Interdisciplinary Research and Tourism

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-78398-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Tourism

This significant book sheds light on the possibilities and importance of undertaking interdisciplinary research between tourism and adjacent disciplines in order to further promote the values and contributions of tourism research in both academia and society.

The book critically explores the nexus between interdisciplinary research and tourism while also unpacking methods of tourism education through the lens of interdisciplinary research. Drawing on cutting-edge interdisciplinary tourism research, this volume ranges across various geographical regions and covers important contemporary themes such as gender tourism, senior leisure tourism, and the impacts of health and wellbeing on tourism experience.

Written by leading academics, this insightful volume will be of interest to students and researchers working in tourism, sociology, anthropology, geography, and related disciplines.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aston, Joshua

Wen, Jun

Kozak, Metin

Wang, Wei

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

About the editors

List of contributors

Introduction

Interdisciplinary Research in Tourism: An overview

Jun Wen, Metin Kozak, Joshua Aston, and Wei Wang

1 Tourism and other disciplines: Shall we dance?

Elisa Zentveld

2 Disciplinarity and the solo researcher: Making strategic choices

Michael Fagence

3 Interdisciplinarity of tourism studies: Methodological profiles of doctoral dissertations

Wieslaw Alejziak and Bartosz Szczechowicz

4 The Silk Road initiative: An interdisciplinary approach from tourism politics to stakeholder management

Saeid Nosrati and Levent Altinay

5 Academic freedom: You can discuss any flavor you like, as long as it is vanilla

Elisa Zentveld and Mark Myers

6 Academic freedom in the tourism and hospitality literature: A review and call for action

Jun Wen, Metin Kozak, and Fangli Hu

7 Senior leisure tourists’ learning path: The perspective of transformative learning theory

Fangzhou Wan, Zhuo Li, and Yubin Xi

8 Formation and reconstruction of professional identities: A lecturer’s autoethnography

Qin Zhang

9 International students' decisions to study abroad: Empirical evidence from South Korea

Amare Wondirad and Lisa Marie Assante

10 Gender tourism: An interdisciplinary perspective

Vorakarn Chalermchaikit and Metin Kozak

11 Interdisciplinarity benefits: The advantages of tourism considered as a culture

Hugo Capellà-Miternique

12 To go or not to go: A comprehensive framework on suboptimal health status and travel avoidance

Shaohua Yang

13 Positive psychology and tourist wellbeing: Reflections through a developmental lens

Lu Chang, Sebastian Filep, Brent Moyle, Sera Vada, and Karine Dupre

14 Specify travel therapy for people with suboptimal health status: An interdisciplinary perspective

Yedan Fan

15 The relationship between adolescent mental health and tourism experience

Jialu You

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jun Wen is an associate professor of Tourism and Health Sciences at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), Macau SAR, China.

Metin Kozak is a professor of Marketing at the Department of Advertising, School of Communication, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Joshua Aston is a professor and associate dean (law) in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Wei Wang is a professor in Public Health at the School of Medical and Health Sciences at Edith Cowan University, Australia.