Biography

Professor of Tourism Business, her fields of interest include social Tourism, tourist behaviour, entrepreneurship in Tourism and Tourism marketing.

Publications related to social tourism

• • Komppula, Raija and Vento, Elli (forthcoming 2020). Challenges and opportunities for development of social tourism in Finland. In Lima, J. & Eusébio, C. (eds), Social Tourism: Different challenges and approaches around the world, CABI.

 

• • Vento, Elli and Komppula, Raija (forthcoming 2020). Social tourism practices and implementation in Finland in Anya Diekman & Scott McCabe (eds.) Handbook on Social Tourism. Elgar Publishers.

 

• • Komppula Raija and Ilves Riikka 2018. Social Tourism as Correlates of QoL: The Case of Disadvantaged People. Chapter 5 in Muzaffer Uysal, M. Joseph Sirgy and Stefan Kruger (Eds.): Managing Quality of Life in Tourism and Hospitality. Cabi. pp. 54-69.

 

• • Komppula Raija, Konu Henna and Vikman Noora 2017. Listening to the sounds of silence: Forest Based Wellbeing Tourism in Finland. Chapter 11 in Joseph S. Chen and Nina K. Prebensen (Eds.): Nature Tourism. Routledge. pp. 120-130.

 

• • Komppula Raija 2017. Tourists’ Interpretations of a ”Feelgood in Lapland” Holiday – A Case Study. Chapter 11 in Young-Sook Lee, David B. Weaver and Nina K. Prebensen (eds.): Arctic Tourism Experiences. Production, Consumption and Sustainability. Cabi. pp. 100-108.

 

• • Komppula Raija and Konu Henna 2017. Designing Forest-Based Wellbeing Tourism Services For Japanese Customers – A Case Study From Finland. In: Prebensen Nina K, Chen Joseph S, Uysal Muzaffer (Eds.) Co-Creation in Tourist Experiences. Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility. Routledge. pp. 50-63.

 

• • Konu Henna and Komppula Raija. 2016. Customer involvement in a new service development process: the case of ”Feelgood in Lapland”. Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, Vol. 27.

 

• • Komppula Raija, Ilves Riikka and Airey David 2016. Social holidays as a tourist experience in Finland. Tourism Management Vol. 52, pp. 521-532.

 

• • Pesonen Juho, Komppula Raija, and Riihinen Anniina 2015. Typology of senior travellers as users of tourism information technology. Information Technology & Tourism, Vol. 15 No 3, pp. 233-252.

 

• • Ilves Riikka and Komppula Raija 2013. Activities as a component of a Social Tourism Holiday Experience.In Melanie Smith, Laszlo Puczko (Eds.), Health and Wellness Tourism. Wellness, Spas and Medical Tourism. 2nd Edition. Routledge. pp. 403-406.

 

• • Komppula Raija and Konu Henna 2012. Do Wellbeing Tourists Expect Memorable Experiences? In: Metin Kozak & Nazmi Kozak (eds.): Proceedings Book of 6th World Conference for Graduate Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure. Anatolia: Ankara, pp. 462-474.

 

• • Pesonen Juho, Komppula Raija, Kronenberg Christopher and Peters Mike 2011. Understanding the relationship between push and pull motivations in rural tourism. Tourism Review, Vol. 66, 3, pp. 32-49.

 

• • Pesonen Juho, Laukkanen Tommi, and Komppula Raija 2011. Benefit segmentation of potential wellbeing tourists. Journal of Vacation Marketing, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp.303-314.
  • Konu Henna, Tuohino Anja and Komppula Raija 2010. Lake Wellness – A Practical Example Of A New Service Development (Nsd) Concept In Tourism Industries. Journal of Vacation Marketing, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 125-139.