C. Michael Hall is a Professor in the Business School at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Docent in the Department of Geography, University of Oulu, Finland; and a Visiting Professor, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden. His research interests include tourism, regional development, sustainability, global environmental change, and food.

Girish Prayag is Associate Professor of Marketing in the School of Business at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research interests include place attachment, organisational resilience, disaster management, and tourist emotions.