Omar Moufakkir

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

1. The Role of Cultural Distance in Mediating the Host Gaze

   2011 · 77 citations

2. What’s immigration got to do with it? Immigrant animosity and its effects on tourism

   2014 · 64 citations

3. Examining the spirituality of spiritual tourists: A Sahara desert experience

   2017 · 58 citations

4. The stigmatized tourist

   2015 · 50 citations

5. Experience of Arab/Muslim women visiting relatives in the West and the management of stigma by association

   2020 · 45 citations

6. Impact of Light, Medium and Heavy Spenders on Casino Destinations: Segmenting Gaming Visitors Based on Amount of Non-gaming Expenditures

   2012 · 37 citations

7. The Profile and Motivations of Elderly Women Gamblers

   2012 · 36 citations

8. An examination of the asymmetric effect of oil prices on tourism receipts

   2019 · 34 citations

9. Culture shock, what culture shock? Conceptualizing culture unrest in intercultural tourism and assessing its effect on tourists’ perceptions and travel propensity

   2013 · 32 citations

10. An exploratory study of the experience of VFR tourists: a culture shock perspective

    2019 · 22 citations

11. An Analysis of Elderly Gamers' Trip Characteristics and Gambling Behavior: Comparing the Elderly with Their Younger Counterparts

    2012 · 19 citations

12. A review and reflection on innovation in tourism and hospitality in English language journal publications

    2015 · 17 citations

13. The liminal gaze: Chinese restaurant workers gazing upon Chinese tourists dining in London’s Chinatown

    2017 · 17 citations

14. Cultural issues in tourism, hospitality and leisure in the Arab/Muslim world

    2015 · 16 citations

15. Destination image revisited: the Dutch market perceptions of Morocco as a tourism destination.

    2008 · 16 citations

16. Occupational stigma in line-level hotel jobs in sub-Saharan Africa: A youth perspective

    2022 · 15 citations

17. Diaspora tourism: Using a mixed-mode survey design to document tourism behavior and constraints of people of Turkish extraction resident in Germany

    2011 · 14 citations

18. Hostel front desk employees’ perception of customers: a comparative analysis based on cultural background

    2017 · 13 citations

19. Re-evaluating political tourism in the Holy Land: towards a conceptualization of peace.

    2010 · 12 citations

20. Introduction peace and tourism: friends not foes.

    2010 · 11 citations

21. Development of a trip profile for elderly American casino visitors

    2007 · 10 citations

22. An Assessment of Crime Volume Following Casino Gaming Development in the City of Detroit

    2012 · 10 citations

23. The third gaze: de-constructing the host gaze in the psychoanalysis of tourism.

    2012 · 8 citations

24. The Pay for In-Flight Food and Drinks Policy and Its Impact on Travelers' Experience

    2010 · 8 citations

25. Chinese restaurant employees’ perceptions of their nationals abroad: a comparative study

    2016 · 8 citations

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