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12/31/2025

The November numbers are in and multiple journals ranked in the top 100 for full-text downloads: https://jrnl.onl/cidpkr

For the period November 2025:

Event Management ranks 18th with 1,285 downloads
Tourism Analysis ranks 51st with 464 downloads
Tourism Culture & Communication ranks 75th with 246 downloads
Tourism in Marine Environments ranks 81st with 204 downloads
Tourism Review International ranks 86th with 173 downloads
Gastronomy and Tourism ranks 101st with 105 downloads.

Cognizant Communication Corporation journals rank in the top 100 out of more than 10,000 titles on Ingenta Connect for number of full-text downloads.

12/16/2025

A New Issue of Tourism in Marine Environments, Vol 20, Num 4 is available at https://jrnl.onl/tme204. Read all articles for free for the next 2 weeks.

Articles include:

Unveiling the Drivers of Young Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behavior: A Study on Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh–The World’s Longest Sea Beach

Tourism, Coastal Access, and Resident Welfare: Valuing Beach Access in Da Nang, Vietnam

Whale and Dolphin Tracker: A Mobile Platform for Standardized Opportunistic Data Collection, Fluke Matching, and Community Science Engagement

Economic Valuation of Tourism in Marine Protected Areas: The Case of the Tropical Sea Reserve Zone in Peru

Conservation and Education Through Ecotourism: Using Citizen Science to Monitor Cetaceans in the Four-Island Region of Maui, Hawaii

Riding the Wave: History, Definitions, and a Proposed Typology of Surf-Riding Tourism

12/16/2025

New Issue of Event Management, Volume 29, Num 8 is available at https://jrnl.onl/em2908. Read all articles for free for the next 14 days.

In this issue:

Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Residents’ Social Perception of Road Cycling Events

Publication Trends in Leading Event Management Journals: A Comparative Analysis From 2019 to 2023

How Can Major Events Be Leveraged to Educate Visitors About Everyday and Endemic Social Challenges?

Developing a Scale Measuring Perceptions of “Liveness” During ICT Augmented Performances Designed to Increase Accessibility on Site at Music Festivals

Harnessing Big Data for Soft Power: A Sentiment Analysis of FIFA Qatar 2022

Technology in Concerts: Attendee Satisfaction of Holographic Performances–A Case Study of London’s ABBA Voyage

Beer Fest: Exploring Visitor Satisfaction, Experience, and Motivation

Gathering in the Face of Disaster: Understanding Festivals’ Roles in Wildfire Emergency Management

12/14/2025

🌍 Marine Tourism Facts Worldwide | TiME

🦈 Can scuba diving experiences actually change divers' attitudes toward shark conservation?
Researchers Tafadzwa Matiza and Serena Lucrezi from North-West University, South Africa, surveyed 294 scuba divers at popular South African dive destinations to explore whether the value divers perceive from shark-oriented tourism products influences their conservation attitudes. Using structural equation modelling, they examined how functional, economic, social, and emotional value dimensions relate to shark conservation behaviour.

⚠️What's surprising: Despite scuba divers deriving clear emotional, economic, social, and functional value from shark-oriented tourism products, these perceived values showed no direct relationship with their attitudes toward shark conservation. This contradicts conventional wisdom that wildlife tourism experiences automatically translate into conservation support.

💡 However, the study revealed an intriguing mediation effect: the social value (how diving makes divers feel about themselves socially) mediated the relationship between functional value and stereotypes about sharks, suggesting that social norms and reference groups play a crucial role in shaping how divers perceive sharks.

🎯 The researchers argue this disconnect highlights the complexity of human behaviour and decision-making in emerging markets like South Africa. They recommend targeted social marketing and experiential interpretation approaches during dive experiences to explicitly link the tourism value divers enjoy with the importance of shark conservation, rather than assuming the connection happens automatically.

Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.3727/216901925X17554123476082

12/10/2025

Now Available: Tourism Review International, Volume 29, Number 4: https://jrnl.onl/tri294

Read all articles for free for the next 14 days.

Articles include:

Cultural Heritage Cognition and Visitor Experience Among Chinese Diaspora Visitors: Exploring the Mediating Role of Expectations

Sociopolitical Determinants of Communities’ Environmental Attitudes in Africa’s Wildlife Tourism and Conservation Landscape

Decoding the Rural Gaze: A Framework for Tourist Experience and Destination Appeal

Reconceptualize Free-Roaming Animals in Tourism Systems: A Dual-Lens Actor Framework

Examining Multilevel Halo Effects of Country and Destination Images: The Case of Singapore as a Tourism Hub in Asia

12/07/2025

🌍 Marine Tourism Facts Worldwide | TiME

💰 How much economic damage can a pandemic inflict on coastal tourism communities?
When COVID-19 hit in March 2020, researchers Eric Beckman, Sungsoo Kim, and David Zinn set out to quantify the devastating economic toll on two US coastal regions heavily dependent on tourism: Miami-Dade County, Florida and Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi. Using IMPLAN input/output modelling and real revenue data from hotels and restaurants, they calculated losses from March through November 2020, which was the peak pandemic period.

😯 The numbers are staggering. Miami-Dade County suffered US$4.52 billion in total economic losses, with direct impacts of US$2.73 billion on restaurants and hotels alone. The region lost 37,095 full-time jobs and US$1.6 billion in wages. Meanwhile, Gulfport-Biloxi experienced US$301.33 million in total losses, 3,542 jobs, and US$97.5 million in lost wages. Hotels were hit hardest. Miami lost nearly 70% of hotel revenue year-over-year, while Gulfport-Biloxi lost 86%.

🤔 What's interesting: Restaurants fared significantly better than hotels during the pandemic. Gulfport-Biloxi restaurants lost only 32% of revenue compared to 86% for hotels, while Miami restaurants lost 44% versus 70% for hotels. This reveals that locals continued supporting restaurants through takeout and outdoor dining, but the collapse in travel decimated hotel occupancy. This highlights how dependent coastal hotels are on tourist arrivals rather than local patronage. This research provides crucial evidence for understanding pandemic impacts on tourism-dependent communities and demonstrates the methodology that can be applied to measure other negative impact events on coastal hospitality sectors.

Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.3727/216901925X17472396857295

11/30/2025

🌍 Marine Tourism Facts Worldwide | TiME

🏄 How much is surfing actually worth, and why does it matter for coastal management? Researchers examined the socioeconomic value of recreational surfing globally, revealing that this activity generates far greater economic impact than typically recognised in coastal planning and development decisions. Using market expenditure analysis and nonmarket valuation techniques across multiple locations, the study demonstrates surfing's substantial but largely invisible contributions to coastal economies.

💰 The economic findings are striking: In Costa Rica, over 100,000 surf tourists in 2006 generated US$207 million, which is approximately 25% of the nation's tourism economy, exceeding coffee exports and second only to bananas. The US surf industry alone reached US$7.48 billion by 2006, with conservative global estimates approaching US$15 billion. At South Stradbroke Island, Australia, 11,500 surfers visiting 64,000 times annually generated AUD$20 million, which is double the projected revenue from a proposed competing cruise ship development that threatened to degrade surf quality.

🤯 Yet decision-makers systematically ignore this value: Kelly’s 1973 Hawaii study revealed that while 75,000 surfers contributed US$13 million annually, government allocated US$95 million for 11,000 boat owners' facilities but only US$123,500 for surfing infrastructure. This pattern persists today because most surfing value exists as nonmarket benefits: health outcomes, community cohesion, intergenerational mentoring, sense of place… all of which don't appear in traditional economic impact assessments or Environmental Impact Statements.

💡 The critical insight: Coastal developments routinely proceed without adequately assessing impacts on surf quality, despite surfing's "serious leisure" status and measurable economic contributions. Standardised valuation methodologies are essential for ensuring surfing receives equitable consideration alongside other coastal uses in planning decisions.

Read the full study here: https://doi.org/10.3727/216901925X17364076067684

11/25/2025

October stats are in and six of our journals continued to rank in the top 100 for full text downloads: https://jrnl.onl/oct25-rank

For the period October 2025:

Event Management ranks 15th with 1,761 downloads
Tourism Analysis ranks 57th with 405 downloads
Tourism in Marine Environments ranks 68th with 318 downloads
Tourism Review International ranks 81st with 209 downloads
Tourism Culture & Communication ranks 86th with 169 downloads
Gastronomy and Tourism ranks 97th with 131 downloads.

View these journals and more at:
https://cognizantcommunication.com/journals/

Journals covering topics on tourism, gastronomy, hepatology, alternative medicine, business, pain research, technology, computer science and more.

11/25/2025

🌍 Marine Tourism Facts Worldwide | TiME

🤔 Can tourism truly empower marginalised fishing communities, or does it perpetuate new forms of injustice? Researchers examined marginalised marginalised artisanal fishers in Kiluan, Indonesia, who adopted dolphin-watching tourism as supplementary income amid declining fish stocks and competition from industrial fisheries. Using qualitative interviews with 41 fishers and 36 homestay owners, the study assessed whether tourism delivers genuine social empowerment and justice.

🔍 The nuanced findings reveal both promises and problems. Dolphin-watching tourism generated additional income, funded children's education, built community cohesion through shared resources (105 fishers sharing 70 boats), and provided passive learning opportunities through tourist interactions. Climate change reduced fish catches by 20-40%, making tourism economically vital. Infrastructure improved (roads, electricity, internet access) and fishers reported enhanced social status and pride in their work.

⚠️However, critical gaps in procedural justice emerged. Training programmes were sporadic, uncertified, and accessible only to select groups. The majority of fishers (over 30 of 41 interviewed) were excluded from tourism planning decisions, with governmental bodies favouring certain community members. This selective participation perpetuates power imbalances rather than dismantling them. Women shouldered increased homestay workloads without proportional compensation, intensifying existing gender inequities.

💡 The verdict. While dolphin-watching tourism reduces poverty and contributes to SDGs 10, 14, and 16…achieving blue justice requires equitable capacity-building, inclusive decision-making, and strategic planning that addresses community-wide needs…not just economic supplementation.

Read the full study here: https://doi.org/10.3727/216901925X17463433088828

11/21/2025

New Issue: Tourism Culture & Communication, Volume 25, Number 4. Read all articles for free for the next 2 weeks.
https://jrnl.onl/tcc254

In this issue:

From Privileged Gaze to Undesired Guest: Reimagining Worldmaking in Postpandemic Tourism

The Worldmaking Agency of the Sri Lankan Travel Vloggers

Civic Dramaturgy and World-Making: Rehearsals of Meaning Cocreation

Worldmaking & Worldmakers: In Memory of Keith Hollinshead

Remembering Keith: Meanderings From Leeds to Australia, Texas, and Then Back Again

Keith Hollinshead: An Independent Scholar

Tribute to an Inspirational Scholar

Keith’s Contrapuntal and Arpeggio Compositions Are More Than Fun to Read

11/20/2025

A Theoretical Framework of Communal Resistance to Mega-Events

Activists resist events in diverse ways to address many social problems. We synthesize 20 years of academic literature and data on how and why activists have opposed the bidding, staging, and legacy fallout of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of Olympic resistance.

Research available for purchase at https://jrnl.onl/wy92ws

11/16/2025

🌍 Marine Tourism Facts Worldwide | TiME

🐋 Would you give up a closer view to protect the whales? Whale watching walks a delicate line. It can inspire conservation or cause harm. Researchers surveyed 1,476 whale watchers in Sydney (both shore-based and boat-based) to understand what people truly value in their experience. The results? Minimising impact on humpback whales was the #1 priority for participants, even ranking above how close they could get to the animals.

⚖️ The trade-off people are willing to make. Both groups strongly preferred whale-watching experiences with "low impact" on the whales, assigning this the highest importance (28% influence on decision-making). Interestingly, while participants expressed a preference for 50-meter approach distances, the current 100-meter regulation had high satisfaction rates among boat-based watchers (85-90% rated their experience as excellent or good), suggesting closer approaches aren't necessary for a positive experience.

🎓 Education matters – a lot! Receiving information about the whales had the highest utility value of all features examined. Boat-based participants valued this even more than shore-based watchers, likely because they'd already invested in the experience and had higher expectations. This finding is critical: when people understand *why* regulations exist to protect whales, they're more accepting of restrictions that might limit their personal experience.

🎯 The bottom line. These findings validate whale watching as genuine ecotourism in Sydney. The research further suggests that current approach distance regulations are sufficient, but only if paired with environmental education explaining how these rules protect vulnerable humpback whale populations during their migration.

Read the full study here: https://doi.org/10.3727/216901925X17394346478522