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Dr Caroline Tie

Position

Dr Caroline Tie

Lecturer in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Profile

Qualifications

  • PhD Tourism Studies
  • MSc Conservation and Recreation Management
  • BSc (Hons) Aquatic Resource Science and Management

Teaching Expertise

  • Undergraduate: Introduction to Travel and Tourism Industry (Level 1); Understanding Tourism (level 1); Air Transport Management (level 2).
  • Postgraduate: Research Philosophies and Principles; Event Tourism.
  • International Tourism (MSc) Dissertation Supervision
  • Tourism Management and Events Management (BA) Dissertation Supervision

Research Interests

  • Displacement, diaspora and geographies of identity.
  • Root-tourism, homeland tourism, diaspora tourism.

Research Projects

  • PhD thesis (funded by the University of Bedfordshire) The Influence of Travel in Formulating Cultural Identity: The Case of the Sarawakian ( Malaysian) Chinese.

Publications

  • Tie, C and Seaton, V. (2012) Diasporic identity, heritage and “homecoming”: How Sarawakian-Chinese tourists feel on tour in Beijing. Tourism Analysis. 

Conference Presentations

  • ‘Travel as a Force in Formulating Cultural Identity: The Case of the Sarawakian [Malaysian] Chinese Visiting China. Conference organised by the Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), the 18th Tourism and Hospitality Education and Research Conference. See Change: Tourism and Hospitality in a Dynamic World. 10-13 February 2009, Esplanade Hotel Fremantle, Western Australia.
  • ‘Travel as Motivating Force in Negotiating Cultural Identity’. Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, The 3rd Graduate Research in Tourism Conference. 25th -28th May 2006. The conference was held in Canakkale, Turkey.

Contact Details

T: +44 (0)1582 743759
E: carol.tie@beds.ac.uk
Bedfordshire University

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