Dr Aise Kim 

Centre for Tourism & Leisure Management

Centre for Asian Business

Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE)

Ecotourism Australia

National Association for Interpretation, USA

Editorial Board Member

Editorial Board Member - Tourism Recreation Research

Editorial Board Member - Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research

MSc in Tourism (James Cook University)

PhD in Tourism Management (University of Surrey, UK)

• Tourist Behaviour - understanding tourist experience, satisfaction and their travel behaviour
• Sustainable Tourism & Tourism Impacts - economic, socio-cultural, & environmental impacts
• Destination Marketing & Market Segmentation
• Service quality & experience quality in the tourism, restaurants and events industry
• Environmental sustainability - Geological Heritage Tourism (Geotourism); Ecotourism/Nature-based tourism; Green Accommodation; Climate change; Environmental attitudes and environmental behaviour
• Heritage interpretation & information sources - tour guides, wine visitor centres, wine/food interpretation, wildlife/marine tours, & tour websites.
• Food tourism - food events, ethnic restaurants, green restaurants (Green Table Program), & sustainable restaurants
• Event and festival tourism
• Quantitative research methods; Mixed methods
• Research Vacation Scholarships 2011

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Kim, A.K. & Weiler, B. (2012, in press) Visitors' attitudes towards responsible fossil collecting behaviour: An environmental attitude-based segmentation approach. Tourism Management

Kim, A.K. (2012) Reflective journal assessment: the application of good feedback practice to facilitating self-directed learning, Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, Vol. 12.

Kim, A.K and Brown, G. (2012) Understanding the relationships between perceived travel experiences, overall satisfaction and destination loyalty: A nature-based tourism perspective, ANATOLIA

Kim, A.K. and Brown, G. (2012) Understanding tourist perspectives on geotourism experience: implications for destination development, Tourism Review International

Coghlan, A. & Kim, A.K. (2012) Interpretive layering in nature-based tourism: a simple approach for complex attractions. Journal of Ecotourism

Harris, H., Fein,E., Kim, A., & Hobson, L. (2012). Categorising person-based ethical constructs using a taxonomy of cognitive skills, moral volition, and personal values Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations 8(1)

Kim, A.K. (2012) Examining determinants of specific environmental behaviours: A case study of coastal environmental protection, Tourism Geographies ,

Kim, A.K., Airey, D., & Szivas, E. (2011) The multiple assessment of interpretation effectiveness: Promoting visitors' environmental attitudes and behaviour, Journal of Travel Research , 50(3), pp. 321 - 334. DOI 10.1177/0047287510362786.

Weiler, B. & Kim, A.K. (2011) Tour Guides as Agents of Sustainability: Rhetoric, Reality and Implications for Research, Tourism Recreation Research, 36(2)

Kim, A.K., Keuning, J., Robertson,J. & Kleindorfer,S. (2010) The Market Segments of Birdwatching Tourists in Queensland, Australia, ANATOLIA: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research , 21(2), 227-247.

Kim, K.A. (2007) The Effects of Environmental Interpretation on Visitors' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavioural Intentions at the Charmouth Coastal Area, in the U.K. Journal of Tourism and Development , Vol. 4, pp. 8-23.

BOOKS/REPORTS

Kim, A.K. (2011) Environmental Interpretation and Sustainable tourism, LAP publisher. ISBN-10: 384542995X.

Kim, A.K. (2008) Scoping Study: The analysis of the market for geological and fossil-based tourism in the Flinders Ranges region, A report to the South Australia Tourism Commission & Flinders Ranges Tourism Operators Association.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS

Kim, A., Howard, H., Hobson, L, and Fein, F. (2012). 'A preliminary study of the teaching and assessment of ethics components in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Australian universities’, In the proceedings of 19th Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, 28 June – 1 July, the University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Harris, H., Kim, A., Hobson, L., and Fein, E. (2012) Behaviour or concepts: What is being taught and assessed in Business Ethics classes? In the proceedings of 2012 Annual Meeting of the Society for Business Ethics, Boston, USA, 3-5 August.

Kim, A.K. (2012) Environmental conservation behaviour for sustainable nature-based tourism: The role of a sense of personal responsibility, In the proceedings of CAUTHE conference, Melbourne, Australia, 6 - 9 February. Melbourne: La Trobe University.

Kim, A.K. and Davies, J. (2011) STUDENT CENTRED LEARNING: FOOD AND WINE FOR THOUGHT! In the proceedings of CAUTHE conference, Adelaide, Australia, 8 - 11 February. Adelaide: University of South Australia.

Kim, A.K. and Weiler, B. (2011) APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS TO TOUR GUIDING PRACTICE: THE NEED FOR A BROADER PERSPECTIVE, In the proceedings of CAUTHE conference, Adelaide, Australia, 8 - 11 February. Adelaide: University of South Australia.

Hobson, L., Fein, E., Kim A and Harris, H. (2011) Examining ethical constructs via a three factor model: a conceptual framework for further investigation Australian Association for Professional & Applied Ethics annual conference, Hobart, Australia, June.

Weiler, B. & Kim, A.K. (2010) Tour Guides as Agents of Sustainability: Rhetoric, Reality and Implications for Research. In the proceedings of Global Change and Economic Crisis in Tourism, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 5-8 September, South Africa: University of Stellenbosch.

Kim, A.K. (2010) Responsible fossil collecting behaviour. In the proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates & Challenges, Crete, Greece, 22 – 25 April.

Kim, A.K. & Brown, G. (2010) An examination of nature-based tourists’ travel experiences, satisfaction and return behaviour. In the proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates & Challenges, Crete, Greece, 22 – 25 April.

Kim, A.K. & Brown, G. (2010) Understanding the geotourism market, In the proceedings of Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference, Hobart, Feb 8-11, Australia: University of Tasmania.

Kim, A.K. (2010) Promoting visitors environmental attitudes, In the proceedings of Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference, Hobart, Feb 8-11, Australia: University of Tasmania.

Kim, A.K. (2008) The management role of interpretation: Problems and Challenges, In the proceedings of Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) Conference, CD-ROM, Gold Coast, Feb 11 -14, Australia: Griffith University.

Kim, A.K. & Brown, G. (2008) Geotourism in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia: an examination of the prospects for market development, In the proceedings of Inaugural Global Geotourism Conference, Perth, Aug 17-20, Australia: Promaco Conventions Pty.

Kim, K. (2005) The Effects of Environmental Interpretation on Visitors' Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavioural Intentions. In the proceedings of Recent Developments in Tourism Research Conference, Faro, Portugal, 6-8 October, Portugal: University of Algarve.