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Background

Hazel joined the Department of Tourism in January 2000. She has a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Durham, UK. Since her PhD, Hazel has continued to conduct longitudinal ethnographic research in Goreme, Cappadocia, a cultural tourism destination and World Heritage Site in central Turkey, with a focus on tourism’s influences on socio-cultural relationships and change. As well as publishing a number of journal articles and book chapters related to this research, Hazel has written two books based on the longitudinal study: Living with Tourism: Negotiating Identity in a Turkish Village (Routledge, 2003), and its ‘sequel’, Tourism and the Spectre of Unlimited Change: Living With Tourism in a Turkish Village Revisited (Routledge, 2024). Hazel also publishes in the areas of tourism education, gender and tourism, colonialism/postcolonialism, and emotional dimensions of tourism encounters.

Hazel holds a Visiting Researcher position at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala, is Co-Vice President of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 50: International Tourism, and is an Associate Member of Equality in Tourism. Hazel serves on the editorial board of 10 international tourism journals. At Otago, Hazel is a member of the University of Otago's “Performance of the Real” interdisciplinary research theme, and the research group Middle East and Islamic Studies Aotearoa (MEISA).

Hazel holds the departmental role of Director of the Tourism Masters and most of her class teaching is at that level. Her main teaching areas include research methodologies, tourist culture and critical tourism studies. Hazel received a University of Otago Teaching Excellence Award in 2020, and went on in 2021 to receive the Ako Aotearoa Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching.

Visit the Ako Aotearoa website to find out more

Research groups

Major works

Tucker, H. (2024) The Spectre of Unlimited Change: Living With Tourism in a Turkish Village Revisited, London: Routledge, ISBN: 978-0-367-42957-7

Cakmak, E., Tucker, H. and Hollinshead, K. eds (2021) Tourism Paradoxes: Contradictions, Controversies and Challenges. Bristol: Channel View Publications, ISBN: 978-1-845-418120

Lynch, P. (C), McIntosh, A., and Tucker, H. (C) (Eds.), 2009. Commercial Homes in Tourism: An International Perspective. London: Routledge

Hall, M. (C) and Tucker, H. (Eds.), 2004. Tourism and Postcolonialism, London: Routledge

Tucker, H. 2003. Living With Tourism: Negotiating Identities in a Turkish Village, London: Routledge.

PhD and Master's supervision: Current

PhD

  • J. Edakkott ‘Considerations of Tourism Education towards Regenerative Tourism’
  • Y. Yi ‘Virtual Tourism’s Potentialities and Affordances’
  • Y. Qin ‘The Influence of Ethnic Tourism on the Mosuo People’s Feeling of Home’
  • P. Pakan ‘More-Than-Human Geographies of Waves: Surf Tourism in Indonesia’
  • A. Tripathi ‘Non-Western Lifestyle Travellers’
  • Y. Zhang ‘Researching affect in tourism: understanding experiences of ‘awe’

PhD and Master's supervision: Completed

PhD

  • Xi Zhu. The Role of Tour Guides in Chinese Tourists' Tour Experience in New Zealand.
  • Easnin Ara. An Investigation into the Relationship between Ethnic Tourism and the Tradition of Ethnic Handicrafts in Rural Bangladesh.
  • Gebeyaw Degarege. Community Based Ecotourism and Rural Livelihoods in Ethiopia: Exploring the Patterns, Impacts and Implication.
  • Stuart Hayes. Tourism Education: A Critical Analysis.
  • Liang Jiang. The characteristics of Chinese free independent travellers, a case study of New Zealand.
  • Jingru Zhang. Non-local owners in ethnic tourism community in China.
  • Hongrui Zhu. Tourist behaviours of Chinese backpackers and their influences on tourism industry in New Zealand.
  • Maureen Ukaegbu. Heritage, tourism and authenticity in the middle belt region of Nigeria.
  • Alyse Foster. Dark Tourism: Guiding Performances and Emotion.
  • Jundan (Jasmine) Zhang. Dualistic conundrums in ethnic tourism: The role of the ecological thought.
  • Neil Walsh. The relationship between Backpacking, Guidebooks and Practice.
  • Adam Doering. Negotiating “Home” in Rural Japan.
  • Fateme Etemaddar. Mobility, Gender and Culture.
  • Kelly Whitney-Squire. The Role of Language in Sustainable Community-based Aboriginal Tourism Development.
  • Fiona Bakas. Handicraft Tourism, Gender and Sustainability.
  • Eric Shelton. Expedition cruising in Solander: An application of ecology without nature (2012).
  • Brenda Boonabaana. Community-based tourism development and gender relations in Uganda (2012).
  • Maria Amoamo. Decolonising Māori Tourism: “Representation and Identity” (2008).
  • Maurice Kane. New Zealand's Adventure Culture: In Hillary's Steps (2008).
  • Dirk Reiser. Connecting and Changing Places: Globalisation and Tourism Mobility on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand (2008).
  • Gregory Szarycz. Cruising with Containers: A Qualitative Investigation of the Lived Experience of Passenger Freighter Travel (2007).
  • Michael Lueck. Environmental Values and On-Site Experiences of Tourists on Wildlife Watch Tours in New Zealand: A Study of Visitors Watching and/or Swimming With Dolphins. (2003).

Master's

  • Adam Doering. “Don't Just Visit It. Live It!” A Descriptive Study of Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Participants' Experiences in Miyazaki Prefecture (2007).
  • Maurice Kane. Adventure Tourism: The Freedom to Play with Reality (2003).
  • Jennifer Johnson. Exploring Experiences of Authenticity at Heritage Tourist Sites in New Zealand (2003).
  • Shiva Sharan Thapa., Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Based Tourism Projects in Nepal (2003).
  • Duncan Cambray. Literary Myths of New Zealand: A Comparative Analysis of German Travel Journals on New Zealand, 1777-1889 and 1995-2000 (2002).
  • S. Sikha. “Pilgrimage tourism at a religious site in India”

Publications

Razee, R., Carr, N., Tucker, H., & Mura, P. (2024). ‘Epic Tribe’: An analysis of communitas in an underground rave movement. Loisir et Société / Society & Leisure. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/07053436.2024.2368675 Journal - Research Article

Zhang, Y., & Tucker, H. (2022). Affect in tourism. In D. Buhalis (Ed.), Encyclopedia of tourism management and marketing (Vols. 1-4). (pp. 71-73). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781800377486 Chapter in Book - Research

Hayes, S., & Tucker, H. (2022, November). Lessons learned from emergency 'hybrid' teaching curing Covid-19. Verbal presentation at the COVID-19’s Impact on Teaching and Learning at the University of Otago: Lessons Learned Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Zhang, Y., Tucker, H., & Zhang, J. (2022). Becoming/being with COVID-19 in tourism: Understanding through a lens of affect. Proceedings of Critical Tourism Studies (CTS) 9: With In Dangerous Times. Retrieved from https://www.criticaltourismstudies.info/programme Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Tucker, H. (2022). With in/out limited good. Proceedings of Critical Tourism Studies (CTS) 9: With In Dangerous Times. Retrieved from https://www.criticaltourismstudies.info/programme Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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