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by Ning Chris Chen (Author), C. Michael Hall (Author), Girish Prayag (Author)
Place is integral to tourism. This book, written by notable authors in the field, examines sense of place and place attachment in terms of a typology of sense of place/place attachment that includes genealogical/historical, narrative/cultural, economic, ideological, cosmological, and dynamic elements.
Author Biography
Ning Chris Chen is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the Department of Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research interests are in sense of place, place attachment, resident/tourist psychology, and behaviour, sports marketing, and word-of-mouth behaviours.
C. Michael Hall is Professor, Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Docent in Geography, University of Oulu, Finland; Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden; and Guest Professor in Service Management and Service Studies, Lund University, Helsingborg, Sweden. His interests include tourism, regional development, heritage, food, sustainability, and global environmental change.
Girish Prayag is a Professor of Marketing at the UC Business School, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research interests are related to consumption experiences in the tourism, hospitality, and event industries. He has published extensively on tourist emotions and place attachment.
