Usui, R. Unification or exclusion? Community engagement in Usakatsu and the implementation of a new management system for rabbit tourism at Ōkunoshima Island. CATS Tourism Online Forum Series, The Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University, Zoom, 10 August, 2023.
Usui, R. Natural heritage management for tourism at Yakushima Island in Kagoshima, Japan: Local discourses and socio-cultural sustainability. International Workshop on Development of Community Development and Sustainable Tourism Programs in Natural Heritage Sites, University of Ryukyu, Okinawa and Zoom, 5 March, 2022.
Usui, R. Exploring relationship between humans and deer at Miyajima Island. The 33rd Seasonal Meeting and Public Lecture of Inland Sea Cultural Research Institute, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, 6 July, 2015.
Usui, R. Popularity of animal tourism in the peripheral islands: Tourists' needs and local dilemmas. The 17th International Conference on Small Island Cultures, Miyajima Island in Hiroshima, Japan, 23 June, 2023. (Oral)
Jones, T. E., & Usui, R. Comparing motivations to feed feral animals between first-time visitors and repeaters: A case study of Japan’s ‘Rabbit Island'. Wildlife Tourism Conference 2022, Teams, 1 November, 2022. (Virtual presentation)
Usui, R., Kubo, T., Jones, T. E., & Green, R. Prospects for Japanese wildlife tourism research. Wildlife Tourism Conference 2022, Teams, 1 November, 2022. (Virtual presentation)
Usui, R., & Jones, T. E. Travelling to feed animals: Identifying motivations of tourists on Rabbit Island, Japan. Emerging Voices for Animals in Tourism, Zoom, 18 March, 2022. (Virtual presentation)
Usui, R., & Jones, T. E. Rabbits as host? Adopting a multi-species perspective into the "host-guest" paradigm. CTR International Conference "International Tourism Research Salon," Wakayama University, Zoom, 9 March, 2022. (Virtual presentation)
Usui, R. Island tourism resilience in the case of wildlife tourism destinations. The 2020 Academic Symposium of Japanese Society for Geographical Sciences. Hiroshima University, Japan, 28 November, 2020. (Oral)
Usui, R. Wildlife tourism: A gaze toward feral animals. Asia Pacific Conference. Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, 14 November, 2020 (Virtual presentation)
Usui, R., Sheeran, L.K., Asbury, A., Blackson, M. The impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on mammals in leisure environments: a systematic review. ASAB Virtual Conference, 16 July, 2020. (Virtual presentation)
Usui, R. Wildlife tourism as a space for healing: Evidence from Japan. Wildlife Tourism Australia Webinars, 23 June, 2020. (Virtual presentation)
Usui, R. Emergence of "new" wildlife tourism: time to rethink tourist-animal encounters? The 6th Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Asia. Osaka Corona Hotel, 28 March, 2020. (Virtual presentation)
Usui, R., Kubo, T., & Jones, T. A meta-analytic review of wildlife tourism research: Longitudinal trends in theoretical foundations. Second Critical Tourism Studies Asia Pacific. Wakayama University, 19 February, 2020. (Oral)
Funck, C. Usui, R., Adewumi, I.B. & Nguyen, V.H. Tourism development and lifestyle migration: a case study of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima, Japan. Royal Geographical Society Conference. London, UK, 28 August, 2019. (Oral)
Usui, R. & Funck, C. The role that repeat visitors play in managing tourist-rabbit interactions for wildlife tourism on Okunoshima Island in Hiroshima, Japan. The 34th International Geographical Congress. Quebec City, Canada, 9 August, 2018. (Oral)
Usui, R. Evaluating photography and videography as a means to measure tourist's experience. The Conference on Sustainable Tourism in Asia, Hiroshima, Japan, 5 January, 2018. (Oral)
Usui, R. & Anindita, M.J. Assessing inbound tourism development at Mitarai district in Kure City, Hiroshima through employing a monitoring tour. The 32nd Japan Institute of Tourism Research Conference, Kanazawa Seiryō University, 3 December, 2017. (Oral)
Usui, R. & Funck, C. Investigating animal ethics and management issues at nature-based tourism destination: a case study from Yakushima Island in Japan. The Visitor Economy: Strategies and Innovations, Bournemouth University, 6 September, 2017. (Oral)
Usui, R. & Funck, C. Feeding and begging interactions between tourists and deer at Miyajima Island in Hiroshima: an analysis based on field observations and questionnaire survey. The 31st Japan Institute of Tourism Research Conference, Edogawa University, 4 December, 2016. (Oral)
Usui, R. & Funck, C. Emerging wildlife tourism on Okunoshima Island ("Rabbit Island") in Hiroshima, Japan: challenges and ethical implications. Wildlife Tourism Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 8 November, 2016. (Oral)
Usui, R. & Funck, C. Japanese and international tourists’ perceptions and attitudes toward the free-roaming sika deer (Cervus nippon) in Miyajima Island, Hiroshima, Japan, The 33rd International Geographical Congress. Beijing, China, 24 August, 2016. (Poster)
Adewumi, I., Usui, R., & Funck, C. Tourists’ motivation and satisfaction: implication for tourism management in Yakushima Island, Japan. International Geographical Union Tourism Commission Pre-Congress Symposium. Nanjing, China, 15-18 August, 2016. (Oral)
Usui, R. Analyzing food-derived interactions between tourists and sika deer (Cervus nippon) at Miyajima Island in Hiroshima, Japan. 3rd Wildlife Tourism Australia Conference, Geelong in Victoria, Australia, 30 September, 2015. (Oral)
Usui, R. & Tanida, H. Human-deer relationship at Miyajima Island in Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima: the association between tourist number and the number of deer appeared in the tourism district. The 21stSociety for the Study of Human Animal Relations Conference, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan, 7 March, 2015. (Oral)
Usui, R., Sheeran, L.K., Sun, L., Li, J.H., Wang, X., Pritchard, A.J., DuVall-Lash, A.S., & Wagner, R.S. Behaviors of park rangers and their effects on Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China. The 29th Japan Primate Society annual meeting and Mammalogical Society of Japan, Okayama Japan, 6-9 September, 2013. (Oral)
Usui, R., Sheeran, L.K., Pritchard, A., DuVall-Lash, A., Li, J.H., & Wagner, R.S. Impact of park ranger quality on Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) behaviors at Mt. Huangshan, China. Symposium on University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE), CWU, Ellensburg, WA, 16 May, 2013. (Oral)