Publications & Research

Book Chapter

Scheyvens, R. & Cheer, J.M. (Eds.) (2026). Introduction: Tourism, the SDGs and partnerships. In Tourism, Partnerships and the SDGs. Routledge, pp. 1-10.

Edited Special Journal Issues

Discover Sustainability

Special Issue: Contested Natures and Sustainable Futures: Heritage, Tourism, and Politics of Conservation.

Special Issue Editor(s): Joseph M. Cheer & Yoonhee Jung

Tourism Geographies

Special Issue: Regenerative Development and Tourism Geographies

Special Issue Editor(s): Loretta Bellato, Joseph M. Cheer, Dominic Lapointe, Regina Scheyvens & Julie Wilson

Tourism Geographies

Special Issue: Historical Geographies of Tourism

Special Issue Editor(s): Keir Reeves, Barry Judd and Joseph M. Cheer

Journal Articles

Cheer, J. M., & Mostafanezhad, M. (2025). On the Verge: the State-of-the-Art in tourism geographies. Tourism Geographies, 27(3-4), 419-437.

Volgger, M., Cheer, J., & Pforr, C. (2025). Evidence-informed decision-making in sustainable tourism: from research to action. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 33(4), 613–627. 

Adams, K., M. Cheer, J., Chio, J., Di Giovine, M., MacCannell, D., Mostafanezhad, M., ... & Zhu, Y. (2025). Nelson HH Graburn-a tribute collection. Tourism Geographies, 27(5), 1090-1104. 

Reports

Jones, T., Volgger, M., Niner, S., James, A., Cheer, J., Adams, S., & Baron, P. (2025). Safe and secure accommodation solutions for seasonal and vulnerable workers in regional industries. AHURI Final Report, (447). 

Edited Special Journal Issues

Rural Society

Special Issue: Revitalization of the Rural Periphery Through Transformative Tourism Geographies

Special Issue Editor: Joseph M. Cheer

Tourism Geographies

Special Issue: On the Verge: Progress in Tourism Geographies

Special Issue Editor(s): Joseph M. Cheer and Mary Mostafanezhad

Other

Apollo, M. & Cheer, J.M. (2024). Irritation Index in Tourism. In H. Xiao et al, Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer.

Journal Articles

Cheer, J. M. (2024). Rural revitalisation, rural tourism and countryside capital: A rural society redux. Rural Society, 33(3), 163-173. 

Mostafanezhad, M., & Cheer, J. (2024). Remembering “Hosts and Guests”: a tribute to Valene Smith (1926–2024). Tourism Geographies, 26(4), 687–689. 

Iaquinto, B. L., Cheer, J. M., & Roelofsen, M. (2024). Coercive geographies: Biopower, spatial politics, and the tourist. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 23996544231194828. 

Cavaliere, C. T., Branstrator, J. R., & Cheer, J. M. (2024). Intersectional Emancipation for Biocultural Conservation: An Exploratory Neolocalism Framework. Journal of Travel Research, 0(0). 

Edited Special Journal Issues

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Special Issue: Evidence-based sustainable tourism: Governance, policy and practice.

Special Issue Editor(s): Michael Volgger; Joseph M. Cheer; Christof Pforr.

Journal Articles

Bellato, L., Frantzeskaki, N., tebrakunna country and, Lee, E., Cheer, J. M., & Peters, A. (2023). Transformative epistemologies for regenerative tourism: towards a decolonial paradigm in science and practice? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-21.

Book Chapters

Cheer, J. M. (2023). Introduction: Islandscapes and tourism–setting the scene. In Islandscapes and Tourism: An Anthology (pp. 1-8). GB: CABI.

Cheer, J. M., Cole, S., Reeves, K. J., & Kato, K. (2023). Tourism and islandscapes: Cultural

realignment, social-ecological resilience and change. In Islandscapes and Tourism: An Anthology (pp. 23-35). GB: CABI.

Cheer, J. M. (2023). Pilgrimage Tourism Afterword: Emergent Themes and Implications. In Host Communities and Pilgrimage Tourism: Asia and Beyond (pp. 229-233). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.

Journal Articles

Hardy, A., Young, T., Cheer, J., Scheyvens, R. & Movono, A. (In Press). Humanising research: A citizen social science agenda. Annals of Tourism Research.

Ito, E., Higham, J. & Cheer, J.M. (2022). Carbon emission reduction and the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights.

Ito, E. & Cheer, J.M. (2022). Everyday cycling mobilities and tourist behaviour: The emergence of cycle tourism as COVID-secure activity. Journal of Responsible Tourism Management. 

Book Chapters

Cheer, J.M. (2022). Cruise tourism: Business as usual or a responsible turn? In UN Ocean Conference: Opportunities for Transforming Coastal and Marine Tourism: Towards Sustainability, Regeneration and Resilience. World Research Institute.

Cheer, J.M., Progano, N.R., Qu, M., & McCormick, A. (2022). Tourism in the rural periphery: Revitalization and community resilience in Japan. In A. Stoffelen and D. Ioannides, Handbook of Tourism Impacts. Edward Elgar.

Sin, H.L., Mostafanezhad, M. & Cheer, J.M. (2022). Introduction: tourism geographies in the ‘Asian Century’. In H.L. Sin, Mostafanezhad, M. & J.M. Cheer (eds), Recentering Tourism Geographies in the Asian Century. Routledge. 

Edited Special Journal Issues

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Special Issue: Evidence-based sustainable tourism: Governance, policy and practice

Special Issue Editor(s): Michael Volgger, Curtin University, Australia; Joseph M. Cheer, Wakayama University, Japan; Christof Pforr, Curtin University, Australia

Sustainability

Special Issue: Tourism: A Fecund Frontier for Cross and Multidisciplinary Enquiries in Sustainability

Special Issue Editors: Joseph M. Cheer, Wakayama University, Japan; Sonya Graci, Ryerson University, Canada; Claudia Dolezal, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Austria

Other

Milano, C., Novelli, M. & Cheer, J.M. (2022). Overtourism. In D. Buhalis, Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing. Edward Elgar. 

Journal Articles

Cheer, J.M., Lapointe, D., Mostafanezhad, M. & Jamal, T. (2021), "Global tourism in crisis: conceptual frameworks for research and practice", Journal of Tourism Futures, 7(3), pp. 278-294. 

Scheyvens, R., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Tourism, the SDGs and partnerships. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1-11.

Sin, H. L., Mostafanezhad, M., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Tourism geographies in the ‘Asian Century’. Tourism Geographies, 23(4), 649-658.

Qu, M., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Community art festivals and sustainable rural revitalisation. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 29(11-12), 1756-1775.

Bellato, L., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). "Inclusive and regenerative urban tourism: capacity development perspectives", International Journal of Tourism Cities, 7(4), pp. 943-961.

Maciuk, K., Apollo, M., Cheer, J. M., Konečný, O., Kozioł, K., Kudrys, J., ... & Szombara, S. (2021). Determining Peak Altitude on Maps, Books and Cartographic Materials: Multidisciplinary Implications. Remote Sensing, 13(6), 1111.

Cheer, J. M., Ting, H., & Leong, C. M. (2021). Responsible tourism: a new era of responsibility? Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, 1(1), 1-17. DOI: 10.47263/JRTM.01-01-01

FUNCK, C., USUI, R., LEW, A. A., & CHEER, J. M. (2021). シンポジウム Tourism Transformations: Resilient Islands and Revitalized Communities. 地理科学= Geographical Sciences, 76(2), 39-44. 

Cheer, J. M. (2021). Post pandemic tourism: Scenario setting. Wakayama Tourism Review, 1(1), 12-14. DOI: 10.19002/24363839.1.12

Book Chapters

Sibanda, T. N., & Cheer, J. M. Impacts of tourism on the livelihoods of women in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. In J. Rogerson & J. Saarinen (Eds.) Tourism, Change and the Global South (pp. 169-186). Routledge.

Porter, B. A., Schänzel, H. A., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Introduction–Issues in the Field: Masculinities in Masculine Spaces. In B.A. Porter, H.S. & Cheer, J.M. (Eds.) Masculinities in the Field (pp. 1-9). Multilingual Matters.

Cheer, J. M., Schänzel, H. A., & Porter, B. A. (2021). Masculinities in Tourism Research: Implications and Conclusions. In B.A. Porter, H.S. & Cheer, J.M. (Eds.) Masculinities in the Field (pp. 228-235). Multilingual Matters. 

Cheer, J. M., & Lew, A. A. (2021). A Tale of Two Researchers: Masculinity in Cross-cultural Contexts. In B.A. Porter, H.S. & Cheer, J.M. (Eds.)  Masculinities in the Field (pp. 101-122). Multilingual Matters. 

Edited Special Journal Issues

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Special Issue: Tourism and partnerships for the SDGs.

Guest Editors: Regina Scheyvens, Massey University, New Zealand; Joseph M. Cheer, Wakayama University, Japan

Tourism Geographies

Special Issue: Recentering Tourism Geographies in the 'Asian Century'.

Special Issue Editors: Harng Luh Sin, Sun Yat Sen University, China; Mary Mostafanezhad, University of Hawaii, USA & Joseph M. Cheer, Wakayama University, Japan

Journal of Tourism Futures

Special Issue: Tourism in Crisis: Global Threats to Sustainable Tourism Futures. Guest Special Issue Editors: Joseph M. Cheer, Wakayama University, Japan; Dominic Lapointe, UQAM, Canada; Mary Mostafanezhad, University of Hawaii, USA; Tazim Jamal, Texas A&M University, USA

Journal Articles

Cheer, J. M. (2020). Human flourishing, tourism transformation and COVID-19: A conceptual touchstone. Tourism Geographies, 22(3), 514-524.

Lew, A. A., Cheer, J. M., Haywood, M., Brouder, P., & Salazar, N. B. (2020). Visions of travel and tourism after the global COVID-19 transformation of 2020. Tourism Geographies, 22(3), 455-466. 

Cheer, J. (2020). Tourism and Its Discontents in the Global South. Current History, 119(813), 29-33. 

Apollo, M., Mostowska, J., Maciuk, K., Wengel, Y., Jones, T. E., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Peak-bagging and cartographic misrepresentations: A call to correction. Current Issues in Tourism, 24(14), 1970-1975. 

Mostafanezhad, M., Cheer, J. M., & Sin, H. L. (2020). Geopolitical anxieties of tourism:(Im) mobilities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dialogues in Human Geography, 10(2), 182-186. 

Progano, R. N., Kato, K., & Cheer, J. M. (2021). Visitor diversification in pilgrimage destinations: comparing national and international visitors through means-end. Tourism Geographies, 23(4), 833-854. 

Ting, H., Jean, L. X., Meng, L. C., Cheah, J. H., & Cheer, J. M. (2020). Editorial–responsible tourism: A call to action for turbulent times. Asian Journal of Business Research Volume, 10(2). 

Book Chapter

Cheer, J. M. (2019). Tourism on small islands: The urgency for sustainability indicators. In The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Islands Economic Cooperation Forum: Annual report on global islands (pp. 131-54). 

Edited Special Journal Issues

Tourism Geographies

Special Issue: Visions of Travel and Tourism after the Global COVID-19 Transformation of 2020

Special Issue Editors: Alan Lew, Joseph M. Cheer, Patrick Brouder, Simon Teoh, Helene Balslev Clausen, Michael Hall, Michael Haywood, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Dominic Lapointe, Mary Mostafanezhad, Jessica Mei Pung & Noel Salazar

Other

Cheer, J. M., Hall, C. M., & Saarinen, J. (2020). Vaccines may soon make travel possible again. But how quickly will it return—and will it be forever changed. The Conversation, 28 December. 

Cheer, J.M. (2020). Not drowning, waving: Where to for cruise tourism post-COVID-19. Monash Lens, April 20. 

Journal Articles

Milano, C., Novelli, M., & Cheer, J. M. (2019). Overtourism and degrowth: a social movements perspective. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 27(12), 1857-1875.

Milano, C., Novelli, M., & Cheer, J. M. (2019). Overtourism and tourismphobia: A journey through four decades of tourism development, planning and local concerns. Tourism Planning & Development, 16(4), 353-357. DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2019.1599604

Cheer, J. M., Milano, C., & Novelli, M. (2019). Tourism and community resilience in the Anthropocene: accentuating temporal overtourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 27(4), 554-572. 

Zamanillo Tamborrel, L. L., & Cheer, J. M. (2019). Harnessing empathy in hospitality and tourism: Are conversations the answer? Hospitality & Society, 9(1), 53-70. DOI: 

Belhassen, Y., Cheer, J. M., & Kujawa, J. (2018). Why we still go on pilgrimages. Journal of Tourism and Hospitality, 7(392), 2167-0269. DOI: 10.4172/2167-0269.1000392

Book Chapters

Cheer, J. M., Milano, C., & Novelli, M. (2019). Afterword: Over overtourism or just the beginning? In C. Milano, J.M. Cheer & M. Novelli (Eds.), Overtourism: Excesses, discontents and measures in travel and tourism, pp. 227-232.

Milano, C., Cheer, J. M., & Novelli, M. (2019). Overtourism: an evolving phenomenon. In C. Milano, J.M. Cheer & M. Novelli (Eds.), Overtourism: Excesses, discontents and measures in travel and tourism, pp. xxiii-xlix.

Guest-Edited Special Journal Issues

Tourism Planning & Development

Special Issue: Overtourism and Tourismphobia: A Journey Through Four Decades of Tourism Development, Planning and Local Concerns

Special Issue Editors: Claudio Milano, Universidad Autonoma Barcelona, Spain; Marina Novelli, University of Brighton, UK;  and Joseph M. Cheer, Wakayama University, Japan

Tourism Planning and Development

Special Issue: Overtourism and Tourismphobia: A Journey Through Four Decades of Tourism Development, Planning and Local Concerns.

Guest editors: Claudio Milano, Marina Novelli and Joseph M. Cheer

Other

Judd, B., Kearney, A., Hallinan, C., Schlesinger, C., Cheer, J., & Reeves, K. (2019). After the climb: how new tourism opportunities can empower the traditional owners of Uluru. The Conversation, 30 October.

Journal Articles

Cheer, J. M., Pratt, S., Tolkach, D., Bailey, A., Taumoepeau, S., & Movono, A. (2018). Tourism in Pacific island countries: A status quo round‐up. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 5(3), 442-461.

Cheer, J. M. (2018). Geographies of marginalization: Encountering modern slavery in tourism. Tourism Geographies, 20(4), 728-732.

Han, X., & Cheer, J. M. (2018). Chinese tourist mobilities and destination resilience: Regional tourism perspectives. Asian Journal of Tourism Research, 3(1), 159-187.

Herrschner, I., & Cheer, J. M. (2018). Synthesising film, representation and othering: film festivals and nation branding redux. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 6(3), 1-10. 

Cheer, J. M., & Herrschner, I. (2018). Cinematic diplomacy and the exotic other in the film Tanna: implications for bilateral relations and tourism. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 6(3), 201-218.

Book Reviews

Cheer, J. M. (2017). Making the modern primitive: Cultural tourism in the Trobriand Islands [Book Review]. Journal of the Polynesian Society, The, 126(4), 495.

Tamborrel, L. Z., & Cheer, J. M. (2018). An Empire of Air and Water: Uncolonizable Space in the British Imagination, 1750-1850. Journeys, 19(2), 112-115.

Cheer, J. M., & Sahasrabuddhe, D. (2018). World Heritage sites and tourism: global and local relations. Journal of Heritage Tourism, DOI:10.1080/1743873X.2017.1371272

Guest-Edited Journal Special Issues

International Journal of Tourism Anthropology

Special Issue: Film and Contemporary Representations of the Exotic Other: Gazing Through Filmic Eyes

Special Issue Editors: Joseph M. Cheer, Monash University, Australia; Irina Herrschner, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Other

Cheer, J. M., Pratt, S., & Tolkach, D. (2018). Selling a Pacific paradise: upholding the façade. The Interpreter, August 21. 

Tolkach, D., Cheer, J. M., & Pratt, S. (2018). Tourism and development in the Pacific: possible or improbable? DEVPOLICYBLOG, September 17.

Milano, C., Cheer, J. M., & Novelli, M. (2018). Overtourism: A growing global problem. The Conversation, July 18. 

Milano, C., Cheer, J. M., & Novelli, M. (2019). Overtourism is becoming a major issue for cities across the globe. World Economic Forum. 20 July 2018.

Cheer, J. M. (2018). Why stronger ties with China are in our best interests. Australia China Business Review, March 8. 

Cheer, J. (2018). How to visit orphanages or volunteer overseas without exploitation. ABC News Online, January 31. 

Journal Articles

Cheer, J. M., Belhassen, Y., & Kujawa, J. (2017). The search for spirituality in tourism: Toward a conceptual framework for spiritual tourism. Tourism Management Perspectives, 24, 252-256. 

Cheer, J. M., Belhassen, Y., & Kujawa, J. M. (2017). Spiritual tourism: Entrée to the special issue. Tourism Management Perspectives, 186-187.

Bowers, H., & Cheer, J. M. (2017). Yoga tourism: Commodification and western embracement of eastern spiritual practice. Tourism Management Perspectives, 24, 208-216. 

Cheer, J. M., Cole, S., Reeves, K. J., & Kato, K. (2017). TOURISM AND ISLANDSCAPES: Cultural realignment, social-ecological resilience and change. Shima, 11(1). DOI: 10.21463/shima.11.1.07

Cheer, J. M., & Lew, A. A. (2017). Sustainable tourism development: Towards resilience in tourism. Interaction, 45(1), 10-15. 

Book Chapters

Cheer, J. M. (2017). Cruise tourism in a remote small island-high yield and low impact? In R. Dowling and C. Weeden, Cruise ship tourism, (Ed. 2), 408-423.

Cheer, J. M., & Lew, A. A. (2017). Understanding tourism resilience: Adapting to social, political, and economic change. In J.M. Cheer and A.A. Lew, Tourism, resilience and sustainability (pp. 3-17). Routledge.

Cheer, J. M. (2017). Resilience in the visitor economy: Cultural economy, human social networks, and slow change in the regional periphery. In J.M. Cheer and A.A. Lew, Tourism, Resilience and Sustainability (pp. 61-84). Routledge.

Lew, A. A., & Cheer, J. M. (2017). Lessons learned: Globalization, change, and resilience in tourism communities. In J.M. Cheer and A.A. Lew, Tourism, Resilience and Sustainability (pp. 319-323). Routledge.

Lew, A. A., & Cheer, J. M. (2017). Environmental change, resilience and tourism: Definitions and frameworks. In A.A. Lew and J.M. Cheer, Tourism Resilience and Adaptation to Environmental Change, (pp. 3-12). Routledge.

Cheer, J. M., & Lew, A. A. (2017). Lessons learned: Tourism and the Anthropocene. In A.A. Lew and J.M. Cheer, Tourism Resilience and Adaptation to Environmental Change (pp. 305-312). Routledge.

Guest-Edited Journal Special Issues

Tourism Management Perspectives

Special Issue: Special Section on Spiritual Tourism Special Issue Editors

Special Issue Editors: Joseph M. Cheer, Monash University, Australia; Yaniv Belhassen, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel; and Joanna Kujawa, Kaplan Institute, Australia.

Shima: International Journal of Island Cultures

Special Issue: Sustainability and Island Cultures

Special Issue Editor: Joseph M. Cheer, Monash University, Australia

Other

Cheer, J.M. & Herrschner, I. (2017). Melbourne, Australia. –In L.L. Lowry, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Travel and Tourism. SAGE.

Book Review

Cheer, J., & Tolkach, D. (2016). Li, Xiang (Robert)(Ed)(2016). Chinese Outbound Tourism 2.0. New Jersey: Apple Academic Press. 389 pages. ISBN 978-1-77188-180-7 (Hardcover). European Journal of Tourism Research, 14, 134-136.

Journal Article

Cheer, J. M., & Reeves, K. J. (2015). Colonial heritage and tourism: Ethnic landscape perspectives. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 10(2), 151-166. 

Book Chapters

Reeves, K., & Cheer, J. (2015). Examining Vanuatu’s World War II memorial places and events. In K. Reeves, G. Bird, L. James & B. Stichelbaut, Battlefield Events (pp. 196-208). Routledge.

Reeves, K., & Cheer, J. (2015). “Tingbaot Wol Wo II Long Pasifi k Aelan”: Managing Memories of WWII Heritage in the Pacific. In G. Carr and K. Reeves, Heritage and Memory of War: Responses from Small Islands, (pp. 143-157). Routledge.

Cheer, J. M., Reeves, K. J., & Laing, J. H. (2015). Debunking Pacific utopias: Chief Roi Mata’s Domain and the re-imagining of people and place in Vanuatu. In D. Harrison and S. Pratt, Tourism in Pacific Islands (pp. 109-122). Routledge.

Other

Cheer, J. M. (2015). After the cyclone: why relying on tourism isn’t in Vanuatu’s interests. The Conversation, April 14.

Cheer, J.M. (2015). Vanuatu, Tourism. In J. Jafari, H. Xiao (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Tourism. 

Journal Articles

Cheer, J. M., Reeves, K. J., & Laing, J. H. (2013). Tourism and traditional culture: Land diving in Vanuatu. Annals of Tourism Research, 43, 435-455. 

Cheer, J., & Reeves, K. (2013). Roots tourism: blackbirding and the south sea islander diaspora. Tourism Analysis, 18(3), 245-257. 

Book Chapter

Cheer, J. M. (2013). Outer island tourism in the South Pacific and the millennium development goals: Understanding tourism's impacts. In K.S. Bricker, R. Black & S. Cotterell, Sustainable Tourism & the Millennium development goals: Effecting positive change (pp. 23-36). Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Journal Article

Cheer, J. M., & Peel, V. (2011). The tourism–foreign aid nexus in Vanuatu: Future directions. Tourism Planning & Development, 8(3), 253-264. 

Journal Article

Cheer, J. M. (2019). Kicking goals or offside: is tourism development in the Pacific helping progress towards the MDGs? Pacific Economic Bulletin. 25(1), 151-161. f