About
Dr. Maksim Godovykh is leading international research projects on exploring the impacts of tourism development on the quality of life, health, and well-being of local communities. He is also working on developing new methods to measure customer experience in tourism, hospitality, healthcare, and public service. His research has been published in leading international journals and disseminated in books, encyclopedias, industry magazines, and news media. He has developed several governmental programs and organized over a hundred conferences, conventions, trade shows, forums, and workshops.
Research profiles
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nwFRHs8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maksim-Godovykh
Recent publications
Godovykh, M. (2024). Transformative experiences in tourism: where, when, with whom, and how does tourists’ transformation occur?. Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism, 3, 1377844. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsut.2024.1377844
Godovykh, M., Fyall, A., & Baker, C. (2024). Sustainable Labels in Tourism Practice: The Effects of Sustainable Hotel Badges on Guests’ Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions. Sustainability, 16(6), 2484. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062484
Godovykh, M., Hacikara, A., Baker, C., Fyall, A., & Pizam, A. (2023). Measuring the perceived impacts of tourism: A scale development study. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2023.2243003
Godovykh, M., Fyall, A., & Ridderstaat, J. (2023). The well-being impacts of tourism: Long-term and short-term effects of tourism development on residents’ happiness. Tourism Economics, 29(1), 137-156. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F13548166211041227
Godovykh, M. (2023). Tourism impacts: A guide to understanding, evaluating, and managing the positive and negative impacts of tourism development. Center for Tourism Impacts Research. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tourism-impacts-maksim-godovykh/1143571629?ean=9798223922186
Godovykh, M., & Pizam, A. (2023). Measuring patient experience in healthcare. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 112, 103405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2022.103405
Godovykh, M., Back, R. M., Bufquin, D., Baker, C., & Park, J. Y. (2023). Peer-to-peer accommodation amid COVID-19: the effects of Airbnb cleanliness information on guests’ trust and behavioral intentions. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-12-2021-1508
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Projects
Tourism Impacts
Exploring the impacts of tourism development on residents’ quality of life, health, and well-being
www.tourismimapcts.org
Customer Experience
Developing new methods of measuring customer experience in tourism, hospitality, healthcare, and public service
www.experienceresearch.org
Hospitality Art Project
Exploring the effects of visual art attributes on guests’ emotions, attitudes, and visit intentions.
www.hospitalityart.org
Tourism Experimentation Platform
Pre-testing innovations, marketing tools, and sustainable practices before implementing any changes in real life using experimental design.
COST Action on Tourism Impacts
Foster collaboration between various fields and organizations to jointly develop an overarching framework for assessing and improving the impacts of tourism.
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