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Ismail Shaheer image (2023)

Lecturer

Otago Business School
Email  ismail.shaheer@otago.ac.nz

Ismail has extensive experience of tourism marketing, working for the Maldives government, marketing the Maldives as a tourist destination for more than ten years. He utilises his marketing experience in teaching tourism and marketing courses as well as supporting various tourism stakeholders (public and private) in the Maldives.

He completed a PhD in tourism (University of Otago) and a Masters in Tourism Marketing (University of Surrey, UK).

He has experience teaching at Maldives National University, Otago University, and Lincoln University.

His research focuses on tourist behaviour, ethics, social media, and media-induced tourism (particularly video-game induced tourism).

Ismail's current research projects include video games and event tourism, impact of tourist photography, and negative tourist behaviours and its wider impact on the tourism system.

Office hours

Mondays 12:00pm-1:00pm

Publications

Lee, C., Hallak, R., & Shaheer, I. (2024). Human capital, social capital, and psychological capital of tourism entrepreneurs. In R. Hallak & C. Lee (Eds.), Handbook of tourism entrepreneurship. (pp. 56-68). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781803920023.00012 Chapter in Book - Research

Polus, R., Shaheer, I., & Nayak, N. P. (2024). Pilgrimage in the COVID-19 Era: Uncovering supply side challenges and opportunities in media representations. International Journal of Religious Tourism & Pilgrimage, 12(1), 5. Retrieved from https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijrtp/vol12/iss1/5 Journal - Research Article

Tripathi, A., Polus, R., Zhang, Y., Nautiyal, R., & Shaheer, I. (2024). ‘Remember that time?’: Introducing retrospective collaborative autoethnography. Tourism Recreation Research, 49(5), 1154-1159. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2022.2109864 Journal - Research Article

Shaheer, I., Nayak, N., & Polus, R. (2024). Challenges and opportunities for sacred journeys: A media representation of the impact of COVID-19 [Research note]. Tourism Recreation Research, 49(5), 1177-1183. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2022.2100195 Journal - Research Other

Tripathi, A., & Shaheer, I. (2024). Missing tales of motorcycle backpackers. Tourism Recreation Research, 49(3), 671-675. doi: 10.1080/02508281.2022.2059738 Journal - Research Article

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