Health and Human Performance
UF Community Spatial Lab
Led by Jinwon Kim · Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management
What we study
The lab studies how parks, tourism, and recreation contribute to community health and sustainability using geospatial tools like GIS and GPS. Their work helps planners make decisions using spatial data.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Destination crisis and economic ripple effects in platform-mediated tourism markets
2026 · Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
- Death and travel: A geo-psychological perspective
2026 · Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
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- Why tourists misbehave: the impact of power distance and social context on deviant tourist behavior
2026 · Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Tests how power distance and social context affect tourists' bad behavior.
- Exploring Spatial Heterogeneity in Mortality Salience-Based Travel Intentions: A Geo-Psychological Approach
2026 · The Professional Geographer
Explores how psychological and environmental factors affect travel plans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Touchscreen menus, experiential mindsets, and tourist dining choices: A field experiment in Paris
2026 · Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management
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