School of Hospitality and Tourism

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Research in the AUT School of Hospitality and Tourism not only informs the global academic community, they also focus on developing practical research outcomes. Their research is targeted at improving the tourism industry and the people that depend on its success.

The School also works closely with the New Zealand Tourism Research Institute to develop funding to support research initiatives and to provide graduate students with opportunities in research activities.

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Browsing School of Hospitality and Tourism by Author "Aquino, R"

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    Analysing Push and Pull Motives for Volcano Tourism at Mount Pinatubo, Philippines
    (Springer Verlag, 2017-07-27) Aquino, R; Schänzel, Heike; Hyde, K
    This paper investigates the motivations of visitors undertaking a volcano tour at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. The study identifies push and pull motives for visiting a non-erupting active volcano; tests the influence of age, gender and prior experience of volcanic tourism on visitors; and examines differences in motivations for domestic versus international visitors. A total of 174 survey responses were collected and analysed. The results reveal four push motives, namely escape and relaxation, novelty-seeking, volcano knowledge-seeking and socialisation, and two pull motives, namely disaster and cultural heritage-induced and volcanic and geological attribute-driven. Novelty-seeking was found as the strongest motive for visiting volcanic sites. Domestic visitors display higher escape and relaxation and socialisation motives compared to international visitors. The findings provide implications for developing and marketing volcanobased geotourism and for diversifying the Philippines’ tourism products. This study makes a valuable contribution to the under-researched understanding of geotourism at volcanic sites.
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    Book Review: Dolezal, C., Trupp, A., & Bui, H. T. (Eds.). (2020). Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia.
    (Society for South-East Asian Studies (SEAS), 2020-06-29) Aquino, R
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    A Conceptual Framework of Tourism Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Community Development
    (Elsevier, 2018-09-21) Aquino, R; Lueck, M; Schänzel, Heike
    The continuous search for responsible and sustainable practices in the tourism industry paves the way for alternative approaches to tourism development. Often, local communities are at the foreground of these innovative tourism entrepreneurship and development strategies. The emergence of social enterprises operating in tourism refocuses the agenda of engaging and developing disadvantaged and underdeveloped communities sustainably through the industry. Tourism social entrepreneurship (TSE) is suggested as a market-based strategy to address social problems whilst maximising the benefits and minimising the negative consequences that tourism may provide to host communities. To date, there is limited understanding of how TSE can be a catalyst for sustainable community development. The purpose of this paper is to address this gap in knowledge by conceptualising TSE as a more holistic strategy for sustainable community development. By critically analysing the literature, this paper situates TSE within and for community development. A conceptual framework that incorporates community development concepts, generic social entrepreneurship and TSE principles, and community capitals perspectives, is proposed. This conceptual paper contributes to the emerging literature on TSE and may assist the actors in the TSE system as they establish new community-centric social enterprises.
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    The Outcomes of Tourism Social Entrepreneurship: Host Community Perspectives
    (Auckland University of Technology, 2020-05-04) Aquino, R; Lueck, M; Schänzel, Heike; Harkison, T; Williamson, D
    This study investigates the outcomes of tourism social entrepreneurship (TSE) activities in Sitio Liwliwa, a surfing destination community in Zambales, Philippines. Formally initiated by an accommodation-type tourism social enterprise, tourism in the locality was envisioned to deliver sustainable and community development outcomes through inducing resident participation and livelihood integration. To obtain an understanding of the TSE outcomes delivered in this locality, case study methods involving the participation of 18 host community actors were employed. Particularly, direct observations, archival research, semi-structured interviewing, and a community asset mapping workshop, were carried out to collect qualitative information. Constructivist grounded theory techniques were performed in analysing the data. This working paper presents the preliminary findings of this study that are outlined using a community capitals framework, and structured according to the emergent categories that encompass host community perceptions and constructions of TSE outcomes. By looking at the nature of the outcomes experienced by a host community, this paper furthers the understanding of the viability of TSE as an emerging alternative tourism entrepreneurship and development approach.
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    'Taking Charge of Tourism' - Tourism Social Entrepreneurial Processes in Culion Island, Philippines: An Integrative Model
    (The Tourism CoLab, 2020-01-10) Aquino, R; Schänzel, Heike; Lueck, M; Dredge, D; Phi, G
    Tourism social entrepreneurship (TSE) is described as an alternative approach to tourism development, characterised by goals of eradicating local social problems, maximising the positive outcomes of tourism, and delivering sustainable societal transformation (Sheldon, Pollock, & Daniele, 2017). Alongside more efficient resource-use and knowledge exchange, and with social entrepreneurs’ visions, TSE is facilitated through tourism social enterprises: tourism businesses aiming to drive positive social change, usually at the host community level (Aquino, Lück, & Schänzel, 2018; Phi, Whitford, & Dredge, 2017). Although TSE is becoming popular in tourism development practice, there is scant empirical evidence of the processes and activities performed by tourism social enterprises in achieving their social goals. Some previous studies have applied a business model framework in exploring the implementing mechanisms of tourism socia enterprises and understanding how these social ventures operate (Franzidis, 2018; von der Weppen & Cochrane, 2012). However, most of the extant literature on this topic has been developed from pre-determined applied management constructs and the knowledge of tourism social entrepreneurs; these studies have not considered the perspectives of host community actors (e.g. residents). This is a significant omission, as it has been argued that the strategies pursued by tourism social enterprises vary according to their host community, since social entrepreneurial practices are dependent on local conditions. To address this gap in the understanding of tourism social entrepreneurial processes, a constructivist research approach was used. A single case study methodology was employed to explore the processes being facilitated by Kawil Tours, a tourism social enterprise on Culion Island in the Philippines. Culion is an island community commonly known as (formerly) the largest leper colony in the country, which has been engaged in tourism through the initiatives of Kawil Tours since 2011. Case study research was chosen for this study because it enables the in-depth exploration of a phenomenon or organisation bounded by its setting (Stake, 1995). The case study comprised qualitative research methods performed with 19 TSE and host community actors, namely residents, government officials and tourism social entrepreneurs. Fifteen semi-structured interviews and one community engagement workshop were conducted to collect qualitative data. These data collection strategies were supplemented by direct observations and archival research in order to develop a contextual understanding of the phenomenon. Using NVivo 12, grounded theory analysis procedures informed by a constructivist research paradigm were applied to analyse the elicited information (Charmaz, 2014). Cycles of line-by-line, incident with incident, and focused coding schemes resulted in an integrative model that illuminates the processes that are being implemented by the tourism social enterprise. The findings of this study illustrate the emergent categories that comprise the model, which are predominantly social enterprise-led. These categories encapsulate processes and sub-processes that are in parallel with the tourism social enterprises’ economic, social and environmental goals for the community. The paper concludes by critically discussing the degree of community involvement and scale of potential impacts that the emergent tourism social entrepreneurial processes foster in the island community. Finally, the findings of this study are relevant for individuals and social organisations aiming at proliferating community-based TSE activities in localities facing similar social challenges and contextual conditions.
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    Towards Decolonising Tourism and Hospitality Research in the Philippines
    (Elsevier, 2019-02-28) Aquino, R
    In recent years, scholarshave focused their attention on demarcatingthe neocolonial situations that permeate the tourism and hospitality academy. The ‘critical turn’ in tourism studies called forthe decolonisation of tourism and hospitalityresearch.Inthis paper, Iexplore and challenge the state of tourism and hospitality research in the Philippines, by analysing the works of Filipino tourism and hospitality academics.Through a systematic quantitative literature review, I identifythe research themes investigatedby Filipino scholars on Philippine tourism and hospitality andexaminethe methodologies and epistemologies employed in the selected research outputs.The findings indicate that colonial legacies and neocolonial situations are strongly present in Philippinetourism and hospitality knowledge production.To challenge these scenarios, I suggesta decolonial agenda informed bySikolohiyang Pilipino(Filipino psychology),anativeepistemological perspective. This article serves as acontribution to the epistemological decolonisation of tourism knowledge production in Asian contexts.
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