Gijsbert Hoogendoorn

(MENAFN- The Conversation)

• Professor in Tourism Geography, University of Johannesburg

Profile Articles Activity

I am a tourism geographer in the Department of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies at the University of Johannesburg. I have published over 100 papers, book chapters and monographs on a variety of topics in tourism geography. These included publications on second homes tourism in South Africa, Mozambique, China and Sweden, urban tourism in Johannesburg, and climate change and tourism topics in Southern Africa more broadly. Of late I have been engaging in topics around cultural and creative tourism in South Africa.

Experience

• 2021–present Professor, University of Johannesburg
• 2015–2021 Associate professor, University of Johannesburg
• 2013–2015 Senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
• 2009–2013 Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
• 2008–2009 Lecturer, Rhodes University
• 2007–2007 Junior Lecturer, University of the Free State
• 2005–2006 Researcher, University of the Free State

Education

• 2011 University of the Free State, PhD (Geography)
• 2006 University of the Free State, MA (Geography)
• 2003 University of the Free State, B.A. Hons (Geography)
• 2002 University of the Free State, B.A. General

Publications

• 2023 Activities as the critical link between motivation and destination choice in cultural tourism, Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Insights
• 2023 A review of second homes and the environment, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
• 2023 “Whispered in corridors”: Intra-national politics and practices of knowledge production in South African human geography., Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
• 2023 Path creation for an electricity transition in the South African tourism sector, Tourism Geographies
• 2023 Millennials as potential creative tourists in South Africa: A CHAID approach to market segmentation, Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events
• 2022 Perceptions of climate change threats to the Zimbabwean nature-based tourism sector, Environmental Development
• 2022 Climate Change and Tourism in Southern Africa, Routledge
• 2022 Glacier tourism and tourist reviews: an experiential engagement with the concept of 'last chance tourism', Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
• 2021 Implications of misleading news reporting on tourism at the Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Weather, Climate and Society
• 2021 Resident tourists and the local 'other', Tourism Geographies
• 2021 Adapting to climate change: the case of snow-based tourism in Afriski, Lesotho, African Geographical Review
• 2020 To beach or not to beach? Socio-economic factors influencing tourists' perceptions of climate and weather in South Africa, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
• 2020 Tourist and Resident Perspectives on 'Slum Tourism': the case of Vilakazi Precinct, Soweto, GeoJournal
• 2019 Tourism as incentive for rewilding: the conversion from cattle to game farms in Limpopo province, South Africa, Journal of Ecotourism
• 2018 An analysis of factors affecting tourists' accounts of weather in South Africa, International Journal of Biometeorology
• 2018 The potential role of tourism microentrepreneurship in the prevention of rhino poaching, International Development Planning Review
• 2018 Tourism and climate change: a review of adaptation threats for Africa, Current Issues in Tourism
• 2017 Climate suitability for tourism in South Africa, Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Professional Memberships

• Society of South African Geographers
• Commission on Tourism, Leisure and Global Change of the International Geographical Union

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