
RAIJA KOMPPULA
Professor
professor, marketing, tourism business
PhD in social sciences (in 2000), full professor since 1.11.2005, and today, Professor of Marketing, especially Tourism Business, at the University of Eastern Finland, Business School.
Contact info
Organization
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
raija.komppula@uef.fi
Phone
+358 50 438 7475
Keywords
Teaching Activities
Supervision of Masters thesis in the Master’s Degree Program in Tourism Marketing and management, as well as doctoral students. Courses: Destination Management 6 ECTS, Current Research in Tourism 6 ECTS. Courses also in the followinbg topics: Tourist Behavior, Wellbeing Tourism, Social Tourism, Experience Design in Tourism
Societal Activities
Several positions of trust in tourism industry in Finland.
Research groups and research projects
Tourism Business, Water Research
Projects: SOLOVA, Karelian Wellness
Research groups - UEF
-
Vibrancy in Finnish Lakeland with the Saimaa Phenomenon – Savonlinna's bid for the European Capital of Culture 2026
-
Tourism Business
-
Water research
-
Social Scientific Biosociety Research Network (SOBIO)
PROJECTS - UEF
-
Voyage to mythology - Kalevala
-
Karelian Wellness – increasing wellness tourism in Finnish and Russian Karelia.
Publications
-
Bočkus, Daumantas; Sulkinoja, Elisa; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Komppula, Raija. 2021. Differences in the concept of wellness and its materialisation in service offering: a multiple case study from Eastern Finland, Russian Karelia, and Lithuania Tourism recreation research [Epub ahead of print 26 Oct 2021]: 1-16. 2021
-
Komppula, Raija; Suni, Jarmo; Turunen, Lari. 2021. Vapaa-ajankalastus subjektiivisen hyvinvoinnin lähteenä Vesitalous 5: 25-28. 2021
-
Challenges and Opportunities for Development of Social Tourism in Finland. Komppula, Raija; Vento, Elli / Social Tourism: Global Challenges and Approaches. 2021. 2021
-
Guo, Xinxin; Pesonen, Juho; Komppula, Raija. 2021. Comparing online travel review platforms as destination image information agents Information technology and tourism 23 2: 159-187. 2021
-
Iloranta, Riina; Komppula, Raija. 2021. Service providers' perspective on the luxury tourist experience as a product Scandinavian journal of hospitality and tourism 2022; 22 1: 39-57. 2021
-
Konu, Henna; Murphy, Jamie; Komppula, Raija; Mikkonen, Titta. 2020. Investigating emotional commitment towards a region and a hotel brand International journal of hospitality management 87: 102467. 2020
-
Social tourism practices and implementation in Finland. Vento, Elli; Komppula, Raija / Handbook of Social Tourism. 2020. 2020
-
Turunen, Lari; Komppula, Raija; Suni, Jarno. 2020. Kalastusmatkailuelämyksen asiakasarvo Matkailututkimus 16 1: 35-54. 2020
-
Vento, Elli; Tammi, Timo; McCabe, Scott; Komppula, Raija. 2020. Re-evaluating well-being outcomes of social tourism: Evidence from Finland Annals of tourism research 85: 103085. 2020
-
Collaboration and Leadership as Success Factors of a Ski Resort - A Multiple Case Study from Finland. Komppula, Raija; Alegria, Emma / Winter Tourism: Trends and Challenges. 2019. 2019