Jason Draper

• Professor (Associate) at University of Houston

Glamping brings a glamorous tourism experience providing potential opportunities to escape from daily routines and maintain relationships during difficult/special times, such as the pandemic with travel restrictions or postpandemic travel concerns. It is innovative to explore the unique group of DINK (dual income, no kids) couples using glamping as...

This paper provides an overview of the current state of academic research in event-tourism and its impact on the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Through a systematic review and bibliometric analysis of 159 articles, this study reveals a moderate alignment between the literature on sustainable event tourism...

Purpose This study explores the effects of parents' attending status and alcohol consumption (scenario based) on their feelings of happiness, relaxation, family cohesion and family satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a 2 (attending status: with a child or without a child) X 3 (alcohol consumption: water, a cup of beer or four...

Participants attending a festival(s) with children is a family activity that influences family relationships. This study examines the relationship between attending status (e.g., with or without children), event experience, subjective well-being, and family quality of life (FQOL). A total of 585 festival participants’ data analyzed by structural eq...

Educational experiences include coursework and career development activities offered by the educational institution, which contribute to students’ self-efficacy. In an academic discipline such as hospitality and tourism, students frequently get practical work experience(s) to build up their self-efficacy. This study surveyed hospitality students to...

There are many niche areas of research in hospitality and tourism, including meetings, expositions, events, and conventions (MEEC). Within such niche areas an assessment of the current status of the academic research is always helpful for current and future researchers. The purpose of this study is to assess the current status of research in MEEC j...

Limited research has been done on destination weddings, although they play a significant role in tourism and hospitality. This study examined the antecedents of intention to host a destination wedding within the framework of theory of planned behavior. In addition to subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, family support was a significa...

Hospitality program administrators must evaluate faculty on their perceived level of that faculty's teaching effectiveness. Interpreting student evaluation ratings is the most frequently used method of assessing faculty performance. This study examines factors that potentially should be taken into consideration while assessing student evaluation sc...

This study assessed the motivations of attendees of a very different type of conference than have been addressed in other studies (e.g., educational). Delegates of the Conference for Food Protection Biennial Meeting were sent an online survey to complete regarding their motivations to attend the debate style meeting, which was created to identify a...

As there is a gap in the research in evaluating the relationship of hotel room sales with food and beverage (F&B) sales, this study focused on the differences in yearly sales of rooms and F&B revenue in hotels from 2011 to 2013. This study also focuses on the relationships between various hotel measurements (e.g., number of rooms, occupancy, averag...

This study introduces self-perception theory as a guiding framework in explaining residents' attitudes from an introspective approach involving residents' own degree of travel. To date, measures explaining such attitudes have primarily come in the form of sociodemographic, socioeconomic, spatial, personal benefit/dependence, etc. variables. Results...

The meetings, expositions, events, and conventions sector has gained recognition as an academic field by growth in higher education programs including courses, programs, and textbooks, as well as research. The purpose of the extant research is to review event, tourism, and hospitality journals from 2004 to 2016 to provide insight into the current s...

Special events such as marathons frequently depend on volunteers who may have various motivations for volunteering. The purpose of this study is to examine the motivations of volunteers of marathons, differences in motivation by demographics, level of running experience, and relationships with satisfaction. The results reveal differences in the lov...

Festival attendees have various motivations, especially for cultural festivals which typically include numerous activities, entertainment, and other components. Planners of such festivals are challenged with what aspects of a festival they might enhance for attendees. The purpose of this study is to examine relationships between motivation for atte...

Visitor information centers provide destinations with an opportunity once visitors are at the destination to provide information and recommendations. As a result, destinations who manage visitor information centers benefit from being aware of who visits the center, what information is important to such visitors, and how well the center does at prov...

The information search of potential travelers is an important component of tourism. Essentially, it is how travelers learn about tourism destinations, which affects their decision whether or not to visit. The primary purpose of this visitor inquiry study is to group inquirers based on their prior travel to the study destination and total travel. Th...

The purpose of this study is to conduct an importance–performance analysis on the attributes of a cultural festival. The analysis identified 12 of 20 attributes with significant differences, with seven being importance exceeding performance. Several of the seven differences were related to the authenticity of the Italian culture at the event. In ad...

Development and management of heritage tourism attractions pose several challenges, such as lack of financial resources and political support. heritage sites and attractions often include numerous attributes (e.g., education, guided tours, shopping for local products) that can be provided at various levels of involvement and interest. however, the...

In the United States, an objective of coastal states is providing sufficient access to coastal resources. To better utilize public resources for such projects, decision makers would benefit from possessing reliable estimates of economic values coastal residents and tourists place on public beach access. This study’s purpose is to estimate the econo...

The purpose of this study is to review empirical studies regarding the site selection process of meeting planners. The study was conducted by searching for and collecting empirical studies related to meeting planners’ site selection criteria. Each study was reviewed and various elements documented to assess the history and current state of research...

The purpose of this exploratory study was to develop a list of sustainable practices at convention facilities and assess the importance of these items according to meeting planners. The recycling of items had the highest levels of importance. Significant differences were found between third party and association meeting planners’ levels of importan...

As coastal destinations continue to grow, due to tourism and residential expansion, the demand for public beach access and related amenities will also increase. The issue confronting management agencies responsible for providing and maintaining public beach access and related amenities is the varying needs and preferences of both residents and tour...

Because of the limited capacity of coastal lands and conflicting interests among stakeholders of the coastal resources, there are intensifying pressures to retain and provide more public access to the coast. Under limited development opportunities and budget constraints, identifying tourists' preferences for management options is highly important f...

This study attempts to answer the question “What influence does an individual’s travel have on attitudes concerning who should develop tourism in their community as well as the role of the government in such development?” Research on residents’ attitudes toward tourism has traditionally focused on demographic, socioeconomic, and spatial predictor v...

One of the fastest growing segments of the world's tourism industry is coastal tourism. As interest in coastal tourism intensifies, the increasing demand on coastal resources will require local governments and private businesses to obtain information on future tourism demand. However, management agencies often fail to incorporate forecasting result...

An increase in the population of coastal counties and popularity of coastal beaches as tourism destinations create difficulties for management agencies responsible for providing public beach access. The objective of this paper is to determine non-resident visitors to South Carolina beaches economic value for public beach access. Visitors are willin...