Greg Richards

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Honorary Professor, TS Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Leisure Studies

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5903-6310

Phone+31134664069
EmailG.W.Richards@tilburguniversity.edu

Prof. Cobbenhagenlaan 225, Simon Building, room S 216
5037 DB Tilburg
Netherlands

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Personal profile

Research interests

Greg Richards has conducted research on a wide range of topics including cultural tourism, crafts tourism, sustainable tourism, tourism education and labour mobility in the tourism industry. He has also worked extensively on the analysis and development of cultural and creative tourism in cities such as Barcelona (ES), London, Newcastle, Manchester and Edinburgh (UK) Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Den Bosch (NL), Sibiu (RO), Amman (Jordan) and Macau (China). He has published books on'Eventful Cities', 'The Social Impact of Events', the Handbook of Cultural Tourism and 'Reinventing the Local in Tourism', The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies (2017, edited with John Hannigan) and Small Cities with Big Dreams (2018, with Lian Duif)

Career

Professor of Placemaking and Events at Breda University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands.

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Tourism Social Sciences

tourism Earth & Environmental Sciences

event Social Sciences

festival Earth & Environmental Sciences

cultural event Social Sciences

tourist Social Sciences

heritage tourism Earth & Environmental Sciences

cultural behavior Social Sciences

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Research Output 1989 2020

Culture and tourism: Natural partners or reluctant bedfellows? A perspective paper

Richards, G., 2020, In : Tourism Review.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

tourism

Tourism

cultural institution

heritage tourism

tourist

Factors affecting resident support for a hallmark cultural event: The 2018 European capital of culture in Valletta, Malta

Steen, T. V. D. & Richards, G., 2020, In : Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure & Events.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

cultural event

Malta

resident

event

European Commission

Measuring the dimensions of event experiences: Applying the Event Experience Scale to cultural events

Richards, G., 2020, In : Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure & Events. 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

cultural event

festival

factor analysis

tourism

event

A research agenda for creative tourism

Duxbury, N. (ed.) & Richards, G. (ed.), 2019, Cheltenham: Edward Elghar. 224 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Tourism

Pathway

Globe

Research agenda

Interaction

Bestaat ‘de’ cultuurtoerist nog?

Translated title of the contribution: Does 'the' cultural tourist still exist?Richards, G. & Bargeman, B. A., 2019, In : Vrijetijdstudies. 36, 2, p. 37-41

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

File

Tourists

Huns

Grand Tour

Rapport