Gill Pomfret
Biographic Data
| ID | 6302772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gill Pomfret |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gill |
| FAMILY NAME | Pomfret |
| SIGNATURE | POMFRET G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1161-7703 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Developing a typology of older visitors to heritage attractions
This article examines older visitors to UK heritage attractions and presents a typology to progress our understanding of this under-researched market. Although there is plenty of research on older tourists, scholars regard this market as homogeneous and neglect to investigate older day visitors to local attractions. We apply push-pull motivation and typology theories and employ a quantitative research design, which involves a survey of older heri…
Restoring ‘Love of Life’ Through Outdoor Adventures
This study, through the concept of biophilia, examines how we can restore a ‘love of life’ in a world often characterised by rationalisation, destruction and alienation from self and nature. Specifically, we observe how outdoor adventures during travels might contribute to the development of biophilic feelings. To this end, we employed a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to analyse the narratives from nine participants in the UK, Germany and …
Exploring the benefits of outdoor activity participation in national parks
This study aims to explore the role that regular outdoor activity participation in national parks plays in subjective wellbeing (SWB). It also considers the influences on SWB, including the national park environment, resilience-building, coping skills, mental health and stress alleviation. There is a wealth of research on the benefits of outdoor recreation in natural settings, yet studies which specifically examine the impacts of regular activity…
Exploring efficacy in personal constraint negotiation
Limited work has explored the relationship between efficacy and personal constraint negotiation for adventure tourists, yet efficacy is pivotal to successful activity participation as it influences people’s perceived ability to cope with constraints, and their decision to use negotiation strategies. This article explores these themes with participants of a commercially organised mountaineering expedition. Phenomenology-based ethnography was adopt…
Families at leisure outdoors
This study investigates families who choose to co-participate in outdoor adventure holidays, and explores how they benefit from these shared experiences. In so doing, it seeks to determine the role of adventure tourism in developing and enhancing family well-being (FWB). Hyper-modern family life for many is powered by technological hardware, each room in the house replete with on-line pleasures, distractions and identities. In response to this dy…
Package mountaineer tourists holidaying in the French Alps
Mountaineering adventure tourists
Mountaineering adventure tourists
Families at leisure outdoors
This study investigates families who choose to co-participate in outdoor adventure holidays, and explores how they benefit from these shared experiences. In so doing, it seeks to determine the role of adventure tourism in developing and enhancing family well-being (FWB). Hyper-modern family life for many is powered by technological hardware, each room in the house replete with on-line pleasures, distractions and identities. In response to this dy…
Package mountaineer tourists holidaying in the French Alps
Exploring efficacy in personal constraint negotiation
Limited work has explored the relationship between efficacy and personal constraint negotiation for adventure tourists, yet efficacy is pivotal to successful activity participation as it influences people’s perceived ability to cope with constraints, and their decision to use negotiation strategies. This article explores these themes with participants of a commercially organised mountaineering expedition. Phenomenology-based ethnography was adopt…
Exploring the benefits of outdoor activity participation in national parks
This study aims to explore the role that regular outdoor activity participation in national parks plays in subjective wellbeing (SWB). It also considers the influences on SWB, including the national park environment, resilience-building, coping skills, mental health and stress alleviation. There is a wealth of research on the benefits of outdoor recreation in natural settings, yet studies which specifically examine the impacts of regular activity…
Mountaineering adventure tourists
Package mountaineer tourists holidaying in the French Alps
Exploring efficacy in personal constraint negotiation
Limited work has explored the relationship between efficacy and personal constraint negotiation for adventure tourists, yet efficacy is pivotal to successful activity participation as it influences people’s perceived ability to cope with constraints, and their decision to use negotiation strategies. This article explores these themes with participants of a commercially organised mountaineering expedition. Phenomenology-based ethnography was adopt…
Families at leisure outdoors
This study investigates families who choose to co-participate in outdoor adventure holidays, and explores how they benefit from these shared experiences. In so doing, it seeks to determine the role of adventure tourism in developing and enhancing family well-being (FWB). Hyper-modern family life for many is powered by technological hardware, each room in the house replete with on-line pleasures, distractions and identities. In response to this dy…
Exploring the benefits of outdoor activity participation in national parks
This study aims to explore the role that regular outdoor activity participation in national parks plays in subjective wellbeing (SWB). It also considers the influences on SWB, including the national park environment, resilience-building, coping skills, mental health and stress alleviation. There is a wealth of research on the benefits of outdoor recreation in natural settings, yet studies which specifically examine the impacts of regular activity…
Developing a typology of older visitors to heritage attractions
This article examines older visitors to UK heritage attractions and presents a typology to progress our understanding of this under-researched market. Although there is plenty of research on older tourists, scholars regard this market as homogeneous and neglect to investigate older day visitors to local attractions. We apply push-pull motivation and typology theories and employ a quantitative research design, which involves a survey of older heri…
Restoring ‘Love of Life’ Through Outdoor Adventures
This study, through the concept of biophilia, examines how we can restore a ‘love of life’ in a world often characterised by rationalisation, destruction and alienation from self and nature. Specifically, we observe how outdoor adventures during travels might contribute to the development of biophilic feelings. To this end, we employed a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to analyse the narratives from nine participants in the UK, Germany and …
Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (7 works) · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Adventure (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Outdoor and Experiential Education (4 works) · Tourism (4 works)