Dr Adenike Adebayo
Liverpool Business School

Faculty: Faculty of Business and Law
School: Liverpool Business School
Email address: A.D.Adebayo@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2271
Dr Adenike Adebayo has over 12 years of industry and academic experience in the UK, and West Africa. She holds a PhD in Tourism from Canterbury Christ Church University UK, and a Master’s degree in Tourism and Events Management from the University of Bedfordshire, UK. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK.
Dr Adenike Adebayo’s research focuses on sustainable tourism, tourism governance, heritage tourism and festivals and space tourism.
Degrees
2019, Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom, PhD Tourism Studies
2013, University of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, MSc Tourism and Events Management
2010, Babcock University, Nigeria, BA (Hons) Mass Communication
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Lecturer, Tourism Hospitality and Events, University of Sunderland in London, 2019 - 2021
Associate Lecturer, Tourism Hospitality and Events, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2017 - 2019
Postgraduate training
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, United Kingdom, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2016 - 2019
Journal article
Adebayo AD, Butcher J. 2022. Community Empowerment in Nigeria’s Tourism Industry: An Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perceptions Tourism Planning and Development, :1-21 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Adebayo AD, Butcher J. 2021. CONSTRAINTS AND DRIVERS OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND EMPOWERMENT IN TOURISM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA Tourism Review International, 45 :209-227 DOI Publisher Url
Adebayo A. 2017. Sustainable tourism and cultural landscape management: the case of Idanre Hill, Ondo State, Nigeria Butcher J. Tourism Today, 16 :43-55 Publisher Url
Chapters
Adebayo A, Beka R. 2020. Hospitality Design and Brand Experience Alexandra K, Peter R, James M. Managing Hospitality Experiences CABI 9781789242034
Adebayo A, Robinson P, Oriade A. 2019. ‘Community Based Tourism: Planning Processes and Outcomes in the Developing World’, Wiltshier P, Clarke A. Community-Based Tourism in the Developing World Community Learning, Development & Enterprise :98-112 Routledge 9781351026369
Conference presentation:
Importance-Performance Analysis: A Diagnostic Tool for the Development of Tourism in Nigeria, Tourism 21: Re-building Tourism – Continuities and Changes, Prague, Czech Republic Attended Online, Oral presentation. 2021
‘Tourism governance structure and interaction among stakeholders in Nigeria’, Revisiting value co-creation and co-destruction in tourism, hospitality & events, University of Applied Sciences, Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Attended Online, Oral presentation. 2020
Tourism governance and community participation in the Nigeria tourism industry, Tourism Hospitality & Events in a Changing World, University of Derby, Buxton UK., Oral presentation. 2018
Community participation in Tourism governance in Nigeria, TouRNet PhD symposium, University of Sheffield, Oral presentation. 2018
A Critical Review and Assessment of Tourism Planning and Policy Development in Nigeria, ATLAS Annual Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury UK., Oral presentation. 2016
A Smart Approach to Tourism Planning and Governance: A Case Study of the Nigeria Tourism Industry, ATLAS PhD Colloquium, Canterbury Christ Church University, Oral presentation. 2016
Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Landscape: A Case of Idanre Hill, Ondo State Nigeria, ATLAS Annual Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, Oral presentation. 2016