Current Research Students' Topics
PhD Research
Lisa Abdul Halim
An Analysis of Globalisation through the Lens of Representations of Cuisine: A Case Study of Malaysia. Supervisors: Neil Carr and Richard Mitchell.
Norhanim Abdul Razak
Health Tourism. Supervisors: Richard Mitchell and Neil Carr.
Maria Amoamo
Decolonising Maori Tourism: Representation and Identity. Supervisors: Anna Thompson and Hazel Tucker.
Ali Bavik
Investigating the Effects of Nepotism, Cronyism and Favourtism on Strategic Human Resource Management. A Comparative Study of North Cyprus and Hong Kong Hotel Industries. Supervisors: Tara Duncan and Fiona Edgar
Katrin Blumberg
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SMTE) Sector Networks and Implications for Tourism Planning and Destination Management. Supervisor: Brent Lovelock
Karla Boluk
Investigating the Significance of FTTSA, the Impetus for Tourism Operator's to take up Membership and Traveller's Awareness: A Heuristic Inquiry. Supervisors: Richard Mitchell and Brent Lovelock.
Brenda Boonabaana
Community Tourism and Natural Resource Conservation in Western Uganda: A Gender Perspective. Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Anna Thompson
Misuk Byeon
The Post-Event Impact of the Co-hosted 2002 Football World Cup: the Perspective of Korean Hotel Sector versus that of Local/Regional Tourism Organisations. Supervisors:James Higham and Neil Carr.
Margie Campbell-Price
School Tourism Experiences. Supervisors: Neil Carr and Tara Duncan.
Christina Cavaliere
Agroecotourism in Costa Rica. Supervisors: Anna Thompson and James Higham .
Chengeto Chaderopa
Transboundary Natural Resource Management. Supervisors: Anna Thompson and Brent Lovelock.
Yuthasak (Pedie) Chatkaewnapanon
Moving Towards Tourism: Changing, Adapting and Escaping of Communities in Samui Island, Thailand. Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Anna Thompson.
Scott Cohen
Searching for 'Self' Through Lifestyle Travel. Supervisors: Neil Carr and James Higham
Edieser de la Santa
Ecotourism Policy Implementation: A Network Approach. Supervisors: Brent Lovelock and David Duval.
Sandro Carnicelli Filho
Emotional Labour: Pleasure and Fear at Work for Whitewater Rafting Guides. Supervisors: Anna Thompson and Neil Carr.
Alyse Foster
Dark Tourism. Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and James Higham
Asa Grahn
A multi-phase analysis of the personal benefits drived from educational tour experiences. Supervisors: James Higham and Anna Thompson
Carla Jellum
Land-based Activities in Antarctica: Tourist Motivation, Preference, Experience and Recreation. Supervisors: James Higham and Maree Thyne
Donna Keen
Rural Tourism. Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Brent Lovelock.
Robert Mitchell
Ethics and Social Responsibility in Ecotourism Marketing in New Zealand. Supervisors: Ben Wooliscroft and James Higham.
Paolo Mura
Young Travellers Perceptions of Fear on Holiday - A Gender Perspective. Supervisors: Neil Carr and Richard Mitchell.
Dzingai Nyahunzvi
Impact on the Commercialisation of Addo Elephant National Park. Supervisors: Brent Lovelock and Jan Mosedale.
Caroline Orchiston
Tourism and Earthquakes: Risk, Readiness and Resilience in Tourism Industry. Supervisors: James Higham and Rick Sibson.
Anna Palliser
An analysis of Social-Ecological systems and adaptive management processes in relation to nature-based, sustainable tourism development. Supervisors: James Higham and Claire Freeman
Carleigh Randall
Enhancing Rural Tourism Development Success. Supervisors: Richard Mitchell and Jan Mosedale.
Arianne Reis
Trampers' and Hunters' Constructions of Nature and Tensions in the Outdoors. Supervisors: James Higham and Anna Thompson
David Scott
Inhospitalitas? Exploring the Performance of Touristic Hospitality. Supervisors: Richard Mitchell and Hazel Tucker.
Eric Shelton
Telling Experiences in Fiordland: Transformations of Place and Self. Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and David Duval.
Julie Tate-Libby
Tourism and Religious Change in Hawaii. Supervisors:Neil Carr and David Duval.
Steve Taylor
Destination Choices for Adventure Sports Participation: a Case Study of Mountain Bikers in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Supervisors: Anna Thompson and Jan Mosedale.
Andrea Valentin
The Political Awareness of Travellers: Case Study Burma. Supervisors: Neil Carr and Brent Lovelock
Neil Walsh
The relationship between backpacking, guidebooks and practice. Supervisors: Hazel Tucker and Neil Carr.
Wan Melissa Wan Hassan
Halal Food in Hospitality and Tourism: A study on Restaurants in New Zealand and the demand for Halal Food among inbound Muslim Travellers. Supervisors: David Duval and Tara Duncan.
Richard Wright
From the Abbey to the Academy; the Autoethnography of an Academic Sports Tourist. Supervisors: James Higham and Richard Mitchell.
Masters
| Name | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| Andreas Scharr | How Important is the Security Situation in New Zealand to International Tourists. | schan145@student.otago.ac.nz |
| David McVetty | Patterns of Visitor Use: Assessing Two Methods for Defining Visit Types to Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks of Canada | mcvda160@student.otago.ac.nz |
| James Darling | What makes a luxury resort successful in New Zealand | darja907@student.otago.ac.nz |
| Lisa MacEwen | Seasonality in New Zealand tourism | macli201@student.otago.ac.nz |
| Magnus Kjeldsberg | Exploring the social aspects of commercial and recreational aircraft usage in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, including a focus on the relationship between guided and recreational parties on the mountain | kjema872@student.otago.ac.nz |
| Renate Kieser | Distribution Channel Design according to customer preferences: a case study of the Ruhr Area Destination Marketing Organisation | kiere103@student.otago.ac.nz |
| Vishal Sharma | Tourism Development and Impacts in Himachal Pradesh, India with Special Reference to Kullu Valley | shavi299@student.otago.ac.nz |