Culture and Special Interest Tourism

Culture and Special Interest Tourism

Data collection from Rush Mela festival, Bangladesh

Shahida Khanom, a PhD candidate at GIFT, is conducting research on “Co-lingual hot authentication of intangible cultural heritage: the Rush Mela festival in the Bangladesh… Read More

The Third East West Dialogue on Tourism and the Chinese Dream

This dialogue celebrated the China-Australia Year of Tourism and also the UN Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. Therefore it was appropriate to focus on… Read More

The Impact of Hajj satisfaction on Islamic Religious Commitment

GIFT HDR student, Sulistyo (Tyo) Utomo recently attended the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) 2016 Annual International Conference to present a paper on “The Impact of… Read More

Comparing the Meanings of Food in Different Chinese Societies: The Cases of Taiwan and Malaysia

Existing food studies have mainly focused on food choice motives (Prescott, Young, O’Neill, Yau, & Stevens, 2002; Sun, 2008) and perception of a specific food… Read More

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