Lewis T O Cheung
Biographic Data
| ID | 961718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lewis T O Cheung |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lewis T |
| FAMILY NAME | O Cheung |
| SIGNATURE | CHEUNG L T O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Education University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1619-0473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Exploring the segmentation of Chinese recreational divers based on recreational specialization
Recreational specialization has been a crucial theoretical concept in understanding tourists’ traveling preferences. However, few studies have utilized this concept to explore the potential variations in divers’ preferences for diving, including their sociodemographic characteristics. This limitation is especially relevant to Hong Kong’s scuba diving tourism industry, as a perceivable absence of focus on understanding the factors determining dive…
Balancing nature-based tourism and sustainable well-being
This study investigates the trade-offs between biodiverse aesthetic quality, environmental benefits and nature-based tourism, emphasising their impacts on tourist well-being, pro-environmental behaviour and satisfaction. Questionnaire survey was conducted to obtain the responses of 406 visitors in nature-based destinations in Hong Kong. The biodiverse aesthetic quality has been identified as a significant stimulus in predicting perceived benefits…
Effects of nature of recreational disturbances and intrinsic characteristics of birds on their responses to birdwatching activities
Recreational disturbances from birdwatching have been widely reported at birdwatching sites, implying the need for more in-depth explorations on how birdwatchers and birds interact to help manage disturbance from humans. This study investigated the influence and interaction of the nature of recreational disturbance with the intrinsic characteristics of birds on the responses of birds to birdwatcher activities. Data was collected in 25 field days …
Political-economic transformation and the reproduction of climate change vulnerability of a high-income city
System transformation is important for low-lying coastal cities to adapt to natural disasters related to climate change, but not all forms of transformation enable adaptation. An important question is how an enduring system change undermines the enabling conditions for reducing vulnerability. This paper addresses the relationship between society-wide transformation and vulnerability reduction. A case study of Macao is used to explain structural v…
Who intended to leave? Patterns and impacts of Hong Kong's recent wave of migration
During Hong Kong's 2019 political turmoil and the subsequent impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, a rapid rise in turnover rates in certain occupations, such as teachers, medical workers and civil servants, was observed. Some attributed this trend to the increasing rate of emigration. Previous studies have suggested that younger and better‐educated individuals are more likely to emigrate, and that the emigration of a specific group of…
Sense of place and micro-business vulnerability to extreme weather in China
Micro-businesses are highly vulnerable to the impact of extreme weather. However, business and management research has primarily focused on larger organizations or tended to rely on evidence from developed countries. The concept of place is reduced to physical location and space. This research explores the role of a broader concept of place that encompasses sensemaking. The objective is to examine the relationship between sense of place and the v…
Do people feel they belong? Socio-political factors shaping the place attachment of Hong Kong citizens
Hong Kong citizens' sense of belonging has gone through a period of fluctuation during the period of rapid socio-political and legal change since the outbreak of the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement in 2019. This study explored how multiple dimensions of the place attachment of Hong Kong citizens have been shaped by factors associated with these changes. Six socio-political variables were incorporated into the three dimensions of the …
Understanding the influence of user-generated content on tourist loyalty behavior in a cultural World Heritage Site
The emergence of social media has revolutionized tourists’ decision-making processes and behaviours. This study focuses on the effect of user-generated content (UGC) on tourist loyalty behaviour by examining structural relationships between destination image, satisfaction, revisit intention, and word-of-mouth (WOM) publicity. Data were collected from domestic tourists to Gulangyu, a World Heritage Site in China. The findings of this study reveal …
Hong Kong’s new wave of migration
With a recent surge in the outward movement of the population, a new wave of emigration has been suggested to have started in Hong Kong. It is speculated that recent socio-political changes in Hong Kong may have contributed to this phenomenon. Therefore, five socio-political variables-mobility, sense of place, trust and confidence in the law and the legal system, global citizenship, and perception of inequality-are employed in this study as propo…
Space poverty driving heat stress vulnerability and the adaptive strategy of visiting urban parks
Perceived benefits, negative impacts, and willingness-to-pay to improve urban green space
Urban green spaces provide multiple benefits but incur some negative impacts. We employed the contingent valuation method to investigate Hong Kong residents' willingness-to-pay to improve urban green space provision. A questionnaire collected 316 responses from urban-park visitors. It assessed perceptions of positive benefits and negative impacts and influences on willingness-to-pay. Health benefits attracted top scores, followed by environment a…
Extending the theory of planned behaviour to explore the plastic waste minimisation intention of Hong Kong citizens
This study aimed to explore the relationships between situational and psychological factors and Hong Kong citizens’ plastic waste management (PWM) intentions based on an extended theory of planned behaviour model with situational factors. A total of 996 Hong Kong permanent residents were surveyed, and data were analysed using structural equation modelling. The results revealed that situational factors had a direct and positive effect on PWM inten…
Protected areas as a space for pandemic disease adaptation
Place attachment and political orientation
This study extends the application of place attachment, which is widely used in environmental science research, to the field of political and civic studies. It compares place attachment between citizens with different political orientations and citizenship identities. In addition to its “cognitive” aspect, this study includes an “affective” dimension that has rarely been featured in the extant literature. Our findings, based on a telephone survey…
Adapting to social media
Extending narrative transportation theory, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of online reviews on destination choice and purchasing behaviour at a destination and to clarify the role of prior destination knowledge and perceived usefulness of online reviews. Data were collected from 432 tourists in Gulangyu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in China. The results of structural equation modelling analysis validate the positive effect of…
In government we trust? Micro-business adaptation to climate change in four post-colonial and transitional economies of China
Contested Transformations
Sustainable economic development could reduce vulnerability and enhance capacity to adapt to climate change. Paradigm-shifting developments, however, can be highly contested and produce diverse outcomes. New insights are needed as to how tensions and uncertainties emerging from these developments shape adaptive capacity. This article investigates the extent to which a sustainable pathway for economic development offers a systemic fix for increasi…
How does political orientation influence one’s environmental attitude and behaviour? Debate over country park conservation in Hong Kong
Importance of residents’ satisfaction for supporting future tourism development in rural areas of Hong Kong
Developing tourism in rural areas is an important approach to offering revitalization opportunities for many rural areas. A successful tourism development plan can offer economic benefits to rural communities through enhancing business and job opportunities. Our study in a popular rural tourism destination in Hong Kong intended to test the importance of residents’ satisfaction, which may lead to their support for future tourism development in the…
Does human rights awareness spur environmental activism? Hong Kong’s ‘country park’ controversy
Microplastic Contamination of Wild and Captive Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
A total of 60 flathead grey mullets were examined for microplastic ingestion. Thirty wild mullets were captured from the eastern coast of Hong Kong and 30 captive mullets were obtained from fish farms. Microplastic ingestion was detected in 60% of the wild mullets, with an average of 4.3 plastic items per mullet, while only 16.7% of captive mullets were found to have ingested microplastics, with an average of 0.2 items per mullet. The results sug…
Environment and development
Self-determined travel motivations and ecologically responsible attitudes of nature-based visitors to the Ramsar wetland in South China
This study investigates the effects of self-determined travel motivations on the ecologically responsible attitudes of Ramsar wetland visitors. An on-site questionnaire survey was administered at the Ramsar wetland in Hong Kong to evaluate the self-determined travel motivations and ecologically responsible attitudes of visitors. The results show that Ramsar wetland visitors are likely to be motivated by intrinsic motives such as seeking relaxatio…
Understanding participants’ motivation and willingness to pay for joining ecotourism training courses in Hong Kong
Ecotourism has developed rapidly in recent decades. Many ecotourism-related vocational training has been organized to train and prepare qualified personnel for this special tourism industry niche. This paper investigates participants' motivations to enroll in ecotourism vocational training courses in Hong Kong. The results of the study indicated that three motivational factors, namely, career facilitation, knowledge enhancement and social interac…
Sense of place and tourism business development
This study is to investigate the role of sense of place on residents' participation in tourism-related businesses. Emphasis was placed on understanding whether and how sense of place influenced people's decisions to operate a tourism-related business. Thus, this framework and the empirical validation presented are the result of triangulating quantitative survey data (n = 118) tourism business operators and follow-up with qualitative interviews (n…
Hong Kong’s new wave of migration
With a recent surge in the outward movement of the population, a new wave of emigration has been suggested to have started in Hong Kong. It is speculated that recent socio-political changes in Hong Kong may have contributed to this phenomenon. Therefore, five socio-political variables-mobility, sense of place, trust and confidence in the law and the legal system, global citizenship, and perception of inequality-are employed in this study as propo…
Sense of place and tourism business development
This study is to investigate the role of sense of place on residents' participation in tourism-related businesses. Emphasis was placed on understanding whether and how sense of place influenced people's decisions to operate a tourism-related business. Thus, this framework and the empirical validation presented are the result of triangulating quantitative survey data (n = 118) tourism business operators and follow-up with qualitative interviews (n…
Understanding the influence of user-generated content on tourist loyalty behavior in a cultural World Heritage Site
The emergence of social media has revolutionized tourists’ decision-making processes and behaviours. This study focuses on the effect of user-generated content (UGC) on tourist loyalty behaviour by examining structural relationships between destination image, satisfaction, revisit intention, and word-of-mouth (WOM) publicity. Data were collected from domestic tourists to Gulangyu, a World Heritage Site in China. The findings of this study reveal …
Assessing the Role of Ecotourism Training in Changing Participants' Pro-Environmental Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour
Ecotourism training is usually considered to be undertaken only by tourism practitioners for professional development. However, ecotourism training has a more important role to play, as it could be adopted as a long-term strategy for environmental conservation by altering people's attitudes and behaviours towards greater environmental responsibility. In this study, the role of ecotourism training with respect to pro-environmental knowledge enhanc…
Importance of residents’ satisfaction for supporting future tourism development in rural areas of Hong Kong
Developing tourism in rural areas is an important approach to offering revitalization opportunities for many rural areas. A successful tourism development plan can offer economic benefits to rural communities through enhancing business and job opportunities. Our study in a popular rural tourism destination in Hong Kong intended to test the importance of residents’ satisfaction, which may lead to their support for future tourism development in the…
Self-determined travel motivations and ecologically responsible attitudes of nature-based visitors to the Ramsar wetland in South China
This study investigates the effects of self-determined travel motivations on the ecologically responsible attitudes of Ramsar wetland visitors. An on-site questionnaire survey was administered at the Ramsar wetland in Hong Kong to evaluate the self-determined travel motivations and ecologically responsible attitudes of visitors. The results show that Ramsar wetland visitors are likely to be motivated by intrinsic motives such as seeking relaxatio…
Does human rights awareness spur environmental activism? Hong Kong’s ‘country park’ controversy
Balancing nature-based tourism and sustainable well-being
This study investigates the trade-offs between biodiverse aesthetic quality, environmental benefits and nature-based tourism, emphasising their impacts on tourist well-being, pro-environmental behaviour and satisfaction. Questionnaire survey was conducted to obtain the responses of 406 visitors in nature-based destinations in Hong Kong. The biodiverse aesthetic quality has been identified as a significant stimulus in predicting perceived benefits…
Do people feel they belong? Socio-political factors shaping the place attachment of Hong Kong citizens
Hong Kong citizens' sense of belonging has gone through a period of fluctuation during the period of rapid socio-political and legal change since the outbreak of the Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement in 2019. This study explored how multiple dimensions of the place attachment of Hong Kong citizens have been shaped by factors associated with these changes. Six socio-political variables were incorporated into the three dimensions of the …
Space poverty driving heat stress vulnerability and the adaptive strategy of visiting urban parks
Adapting to social media
Extending narrative transportation theory, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of online reviews on destination choice and purchasing behaviour at a destination and to clarify the role of prior destination knowledge and perceived usefulness of online reviews. Data were collected from 432 tourists in Gulangyu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in China. The results of structural equation modelling analysis validate the positive effect of…
In government we trust? Micro-business adaptation to climate change in four post-colonial and transitional economies of China
Geographies of Social Capital
This article explores the relationships between catastrophe experience and risk perception, social interaction, and household response to future catastrophes. Our main argument recognizes the geographical context in which social capital is formed and reproduced. Social relationships and norms adjust to the social landscape, which can be transformed by the spatial consequences of natural catastrophes. We therefore argue that sources of household r…
Understanding residents’ environmental knowledge in a metropolitan city of Hong Kong, China
This study aimed to understand the environmental knowledge (EK) of the residents of Hong Kong. A territory-wide survey was administered to investigate the subjective and objective EK of the respondents as well as their means of receiving information about the environment. The results indicated that Hong Kong’s residents have a comparatively low level of EK, with a mean environmental knowledge score of 3.35 out of 8. The youngster (15–24 years old…
Evaluating the impact reduction strategies for the tropical cyclone hazard in Hong Kong
Tropical cyclones are one of the major natural hazards that affect the population of Hong Kong on an annual basis. However, the existing loss reduction strategies for the hazard in Hong Kong have rarely been systematically evaluated. In this paper, by adopting Smith and Petley's (2009) framework, the loss reduction strategies currently adopted by the Hong Kong government are evaluated. The known strategies include the implementation of wind resis…
Place attachment and political orientation
This study extends the application of place attachment, which is widely used in environmental science research, to the field of political and civic studies. It compares place attachment between citizens with different political orientations and citizenship identities. In addition to its “cognitive” aspect, this study includes an “affective” dimension that has rarely been featured in the extant literature. Our findings, based on a telephone survey…
Understanding participants’ motivation and willingness to pay for joining ecotourism training courses in Hong Kong
Ecotourism has developed rapidly in recent decades. Many ecotourism-related vocational training has been organized to train and prepare qualified personnel for this special tourism industry niche. This paper investigates participants' motivations to enroll in ecotourism vocational training courses in Hong Kong. The results of the study indicated that three motivational factors, namely, career facilitation, knowledge enhancement and social interac…
Evaluating the impact reduction strategies for the tropical cyclone hazard in Hong Kong
Tropical cyclones are one of the major natural hazards that affect the population of Hong Kong on an annual basis. However, the existing loss reduction strategies for the hazard in Hong Kong have rarely been systematically evaluated. In this paper, by adopting Smith and Petley's (2009) framework, the loss reduction strategies currently adopted by the Hong Kong government are evaluated. The known strategies include the implementation of wind resis…
Ecotourism service preference and management in Hong Kong
The embryonic development of ecotourism demands proper planning and management to avoid common pitfalls. The recent ecotourism initiative in Hong Kong calls for understanding of the resource base and visitor attitude and expectation. Preferences for ecotourism services were evaluated by 456 questionnaire surveys at four remote ecotourism hot spots. In choosing ecotourism products, respondents preferred good-quality information and tour guides and…
Assessing the Role of Ecotourism Training in Changing Participants' Pro-Environmental Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour
Ecotourism training is usually considered to be undertaken only by tourism practitioners for professional development. However, ecotourism training has a more important role to play, as it could be adopted as a long-term strategy for environmental conservation by altering people's attitudes and behaviours towards greater environmental responsibility. In this study, the role of ecotourism training with respect to pro-environmental knowledge enhanc…
The motivations and environmental attitudes of nature-based visitors to protected areas in Hong Kong
Understanding nature-based visitors’ motivations and environmental attitudes is important for the development of appropriate visitor management strategies for protected areas. This study categorised Hong Kong nature-based visitors of protected areas into different subgroups according to their visiting motivations and environmental attitudes. The association between their motivations and environmental attitudes was also assessed. A total of 585 co…
Expectations and willingness-to-pay for ecotourism services in Hong Kong’s conservation areas
The nascent ecotourism market in Hong Kong has much potential for development which could benefit from research findings. This study evaluated the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for ecotourism activities in protected conservation areas and assessed the potential for ecotourism development in Hong Kong. Our questionnaire surveys gathered data from 960 general tourists at four popular tourism hotspots and 456 nature tourists at four ecotourism hotspots. …
Understanding residents’ environmental knowledge in a metropolitan city of Hong Kong, China
This study aimed to understand the environmental knowledge (EK) of the residents of Hong Kong. A territory-wide survey was administered to investigate the subjective and objective EK of the respondents as well as their means of receiving information about the environment. The results indicated that Hong Kong’s residents have a comparatively low level of EK, with a mean environmental knowledge score of 3.35 out of 8. The youngster (15–24 years old…
Understanding participants’ motivation and willingness to pay for joining ecotourism training courses in Hong Kong
Ecotourism has developed rapidly in recent decades. Many ecotourism-related vocational training has been organized to train and prepare qualified personnel for this special tourism industry niche. This paper investigates participants' motivations to enroll in ecotourism vocational training courses in Hong Kong. The results of the study indicated that three motivational factors, namely, career facilitation, knowledge enhancement and social interac…
Sense of place and tourism business development
This study is to investigate the role of sense of place on residents' participation in tourism-related businesses. Emphasis was placed on understanding whether and how sense of place influenced people's decisions to operate a tourism-related business. Thus, this framework and the empirical validation presented are the result of triangulating quantitative survey data (n = 118) tourism business operators and follow-up with qualitative interviews (n…
Geographies of Social Capital
This article explores the relationships between catastrophe experience and risk perception, social interaction, and household response to future catastrophes. Our main argument recognizes the geographical context in which social capital is formed and reproduced. Social relationships and norms adjust to the social landscape, which can be transformed by the spatial consequences of natural catastrophes. We therefore argue that sources of household r…
Self-determined travel motivations and ecologically responsible attitudes of nature-based visitors to the Ramsar wetland in South China
This study investigates the effects of self-determined travel motivations on the ecologically responsible attitudes of Ramsar wetland visitors. An on-site questionnaire survey was administered at the Ramsar wetland in Hong Kong to evaluate the self-determined travel motivations and ecologically responsible attitudes of visitors. The results show that Ramsar wetland visitors are likely to be motivated by intrinsic motives such as seeking relaxatio…
Microplastic Contamination of Wild and Captive Flathead Grey Mullet (Mugil cephalus)
A total of 60 flathead grey mullets were examined for microplastic ingestion. Thirty wild mullets were captured from the eastern coast of Hong Kong and 30 captive mullets were obtained from fish farms. Microplastic ingestion was detected in 60% of the wild mullets, with an average of 4.3 plastic items per mullet, while only 16.7% of captive mullets were found to have ingested microplastics, with an average of 0.2 items per mullet. The results sug…
Environment and development
How does political orientation influence one’s environmental attitude and behaviour? Debate over country park conservation in Hong Kong
Importance of residents’ satisfaction for supporting future tourism development in rural areas of Hong Kong
Developing tourism in rural areas is an important approach to offering revitalization opportunities for many rural areas. A successful tourism development plan can offer economic benefits to rural communities through enhancing business and job opportunities. Our study in a popular rural tourism destination in Hong Kong intended to test the importance of residents’ satisfaction, which may lead to their support for future tourism development in the…
Does human rights awareness spur environmental activism? Hong Kong’s ‘country park’ controversy
Contested Transformations
Sustainable economic development could reduce vulnerability and enhance capacity to adapt to climate change. Paradigm-shifting developments, however, can be highly contested and produce diverse outcomes. New insights are needed as to how tensions and uncertainties emerging from these developments shape adaptive capacity. This article investigates the extent to which a sustainable pathway for economic development offers a systemic fix for increasi…
Extending the theory of planned behaviour to explore the plastic waste minimisation intention of Hong Kong citizens
This study aimed to explore the relationships between situational and psychological factors and Hong Kong citizens’ plastic waste management (PWM) intentions based on an extended theory of planned behaviour model with situational factors. A total of 996 Hong Kong permanent residents were surveyed, and data were analysed using structural equation modelling. The results revealed that situational factors had a direct and positive effect on PWM inten…
Protected areas as a space for pandemic disease adaptation
Place attachment and political orientation
This study extends the application of place attachment, which is widely used in environmental science research, to the field of political and civic studies. It compares place attachment between citizens with different political orientations and citizenship identities. In addition to its “cognitive” aspect, this study includes an “affective” dimension that has rarely been featured in the extant literature. Our findings, based on a telephone survey…
Adapting to social media
Extending narrative transportation theory, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of online reviews on destination choice and purchasing behaviour at a destination and to clarify the role of prior destination knowledge and perceived usefulness of online reviews. Data were collected from 432 tourists in Gulangyu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in China. The results of structural equation modelling analysis validate the positive effect of…
In government we trust? Micro-business adaptation to climate change in four post-colonial and transitional economies of China
Hong Kong’s new wave of migration
With a recent surge in the outward movement of the population, a new wave of emigration has been suggested to have started in Hong Kong. It is speculated that recent socio-political changes in Hong Kong may have contributed to this phenomenon. Therefore, five socio-political variables-mobility, sense of place, trust and confidence in the law and the legal system, global citizenship, and perception of inequality-are employed in this study as propo…
Space poverty driving heat stress vulnerability and the adaptive strategy of visiting urban parks
Perceived benefits, negative impacts, and willingness-to-pay to improve urban green space
Urban green spaces provide multiple benefits but incur some negative impacts. We employed the contingent valuation method to investigate Hong Kong residents' willingness-to-pay to improve urban green space provision. A questionnaire collected 316 responses from urban-park visitors. It assessed perceptions of positive benefits and negative impacts and influences on willingness-to-pay. Health benefits attracted top scores, followed by environment a…
Understanding the influence of user-generated content on tourist loyalty behavior in a cultural World Heritage Site
The emergence of social media has revolutionized tourists’ decision-making processes and behaviours. This study focuses on the effect of user-generated content (UGC) on tourist loyalty behaviour by examining structural relationships between destination image, satisfaction, revisit intention, and word-of-mouth (WOM) publicity. Data were collected from domestic tourists to Gulangyu, a World Heritage Site in China. The findings of this study reveal …
Business (18 works) · Geography (18 works) · Political science (17 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Tourism (13 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (11 works) · Marketing (11 works) · Ecology (9 works)