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RESEARCH

The members of the IRG on Tourism, Hospitality and Food cover a wide range of research interest areas that allow to investigate the tourism, hospitality and food sector from various perspectives.

Members research interests:

Prof. Anna Dłużewska​

  • Responsible tourism

  • Social impact of tourism

  • Wellbeing

  • Tourism marketing

  • Destination management

  • Food tourism

  • Community based tourism

Dr. Andrea Giampiccoli

  • Community-based tourism

  • Alternative tourism development

  • 'Albergo diffuso'

  • Tourism development models/strategies

  • Food tourism/Street food tourism

  • Food/Indigenous food

  • Sport events/Sports

Dr.  Mzobanzi Erasmus Mnguni

  • Community based tourism 

  • Cultural tourism 

  • Gastronomy tourism

  • Indigenous knowledge system

Prof. Oliver Mtapuri

  • Poverty and inequality

  • Community-based tourism

  • Public employment programmes

  • Redistribution

  • Climate change

  • Project management

Prof.  Pham Hong Long

  • Ecotourism

  • Community-based tourism

  • Alternative tourism development

  • Sustainable tourism development

  • Tourism policies and governance in Southeast Asia

  • Tourism development strategies

Prof. John Nauright​

  • Sport, events and tourism

  • Tourism, environment and sustainability

  • Indigenous knowledge and movement cultures

  • Community-based tourism

  • Heritage, tourism and development

  • Global women’s sport and empowerment

  • Community development via sport, leisure and tourism

  • Integral ecology

Dr. Dang Thi Phuong-Anh 

  • Cultural tourism

  • Sustainable tourism development

  • Heritage tourism

  • Event tourism

  • Community-based tourism

  • Community development 

Dr. Sean Jugmohan

  • Tourism Curriculum and Industry Needs

  • Youth Employment in Hospitality and Tourism

  • Community-based tourism

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