Conceptualizing the Changing Faces of Pilgrimage Through Contemporary Tourism
Journal Article
Polus, R., Carr, N., & Walters, T. (2022)
Conceptualizing the Changing Faces of Pilgrimage Through Contemporary Tourism. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 5(3), 321-335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41978-022-00109-7
This paper aims to conceptualize the pilgrimage and tourism relationship in the contemporary world. As the boundaries between pilgrimage and tourism have become blurred, there...
A new framework: non-Western perspectives on international volunteering
Journal Article
Polus, R., Carr, N., & Walters, T. (2023)
A new framework: non-Western perspectives on international volunteering. Annals of Leisure Research, 26(5), 701-715. https://doi.org/10.1080/11745398.2022.2041447
International volunteering has typically been conceived as a Western sociocultural phenomenon. Within this paper, we aim to apply a non-Western lens to the development of a co...
From gen Xers to millennials: Transformation of self through tourism
Book Chapter
Polus, R., & Carr, N. (2021)
From gen Xers to millennials: Transformation of self through tourism. In Millennials, Spirituality and Tourism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003170631
Studies on generation cohorts and tourism have been an ongoing and active subject in the academic world. Whilst links between generation cohorts and tourism are emerging, ther...
So close yet so far: Economic accessibility of Mount Kinabalu
Journal Article
Bidder, C., Polus, R., & Thomas Edward, J. (2017)
So close yet so far: Economic accessibility of Mount Kinabalu. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts, 9(1), 11-26
This study examined the economic accessibility of Mount Kinabalu perceived by the local people of Sabah. Specifically, this study i) examined the concept of willingness to pay...
Understanding Tourists’ Motives and Sought Experiences at Sandakan Memorial Park Borneo
Journal Article
Polus, R. C., Bidder, C., & Jones, T. E. (2016)
Understanding Tourists’ Motives and Sought Experiences at Sandakan Memorial Park Borneo. Asian Journal of Tourism Research, 1(1), 149-166. https://doi.org/10.12982/ajtr.2016.0006
Sandakan Memorial Park was established to commemorate the suffering and death of British and Australian soldiers and other civilians that were imprisoned in Sandakan by the Ja...