Frans Melissen

Biographic Data

ID5437407
NAMEFrans Melissen
GIVEN NAMESFrans
FAMILY NAMEMelissen
SIGNATUREMELISSEN F
AFFILIATIONSBreda University of Applied Sciences
ORCID0000-0002-8211-5957
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Is Governance a Driver of Sustainability Transitions? Evidence From Tourism and Urban Socio‐Technical Systems

    Open AccessAndrew Ngawenja Mzembe, Frans Melissen et al.ARTICLESustainable Development2025References: 37

    This paper consolidates the fragmented literature on governance of tourism and urban sociotechnical systems. Using a systematic literature review and drawing on the multi‐level perspective and governance theories, we identify the dominant governance forms influencing sustainability transitions in these systems. Our findings demonstrate that governance forms are context‐specific, reflecting individual variations in sociotechnical system configurat…

  • Destination design: Identifying three key co-design strategies

    Open AccessBert Smit, Frans Melissen et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2024

    Collaborative approaches to destination design require conscious and reflexive stakeholder involvement in activities and decision making.Design science studies such participatory processes by observing design teams in practice.From these observations, scientists have identified design strategies and processes that design teams use to support their work in identifying problems and developing solutions.Observing design processes in tourism destinat…

  • Immersive experience framework: A Delphi approach

    Open AccessDai‐in Danny Han, Dai-In Danny Han et al.ARTICLEBehaviour and Information…2024

    The concept of immersion has been widely used for the design and evaluation of user experiences. Augmented, virtual and mixed-reality environments have further sparked the discussion of immersive user experiences and underlying requirements. However, a clear definition and agreement on design criteria of immersive experiences remains debated, creating challenges to advancing our understanding of immersive experiences and how these can be designed…

  • Growing degrowth: Mind the trap

    Open AccessFrans Melissen, Rob van der Rijt et al.ARTICLEDegrowth Journal2023

  • Serious gaming to stimulate participatory urban tourism planning

    Open AccessKo Koens, Jeroen Klijs et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2022

    This paper examines how a serious game approach could support a participatory planning process by bringing stakeholders together to discuss interventions that assist the development of sustainable urban tourism. A serious policy game was designed and played in six European cities by a total of 73 participants, reflecting a diverse array of tourism stakeholders. By observing in-game experiences, a pre- and post -game survey and short interviews si…

  • Designing for experiences: A meta-ethnographic synthesis

    Open AccessBert Smit, Frans Melissen et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2021

    Experiences are at the core of tourism and hospitality. Understanding how to design, manage and measure such experiences has become a key topic in academic literature focused on this sector. This paper presents the characteristics of an optimal design process model for experiences, based on the results of a meta-ethnographic synthesis of such processes. The characteristics can be seen as critical success factors in delivering the right solution t…

  • Identifying stakeholder perspectives and worldviews on sustainable urban tourism development using a Q-sort methodology

    Open AccessSamantha Boom, Jelmer Weijschede et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Tourism2021

    Tourism growth, particularly in cities, is coming under increased scrutiny. However, even often visited cities appear to find it difficult to agree upon a strategy to limit tourism growth. The current paper investigates this issue by looking at the extent to which different stakeholders’ perspectives on tourism development align. Q-sort methodology is employed to find the main worldviews and the extent to which they are shared by stakeholders in …

  • Designing destinations for good: Using design roadmapping to support pro-active destination development

    Open AccessKo Koens, Bert Smit et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research2021Cited by: 2References: 48

    This conceptual paper develops and justifies a pro-active, design-driven approach to sustainable destination development. Using insights from design science, it helps explain the limited practical usability of concepts such as the Tourism Area Life Cycle, by noting that these often focus on an aggregated ‘topological’ level of destination design, while a focus on experiences and product development on a ‘typological’ and ‘morphological’ level is …

  • A club perspective of sustainability certification schemes in the tourism and hospitality industry

    Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe, Adam Lindgreen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2020

    Drawing on club theory, this study examines the challenges and opportunities facing a sustainability certification program, the Green Key scheme, in terms of its recruitment and retention of members within the Dutch tourism and hospitality industry. Extant literature on sustainability certification in this industry tends to focus narrowly on motivations and retention problems at the firm level, or else on drivers of or barriers to the adoption of…

  • The three components of sustainability intelligence

    Open AccessLars Moratis, Frans MelissenARTICLEGeoforum2019References: 11

  • No time for smokescreen skepticism: A rejoinder to Shani and Arad

    Open AccessC M Hall, Bas Amelung et al.ARTICLETourism Management2015Cited by: 3References: 37

  • Denying bogus skepticism in climate change and tourism research

    Open AccessC M Hall, Bas Amelung et al.ARTICLETourism Management2015Cited by: 5References: 17