Aise Kim

Dr Aise Kim

School of Accounting and Finance

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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 has formerly held positions as a Program Director/Curriculum Leader for Bachelor of Business (Tourism and Event Management). She also served a Chapter Director/ executive committee member for CAUTHE (Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education) and an executive committee member for Wildlife Tourism Australia as well as a regional editor of the “Anatolia” and on the review board of “Tourism Recreation Research”.
Dr Kim has taught several tourism courses -  "Destination Management",  “Food, Wine, and Festival Tourism”, “Tourism impacts and sustainability”, and " Digital innovation in tourism". Her current research interests focus on storytelling-based marketing approach to the development of food tourism and wellbeing tourism. 
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, Indonesia, China and Korea. She is a recipient of competitive research grant projects received from Australia-Korea Foundation and Australia-Indonesia Institute. She has extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Her research work is widely published in top international tourism and hospitality journals. 
Please contact Dr Aise Kim for research 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
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
Community engagement/training
Storytelling-based marketing approach to sustainable tourism development
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
Wellbeing tourism
Quantitative research methods; Mixed methods

Year Citation
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, 24,(6), 839-853.
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2021 Kim, A., Kim, K. P., & Nguyen, T. H. D. (2021). The green accommodation management practices: the role of environmentally responsible tourist markets in understanding tourists' pro-environmental behaviour. Sustainability, 13(4, article no. 2326), 1-23.
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2020 Hoang, T. D. T., Brown, G., & Kim, A. K. J. (2020). Measuring resident place attachment in a World Cultural Heritage tourism context: the case of Hoi An (Vietnam). Current Issues in Tourism, 23(16), 2059-2075.
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2019 Del Chiappa, G., Bregoli, I., & Kim, A. K. J. (2019). Inter-sectorial collaboration in networks: a boundary object approach to wine routes. Tourism planning and development, 16(6), 591-611.
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2018 Kim, A. K., & Coghlan, A. (2018). Promoting site-specific versus general proenvironmental behavioral intentions: the role of interpretation. Tourism analysis, 23(1), 77-91.
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2017 Kim, A. K. J., & Kim, Y. G. (2017). Understanding ethnic food involvement-based markets and their travel preferences. Anatolia, 28(2), 182-196.
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2016 Ingerson, S., & Kim, A. K. (2016). Exploring the value of an ethnic restaurant experience: a consumer perspective towards Korean restaurants. Tourism recreation research, 41(2), 199-212.
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2015 Wang, Y., Huang, S. S., & Kim, A. K. (2015). Toward a framework integrating authenticity and integrity in heritage tourism. Journal of sustainable tourism, 23(10), 1468-1481.
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2014 Kim, Y. G., Jang, S. Y., & Kim, A. K. (2014). Application of the theory of planned behavior to genetically modified foods: moderating effects of food technology neophobia. Food research international, 62, 947-954.
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2014 Kim, A. K., & 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, sport & tourism education, 14(1), 6-14.
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2013 Kim, A. K., & Weiler, B. (2013). Visitors' attitudes towards responsible fossil collecting behaviour: an environmental attitude-based segmentation approach. Tourism management, 36, 602-612.
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2012 Kim, A. K., & Brown, G. (2012). Understanding the relationships between perceived travel experiences, overall satisfaction, and destination loyalty. Anatolia, 23(3), 328-347.
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2012 Kim, A. K., & Brown, G. (2012). Understanding tourist perspectives on geotourism experience: implications for destination development. Tourism review international, 16(1), 45-57.
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2012 Coghlan, A., & Kim, A. K. (2012). Interpretive layering in nature-based tourism: a simple approach for complex attractions. Journal of ecotourism, 11(3), 173-187.
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2012 Kim, K. (2012). Determinants of tourist behaviour in coastal environmental protection. Tourism geographies : an international journal of tourism space, place and environment, 14(1), 26-49.
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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, 97-112.
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2012 Kim, K. (2012). Reflective journal assessment : the application of good feedback practice to facilitating self-directed learning. Journal of hospitality, leisure, sport & tourism education, 13, 255-259.
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2011 Kim, A. K., Airey, D., & Szivas, E. (2011). The multiple assessment of interpretation effectiveness : promoting visitors' environmental attitudes and behavior. Journal of travel research, 50(3), 321-334.
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2011 Weiler, B., & Kim, A. K. (2011). Tour guides as agents of sustainability: rhetoric, reality and implications for research. Tourism recreation research, 36(2), 113-125.
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2010 Kim, K., Keuning, J., Robertson, J., & Kleindorfer, S. (2010). Understanding the birdwatching tourism market in Queensland, Australia. Anatolia, 21(2), 227-247.
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Year Citation
2015 Ingerson, S., & Kim, A. K. (2015). The quality of ethnic restaurant experience: how do consumers experience traditional versus fusion ethnic restaurants?. In CAUTHE 2015 : rising tides and sea changes : adaption and innovation in tourism and hospitality (pp. 543-546). Gold Coast, Australia: School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University.
2015 Kim, A., Higgins Desbiolles, F., & Wijesinghe, G. (2015). A taste of sustainability: how can restaurateurs contribute to sustainability efforts?. In 13th Asia-Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education Conference (pp. 1-4). New Zealand: Asia-Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education.
2014 Kim, A. (2014). The development of e-portfolio assesment as a new e-learning tool: current practices and future directions. In P. Chien (Ed.), Tourism and hospitality in the contemporary world: trends, changes & complexity, proceedings of the 24th CAUTHE conference (pp. 941-944). Australia: Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education.
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.), CAUTHE 2013 : tourism and global change : on the edge of something big (pp. 407-410). Christchurch, New Zealand: CAUTHE & Lincoln University.
2013 Kim, K., & Hughes, M. (2013). Environmental management practices in the green accommodation: a cross-cultural tourist perspective. In J. Fountain, & K. Moore (Eds.), CAUTHE 2013: Tourism and global change: on the edge of something big (pp. 411-414). Christchurch, New Zealand: CAUTHE & Lincoln University.
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. In 19th Annual Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE) conference (pp. 1-10). Australia: AAPAE.
2012 Kim, K. (2012). Environmental conservation behaviour for sustainable nature-based tourism : the role of a sense of personal responsibility. In National Conference the new golden age of tourism and hospitality : proceedings of 22nd Annual Conference for the Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE). Australia: La Trobe University.
2011 Kim, A. K., & Weiler, B. (2011). Application of sustainability indicators to tour guiding practice: the need for a broader perspective. In Tourism: Creating a brilliant blend: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference CAUTHE 2011 (pp. 1146-1150). South Australia: University of South Australia.
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.), Proceedings of the 18th Annual conference: Australian association of professional and applied ethics. Australia: AAPAE.
2011 Kim, A. K., & Davies, J. (2011). Student centred learning: food and wine for thought!. In CAUTHE 2011 national conference: tourism : creating a brilliant blend (pp. 381-391). Australia: University of South Australia.
2010 Kim, K., & Brown, G. P. (2010). Understanding the geotourism market. In S. Crispin (Ed.), 'Challenge the Limits': 20th Annual conference Council for Australia University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) (pp. 1-6). Tasmania: University of Tasmania.
2010 Kim, K. (2010). Responsible fossil collecting behaviour for sustainable geotourism management. In E. Wickens, & M. Soteriades (Eds.), Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates & Challenges 2010 (pp. 674-684). Greece: Bucks New University.
2010 Kim, K. (2010). Promoting visitors' environmental attitudes. In S. Crispin (Ed.), 'Challenge the Limits': 20th Annual conference Council for Australia University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE) (pp. 1-15). Tasmania: School of Management, University of Tasmania.
2010 Kim, K., & Brown, G. P. (2010). An examination of nature-based tourists' travel experiences, satisfaction and return behaviour. In E. Wickens, & M. Soteriades (Eds.), Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates and Challenges 2010 (pp. 685-694). Greece: Bucks New University.
2010 Weiler, B., & Kim, K. (2010). Tour guides as agents of sustainability: rhetoric, reality and implications for research. In G. Visser (Ed.), Proceedings of the 2010 IGU Conference on Global Change and Economic Crisis in Tourism. South Africa: University of Stellenbosch.

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