Dr Aise Kim

Senior Lecturer UniSA Business

City West Campus (EM3-19)
tel +61 8 830 20444

email Aise.Kim@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Dr Aise Kim is a Senior Lecturer at UniSA Business and member of the Centre for Tourism and Leisure Management. She has completed her PhD in Tourism Management at The University of Surrey, UK.

Aise currently teaches several tourism courses - "Destination Management", “Food, Wine, and Festival Tourism” and “Tourism impacts and sustainability” and has formerly held positions as a Program Director/Curriculum Leader for Bachelor of Business (Tourism and Event Management).

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About me

Dr Aise Kim is a Senior Lecturer at UniSA Business and member of the Centre for Tourism and Leisure Management. She has completed her PhD in Tourism Management at The University of Surrey, UK.

Aise also served a Chapter Director/ executive committee member for CAUTHE (Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education). She serves as an executive committee member for Wildlife Tourism Australia, a regional editor of the “Anatolia” and on the review board of “Tourism Recreation Research”.

Dr Kim has been involved in various research projects based on both South Australian tourism industry sectors, Flinders Ranges National Park, Kangaroo Island’s green accommodation, and restaurants as well as international case studies – UK, Italy, China and Korea. Her research work is widely published in top international tourism and hospitality journals. She has extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative data analysis.

Please contact Dr Aise Kim for research supervision or collaboration projects if you are interested in the following research topics:

Sustainable Tourism and Tourism Impacts - economic, socio-cultural, and environmental impacts
Environmental sustainability - Geological Heritage Tourism (Geotourism)
Ecotourism/Nature-based tourism - Green Accommodation, Climate change, Environmental attitudes and Pro-environmental behaviour
Sustainability, Ethics, and integrity
Psychology of tourist experience and behaviour - understanding tourist experience, satisfaction and their travel behaviour
Destination Marketing and Market Segmentation - destination image, destination branding, and marketing strategies, Asian tourist markets
Evaluation of service quality and experience quality in the tourism, restaurants, hotel, airline and events industry
Evaluation of heritage interpretation and information sources - tour guides, wine visitor centres, wine/food interpretation, wildlife/marine tours, and tour websites
Food and wine tourism development - food/wine events, ethnic restaurants, green restaurants (Green Table Program), sustainable restaurants, food/wine tourism destination development, local food/wine tourism development, food/wine tourism branding, food image, creativity and food entrepreneurship
Quantitative research methods; Mixed methods

Research

Research focus

Tourism
Marketing
Business and Management
Commercial Services
Human Geography

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2021	Kim, A, Kim, KP & Nguyen, THD 2021, 'The green accommodation management practices: the role of environmentally responsible tourist markets in understanding tourists' pro-environmental behaviour', Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 4, article no. 2326. Open access 8 4
2017	Kim, AK 2017, 'Australia's food tourism experiences and the Korean market', in PL Pearce & MY Wu (eds), The world meets Asian tourists, Emerald, UK, ch. 10, pp. 169-185.

Books

Year	Output
2011	Kim, KJ 2011, Environmental interpretation and sustainable tourism: promoting visitors' environmental attitudes and behaviour, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Germany.

Chapters

Year	Output
2022	Aise, K 2022, Tasting wine or exploring the wine mystique, Routledge, UK.
2022	Gunawan, J, Kim, A, Widodo, A & Azlian Kautsar, M 2022, 'Geo-marine tourism development for luxury yacht tourist markets: iIndonesia's post-COVID recovery strategy', in Tatiana Gladkikh et al. (eds), Luxury Yachting: Perspectives on Tourism, Practice and Context, Springer, Swizerland, ch. 9, pp. 155-172. Open access
2022	Kim, A 2022, Designing gastronomic identity-based food tours, Routledge, UK.
2017	Kim, AK 2017, 'Australia's food tourism experiences and the Korean market', in PL Pearce & MY Wu (eds), The world meets Asian tourists, Emerald, UK, ch. 10, pp. 169-185.
2014	Lee, S & Kim, A 2014, 'Re-creation of traditional ritual into festival: the case of Kangnung Danoje festival in South Korea', in J Laing & W Frost (eds), Rituals and traditional events in the modern world, Routledge, UK, ch. 5, pp. 67-77. 31

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2022	Napolitano, E, Atzeni, M, Kim, A & Del Chiappa, G 2022, 'Diverse socialising patterns in wine tourist experiences: a segmentation-based analysis of visitors to the wineries in South Australia', International Journal of Tourism Research, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 839-853.
2021	Kim, A, Kim, KP & Nguyen, THD 2021, 'The green accommodation management practices: the role of environmentally responsible tourist markets in understanding tourists' pro-environmental behaviour', Sustainability, vol. 13, no. 4, article no. 2326. Open access 8 4
2020	Hoang, TD, Brown, G & Kim, AKJ 2020, 'Measuring resident place attachment in a World Cultural Heritage tourism context: the case of Hoi An (Vietnam)', Current Issues in Tourism, vol. 23, no. 16, pp. 2059-2075. 22 14
2019	Del Chiappa, G, Bregoli, I & Kim, AKJ 2019, 'Inter-sectorial collaboration in networks: a boundary object approach to wine routes', Tourism Planning and Development, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 591-611. Open access 8 4 3
2018	Kim, AK & Coghlan, A 2018, 'Promoting site-specific versus general proenvironmental behavioral intentions: the role of interpretation', Tourism Analysis, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 77-91. 11 8
2017	Kim, AKJ & Kim, YG 2017, 'Understanding ethnic food involvement-based markets and their travel preferences', Anatolia: An International Journal of tourism and Hospitality Research, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 182-196. 3 2
2016	Ingerson, S & Kim, AK 2016, 'Exploring the value of an ethnic restaurant experience: a consumer perspective towards Korean restaurants', Tourism Recreation Research, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 199-212. Open access 21 8
2015	Wang, Y, Huang, S & Kim, AK 2015, 'Toward a framework integrating authenticity and integrity in heritage tourism', Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 23, no. 10, pp. 1468-1481. 37 31
2014	Kim, AK & Davies, J 2014, 'A teacher's perspective on student centred learning: towards the development of best practice in an undergraduate tourism course', Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sports and Tourism Education, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 6-14. 74 28
2014	Kim, YG, Jang, SY & Kim, AK 2014, 'Application of the theory of planned behavior to genetically modified foods: moderating effects of food technology neophobia', Food Research International, vol. 62, pp. 947-954. 64 56 6
2013	Kim, AK & Weiler, B 2013, 'Visitors' attitudes towards responsible fossil collecting behaviour: an environmental attitude-based segmentation approach', Tourism Management, vol. 36, pp. 602-612. 23 54
2012	Coghlan, A & Kim, AK 2012, 'Interpretive layering in nature-based tourism: a simple approach for complex attractions', Journal of Ecotourism, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 173-187. Open access 20
2012	Harris, H, Fein, E, Kim, K & Hobson, E 2012, 'Categorising person-based ethical constructs using a framework of cognitive skills, moral volition, and personal values', Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, vol. 8, pp. 97-112. 1
2012	Kim, AK & Brown, G 2012, 'Understanding the relationships between perceived travel experiences, overall satisfaction, and destination loyalty', Anatolia: An International Journal of tourism and Hospitality Research, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 328-347. 94 78
2012	Kim, AK & Brown, G 2012, 'Understanding tourist perspectives on geotourism experience: implications for destination development', Tourism Review International: an international journal, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 45-57. 27
2012	Kim, K 2012, 'Determinants of tourist behaviour in coastal environmental protection', Tourism Geographies, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 26-49. 44 43
2012	Kim, K 2012, 'Reflective journal assessment : the application of good feedback practice to facilitating self-directed learning', Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sports and Tourism Education, vol. 13, pp. 255 - 259. 9
2011	Kim, AK, Airey, D & Szivas, E 2011, 'The multiple assessment of interpretation effectiveness : promoting visitors' environmental attitudes and behavior', Journal of Travel Research, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 321-334. Open access 94 87
2011	Weiler, B & Kim, AK 2011, 'Tour guides as agents of sustainability: rhetoric, reality and implications for research', Tourism Recreation Research, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 113-125. 45
2010	Kim, K, Keuning, J, Robertson, J & Kleindorfer, S 2010, 'Understanding the Birdwatching Tourism Market in Queensland, Australia', Anatolia: An International Journal of tourism and Hospitality Research, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 227-247. 20 14

Conferences

Year	Output
2015	Kim, A, Higgins-Desbiolles, F & Wijesinghe, G 2015, 'A taste of sustainability: how can restaurateurs contribute to sustainability efforts?', 13th Asia-Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Conference, Asia-Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education, pp. 1-4. Open access
2014	Kim, A 2014, 'The development of e-portfolio assesment as a new e-learning tool: current practices and future directions', in P Chien (editor), 24th Annual CAUTHE Conference, Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education, pp. 941-944.
2013	Kim, K & Hughes, M 2013, 'Environmental management practices in the green accommodation: a cross-cultural tourist perspective', in J Fountain & K Moore (eds), 2013 Council for Australian university tourism and hospitality education conference (CAUTHE 2013), CAUTHE & Lincoln University, pp. 411-414.
2013	Kim, K 2013, 'The influence of food involvement on Australian consumers' perceptions of Korean ethnic food attributes and food-related travel preferences', in J Fountain & K Moore (eds), 2013 Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference (CAUTHE 2013), CAUTHE & Lincoln University, pp. 407-410.
2012	Harris, H, Kim, AK, Hobson, L & Fein, EC 2012, 'Behavior or concepts: what is being taught and assessed in business ethics classes?', 2012 Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting, Society for Business Ethics, pp.1-21. Open access
2012	Kim, A, Harris, H, Hobson, L & Fein, E 2012, 'A preliminary study of the teaching and assessment of ethics components in the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Australian universities', Ethics, values and civil society : 19th Annual Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE) conference, AAPAE, pp. 1-10. Open access
2011	Hobson, E, Fein, E, Kim, K & Harris, H 2011, 'Examining ethical constructs via a three factor model: a conceptual framework for further investigation', in L Toiviainen (ed.), 18th Annual Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics Conference, AAPAE.
2011	Kim, AK & Davies, J 2011, 'Student centred learning: food and wine for thought!', 21st annual conference of the council for Australian university tourism and hospitality education (CAUTHE), University of South Australia, pp. 381-391.
2011	Kim, AK & Weiler, B 2011, 'Application of sustainability indicators to tour guiding practice: the need for a broader perspective', 21st Annual Conference Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Tourism: Creating a brilliant blend, University of South Australia, pp. 1146-1150.
2010	Kim, K & Brown, GP 2010, 'An Examination of Nature-Based Tourists' Travel Experiences, Satisfaction and Return Behaviour', in Eugenia Wickens & Marios Soteriades, Conference on Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates & Challenges 2010, Bucks New University, pp. 685-694.
2010	Kim, K & Brown, GP 2010, 'Understanding the geotourism market', in S Crispin, A Dunn, S Fishwick, A Franklin, D Hanson, D Resier, R Shipway, M Wells & C Baxter, CAUTHE 2010: Tourism and Hospitality: Challenge the Limits: 20th Annual conference Council for Australia University Tourism and Hospitality Education, University of Tasmania, pp. 1-6.
2010	Kim, K 2010, 'Promoting visitors' environmental attitudes', in S Crispin, A Dunn, S Fishwick, A Franklin, D Hanson, D Resier, R Shipway, M Wells & C Baxter, CAUTHE 2010: Tourism and Hospitality: Challenge the Limits: 20th Annual conference Council for Australia University Tourism and Hospitality Education, School of Management, University of Tasmania, pp. 1-15.
2010	Kim, K 2010, 'Responsible Fossil Collecting Behaviour for Sustainable Geotourism Management', in Eugenia Wickens & Marios Soteriades, 3rd International conference on Sustainable Tourism : Issues, Debates & Challenges 2010, Bucks New University, pp. 674-684.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Chapter Director - CAUTHE (Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education)

Regional Editor/Editorial Board Member for Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research

Executive Committee Member for Wildlife Tourism Australia

Review Board for Tourism Recreation Research

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Duy Tan University	VIET NAM
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Hue University	VIET NAM
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember	INDONESIA
Kangwon National University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Southern Cross University	AUSTRALIA
University Consortium for Industrial and Managerial Economics (CUIEM)	ITALY
University of Lincoln	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Sassari	ITALY
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Surrey	UNITED KINGDOM
Xian Fanyi University	CHINA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Editorial Board Member Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research	2018
Editorial Board Member Tourism Recreation Research	2018
Executive Committee Member Wildlife Tourism Australia	2018
Executive Committee Member, Chapter Director Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education	2018
Editorial Board Member Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research	2017
Editorial Board Member Tourism Recreation Research	2017
Executive Committee Member Wildlife Tourism Australia	2017
Executive Committee Member, Chapter Director Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education	2017
Editorial Board Member Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research	2016
Executive Committee Member, Chapter Director Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education	2016
Editorial Board Member Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research	2015
Executive Committee Member, Chapter Director Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education	2015
Editorial Board Member Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research	2014
Executive Committee Member, Chapter Director Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education	2014
Editorial Board Member Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research	2013
Executive Committee Member, Chapter Director Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education	2013
Executive Committee Member, Chapter Director Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education	2012

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Determinants of Australian diners' satisfaction and return behaviour towards ethnic Asian restaurants	Completed
From community participation to empowerment: a case study of community-based tourism in Hoi An, Vietnam	Completed
Intentions of volunteer tourists to continue to volunteer: a Chinese perspective	Completed
Reconceptualisation of tourism destination image in an astronomical tourism context	Completed
Resident participation in sustainable tourism at a World Cultural Heritage site	Completed
The role of customer engagement behaviour on social media in the co-creation process for destination brand personality: the case study of WeChat	Completed

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