelers that can be relied upon in the event of a significant disaster this paper examines the travel behavior of the Chinese tourism market following the 2011 Japan earthquake. The post-disaster travel behavior of 535 Chinese travelers who had existing plans to travel to Japan at the time of the earthquake is explored to reveal the characteristics of Chinese travelers who would still travel under such circumstances…
Fandom and risk perceptions of Olympic tourists
Managing seasonality in rural destinations
Seasonality, a distinctive feature of the tourism and hospitality industry, refers to the temporal imbalance in tourism demand at a destination. In order to address this issue, the tourism literature often suggests that tourism operators cooperate with each other to create marketing synergies, and that destinations should develop a variety of products and services to cater for different market segments. However, there are limited studies that exa…
The effectiveness of ad-induced emotion in reducing tourist risk perceptions towards politically unstable destinations
Political crises have a significant impact on tourists’ risks perceptions towards both the affected destination and the neighbouring regions. The longevity of such crises has a long term detrimental impact on those countries whose economies are dependent on tourism due to the tourists’ propensity to avoid destinations they perceive as unsafe. This study investigates the relationship between the theoretical constructs of emotion and risk perceptio…
A market positioning approach to university–industry collaboration in tourism
The dissemination and sharing of knowledge between universities and industry has long been recognised as problematic; this has also been identified as an issue for tourism. Despite the increased importance of external research funding and impactful research, there is often a reluctance amongst industry practitioners to collaborate with academics on research related projects. For those academic researchers and academic institutions seeking to purs…
Effective conservation behaviours for protecting marine environments
Conservation agencies and eco-tourism operators spend considerable effort developing strategies and programs to educate visitors about environmental issues. Typically, these include appeals for individuals to adopt environmentally friendly lifestyles. A review of messages distributed by marine conservation organisations and studies on interpretive tourism experiences on the Great Barrier Reef indicate there are multiple suggestions about which co…
Consumer attitudes towards flying amidst growing climate concern
Despite increasing attention on air travel’s significant and disproportionate contribution to climate change, meaningful reduction in consumer demand is nowhere in sight. Taking a consumer behaviour approach, this study adopts Katz’s attitude functions theory as a framework to better understand factors that shape attitudes towards discretionary air travel amidst growing climate concern. Interviews with Australian travellers indicate that the func…
Special Issue on “Where to from here? Covid 19 and the future of tourism”
COVID 19 has impacted the tourism and hospitality sector in multiple ways. While it was initially thought to exert a short-term impact on tourism, the pandemic has proven to be remarkably resilient
Methodological Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality Research
The recent emergence of affordable and relatively accessible psychophysiological equipment has led to significant advancements in the study of human behavior in hospitality and tourism research.The technology becoming available to tourism and hospitality researchers is moving at a rapid pace, and it is exciting to see how the application of technologies designed specifically to measure human psychological responses is enhancing the quality and va…
The effectiveness of virtual vs real-life marine tourism experiences in encouraging conservation behaviour
Nature-based tourism experiences have the potential to inspire visitors to adopt conservation behaviours that protect natural environments; however, to have global effect on environmentally sensitive areas such as the Great Barrier Reef, we may need to expand this influence to beyond just visitors. One way to reach large audiences is through digital technology. Virtual reality is becoming increasingly popular due to its ability to replicate reali…
Cruising through a pandemic
“I think … I feel …”
Socio-cultural aversions encompass a multitude of avoidant behaviours expressed in different forms and intensities. While there has been an increase in research on aversions that are somewhat underpinned by racism and discrimination, little research to date explores the existence of these aversions within an Indigenous tourism context. This study utilises projective techniques to explore the extent to which socio-cultural aversions may exist and …
Air travel and persuasive climate communications
This study explores whether air travel attitudes can be changed through persuasive climate change communications. A 3 x 2 experimental design was utilized to test the impact of climate-framed messages on Australian tourists’ attitudes towards leisure air travel. The manipulations were persuasive advertisements framed around attitude functions, containing either central or peripheral message cues. The results indicate that utilitarian and value-ex…
Virtual Tourism Experiences and Mental Restoration
Virtual reality is providing new opportunities for health and well-being, organizational learning, and tourism management. The study reported in this paper aims to examine whether engaging in a virtual reality tourism experience could function as a restorative intervention strategy to enhance mental well-being of employees in the workplace. The study employed a lab-based pre–post experimental design to test the effectiveness of a virtual reality …
Physiological Measurements in Hospitality and Tourism Research
This article reviews 82 papers that apply physiological measurement, otherwise known as biometric data collection techniques, in the fields of tourism and hospitality. It aims to reveal the key focus areas to which they have been applied to date, and how researchers have used these techniques in their attempts to contribute knowledge to the field. In doing so, we concentrate on how theory features in these works and critically discuss the role th…
The Impact of Home Environment Insecurity on Tourists’ Self-Protective Behavior in the Event of a Terrorist Attack
Terrorist attacks have a profound and lasting impact on tourism destinations and tourists’ safety. By applying protection motivation theory as the theoretical lens and adopting the threat of a terrorist attack in London as the study context, this study examines the impact of home environment insecurity on tourists’ risk evaluation (i.e., threat and coping appraisals) and self-protective behavioral intentions amid a terrorism incident while travel…
Tourism (14 works) · Business (13 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Marketing (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Advertising (4 works)