Ko Koens

Personal profile

Research interests

Ko Koens joined the Academy of Hotel and Facility Management in 2013 and currently works as Associate Professor. Ko earned his PhD in Responsible Tourism from Leeds Beckett University with a research project on the market access of small township tourism businesses and holds a master in Social Psychology and Environmental Studies (both at Utrecht University). He is project leader of the JPI Urban Europe (Horizon 2020) funded project ‘Smart City Hospitality’ (SCITHOS).

His research interests are sustainable urban tourism, slum tourism city hospitality, visitor pressure, small businesses and local economic development. Ko also is active as expert on sustainable urban tourism development at the Centre of Expertise Leisure Tourism and Hospitality (CELTH).

Subjects

Sustainable urban tourism, overtourism, slum tourism, city hospitality, visitor pressure, city tourism, sustainable tourism, transition pathways, resilience, governance, small businessses.

Network Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Research Output

Identifying stakeholder perspectives and worldviews on sustainable urban tourism development using a Q-sort methodology.

Boom, SME., Weijschede, J., Melissen, F., Koens, K. & Mayer, I., 2020, In : Current Issues in Tourism. 16 p.

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

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Activities

12 Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)
5 Organising an event
1 Editorial activity
1 Visiting an external academic institution

Consortium Meeting Smart City Hospitality

K Koens (Chair)

15 Feb 2018 → 16 Feb 2018

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event

Slumtourismus in Afrika

K Koens (Invited speaker)

9 Apr 2018

Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures/talks/presentations (not at a conference)

Consortium Meeting Smart City Hospitality

K Koens (Chair)

5 Jun 2018 → 6 Jun 2018

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event

International Conference and General Assembly

K Koens (Organiser)

2017

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event

Projects

1 Finished

Smart City Hospitality (SCITHOS)

Koens, K., Melissen, F., Aall, C., Baltruszewicz, M., Eijgelaar, E., Lalicic, L., Linssen, D., Mayer, I., Önder, I., Paradell, A., Peeters, P., Moberg, K. R., Ruiter, V. N., Westerbeek, H., Weber-Sabil, J., Buijtenweg, T., Hutchinson, K., Relouw, J. & Pereira Santos, C.

European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Centre of Expertise Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality (CELTH )

1/05/16 → 11/09/19

Project: Research

Dr. Ko Koens

Personal profile

Research interests

Subjects

Network Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Research Output

Identifying stakeholder perspectives and worldviews on sustainable urban tourism development using a Q-sort methodology.

Balancing interests in urban tourism governance

Management strategies for overtourism

Managing Competing Values in Sustainable Urban Tourism : a Simulation-Gaming Approach

Overtourism: useful term or an overused buzzword?

Activities

Consortium Meeting Smart City Hospitality

Slumtourismus in Afrika

Consortium Meeting Smart City Hospitality

International Conference and General Assembly

Consortium Meeting Smart City Hospitality

Press / Media

Studie gibt Tipps, wie Städte mit "overtourism" umgehen sollten (Mallorca Zeitung)

'Nederland moet focus verleggen van kwantiteit naar kwaliteit' (NOS Radio 1 Journaal)

Hey toerist! Vergeet Amsterdam, hier in Brabant is het te doen! (Omroep Brabant)

Drugscriminaliteit, Redhead Day en design... Brabant heeft toeristen genoeg te bieden! (Omroep Brabant)

Help, de stad verzuipt in de toeristen (en zo lossen we dat op) (Interview in De Volkskrant)

Projects

Smart City Hospitality (SCITHOS)