Introducing the 2020 PhD Student representative My name is Mahdis Madani. I am a second-year PhD student in the Department of Tourism at Otago University. For my PhD thesis, I am investigating the roles of bridging organisations in recreational fishing governance in New Zealand under the supervision of Professor Brent Lovelock and Dr Julia N. […]

COVID-19 Impact on the Global Hotel Industry for CAUTHE Steve Hood from the STR SHARE Center will present an update on the global hotel industry. We will review the impact of the coronavirus on countries and markets around the world and drill down into specific areas like China, Asia, Europe and the US. All performance […]

Each year CAUTHE offers competitive bursaries for PhD Scholars and Early Career Researchers from Chapter Member institutions. For some bursary award winners, this might be their first ever conference or the first time sharing their ideas beyond their supervisors. Others may be nearing thesis submission and seeking feedback on their final conclusions. Past winners share […]

The focus of this Special Issue is to explore tourism system responses to current and recent tourism risks, crises and disasters, and especially natural hazard events, including the current COVID-19 pandemic. A particular focus of this Special Issue is exploration of longer term recovery and resilience for businesses, destinations, communities and the global tourism system. […]