Dr Raymond Rastegar
Research Assistant
School of Business
Room 435, General Purpose North (3-39A) St. Lucia Campus
Book Chapters
Rastegar, Raymond and Zarezadeh, Zara (2021). Millennials and social media marketing: the case of Indian UNESCO world cultural heritage sites. Millennials, spirituality and tourism. (pp. 157-178) edited by Sandeep Kumar Walia and Aruditya Jasrotia. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003170631-13
Rastegar, Raymond and Zarezadeh, Zara (2020). Social media and destination development: the case of community-based tourism. The Routledge Handbook of Community Based Tourism Management
The Routledge Handbook of Community Based Tourism Management, Concepts, Issues & Implications. (pp. 285-295) edited by Sandeep Kumar Walia. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429274664
Rastegar, Raymond (2010). Study of local community as the main stakeholder in ecotourism programs. Biodiversity and sustainable development. (pp. 253-260) edited by Rabindra Nath Pati and Atul K. Jain. New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers.
Zarezadeh, Zohreh and Rastegar, Raymond (2010). Role of local community awareness in implementation of ecotourism. Biodiversity and sustainable development. (pp. 213-220) edited by Rabindra Nath Pati and Atul K. Jain. New Delhi: Sarup Book Publishers.
Journal Articles
Zarezadeh, Zara, Rastegar, Raymond and Xiang, Zheng (2022). Big data analytics and hotel guest experience: a critical analysis of the literature. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 34 (6), 2320-2336. doi: 10.1108/IJCHM-10-2021-1293
Rastegar, Raymond (2022). Organizational learning in tourism and hospitality crisis management. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management , 51, 139-140. doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2022.03.001
Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa, Seyfi, Siamak, Rastegar, Raymond and Hall, C. Michael (2021). Destination image during the COVID-19 pandemic and future travel behavior: the moderating role of past experience. Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, 21 100620, 100620. doi: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2021.100620
Seyfi, Siamak, Rastegar, Raymond, Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa and Hall, C. Michael (2021). A framework for understanding media exposure and post-COVID-19 travel intentions. Tourism Recreation Research, 1-6. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2021.1949545
Rastegar, Raymond, Seyfi, Siamak and Rasoolimanesh, S. Mostafa (2021). How COVID-19 case fatality rates have shaped perceptions and travel intention?. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 47, 353-364. doi: 10.1016/j.jhtm.2021.04.006
Rastegar, Raymond and Ruhanen, Lisa (2021). A safe space for local knowledge sharing in sustainable tourism: an organisational justice perspective. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2021.1929261
Mkono, Mucha, Rastegar, Raymond and Ruhanen, Lisa (2021). Empowering women to protect wildlife in former hunting tourism zones: a political ecology of Akashinga, Zimbabwe. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2021.1900205
Rastegar, Raymond, Higgins-Desbiolles, Freya and Ruhanen, Lisa (2021). COVID-19 and a justice framework to guide tourism recovery. Annals of Tourism Research, 91 103161, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2021.103161
Rastegar, Raymond, Zarezadeh, Zohreh (Zara) and Gretzel, Ulrike (2021). World heritage and social justice: Insights from the inscription of Yazd, Iran. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29 (2-3), 521-540. doi: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1782925
Rastegar, Raymond (2020). Tourism and justice: rethinking the role of governments. Annals of Tourism Research, 85 102884, 102884. doi: 10.1016/j.annals.2020.102884
Rastegar, Raymond (2019). Tourism development and conservation, do local resident attitudes matter?. International Journal of Tourism Sciences, 19 (3), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/15980634.2019.1663998
Zarezadeh, Zara, Rastegar, Raymond and Gretzel, Ulrike (2018). Reviewing the past to inform the future: a literature review of social media in tourism. Czech Journal of Tourism, 7 (2), 115-131. doi: 10.1515/cjot-2018-0006
Rastegar, Raymond (2018). Local communities and protected areas in developing countries, Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Tourism, 20 (2), 41-46.
Rastegar, Raymond (2018). Tourism development and local community wellbeing: understanding the needs. Tourism Innovations, 8 (2), 66-70.
Ehsani, Nastaran and Rastegar, Raymond (2016). Investigating ecotourism as an approach for sustainable development: a case study of Taft region in central Iran. Journal of Environmental Research and Development, 10 (4), 758-769.
Rastegar, Hamidreza (2010). Tourism development and residents' attitude: A case study of Yazd, Iran. Tourismos, 5 (2), 203-211.
Conference Papers
Zare, Samira and Rastegar, Raymond (2022). Tourist experiences during the pandemic: the application of the Orchestra Model. CAUTHE 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-9 February 2022 .
Shahi, Tahereh, Ziaee, Mahmood , Rastegar, Raymond and Kazemian, Gholamreza (2022). Promoting justice through tourism: the case of tourism development in Qeshm Island. CAUTHE 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-9 February 2022.
Rastegar, Raymond (2020). Exploring the dimensions of social justice in sustainable tourism development. CAUTHE2020, Auckland, New Zealand, 10-13 February 2020.
Rastegar, Raymond (2019). Visitor loyalty and nature-based tourism experiences: the case of Queensland popular parks. Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference, CAUTHE19, Cairns, Australia, 11-14 February 2019.
Rastegar, Raymond and Sarrafan, Amir (2014). نگبهی بر نقش و اهمیت انگیسه گردشگران در توسعه گردشگری پبیدار در ایران Significance of motivation in sustainable tourism development in Iran. Second National Conference on Tourism, Geography and Sustainable Development, Hamedan, Iran, November 2014.
Rastegar, H., Driml, S. and Breakey, N. (2012). Does tourism development change local communities’ attitudes towards the environment?. 5th International Congress of Environmental Research (ICER-12), Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, 22-24 November 2012.
Rastegar, Raymond and Zarezadeh, Zara (2009). Role of ecotourism in community development. Second International Doctoral Colloquium, Ahmedabad, India, January 2009.
Rastegar, Raymond and Zarezadeh, Zara (2009). The Role of Leadership in Ecotourism Projects Implementation. 4th International Conference on Vision 2020 - Managerial Challenges & Strategies, Ahmedabad, India, January 2009.
Rastegar, Raymond and Zarezadeh, Zara (2008). Ecotourism business and local community as the main stakeholder, a practice for sustainable development in rural area. International Conference on Changing Face of Emerging India and its Impact on The New Global Order, Pune, India, December 2008.
Thesis
Rastegar, Hamidreza Raymond (2017). Environmental protection and local resident attitudes at early stages of tourism development. PhD Thesis, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.727