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• Haywantee Ramkissoon is Lecturer in the School of Sustainable Development and Tourism, University of Technology, Mauritius. She holds a BA in Philosophy (2000) from the University of Pune, India and an MSc Tourism, Conservation and Sustainable Deve...More

  Haywantee Ramkissoon is Lecturer in the School of Sustainable Development and Tourism, University of Technology, Mauritius. She holds a BA in Philosophy (2000) from the University of Pune, India and an MSc Tourism, Conservation and Sustainable Development (2002) from the University of Greenwich, UK. She is presently conducting her doctoral research in cultural and heritage tourism. Her research and writing interests include cultural and heritage tourism, information search behavior of tourists and tourism impacts. Publications in refereed journals Nunkoo R and Ramkissoon H (2009) ‘Influence of Values on Residents’ Attitudes to Tourism. Tourism Analysis (Accepted and forthcoming). Nunkoo R, and Ramkissoon H (2009) ‘The Potential of Using the Means-End Chain Theory and the Laddering Technique to the Study of Host Attitudes to Tourism’. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 17(3) (Accepted and forthcoming). Nunkoo R and Ramkissoon H (2009) International Tourism Conference - Cultural and Event Tourism: Issues and Debates. Conference Note and Report. Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management (Accepted and forthcoming) Nunkoo R and Ramkissoon H (2008) ‘Small Island Urban Tourism: A Residents’ Perspective. Current Issues in Tourism (Accepted and forthcoming) Ramkissoon H and Nunkoo R (2008) ‘Information Search Behaviour of European Tourists Visiting Mauritius’ Tourism: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 56(1): 7-21. Nunkoo R and Ramkissoon H (2007). ‘Residents’ Perceptions of the Socio-Cultural Impact of Tourism in Mauritius.’ Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 18(1), pp.138-145. Ramkissoon H (2007) ‘International Tourism Conference 2006: New Perspectives and Values in World Tourism and Tourism Management in the Future.’ Anatolia, An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 18(1) Publications in Books Chittoo B H and Ramkissoon H R (2007) ‘Why and When Public Sector Reforms? The Case of Mauritius’ In Governance and Development in Developing Countries (Eds) K. C. Roy and Prasad B. Nova Publishers Presentations and Papers in Proceeding Ramkissoon H and Nunkoo R (2008) Understanding Destination Image and its Influence on Travel Behavior: Applying Means-End-Chain and Fuzzy Logic. In. Proceedings of the International Conference 2008 “Cultural and Event Tourism: Issues and Debates” 5-9 November 2008. Alanya, Turkey Ramkissoon H and Nunkoo R (2008) Use of information sources by travellers visiting Mauritius: A case of European tourists. In Proceedings of the TTRA European Chapter Conference ‘Competition in Tourism: Business and Destination Perspectives’ Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland 23-25 April 2008 pp. 479-495, ISBN 97891-633-0646-4 www.ttra2008.com/files/ppoint/sessions/session1/Friday/44.ppt Nunkoo R, Ramkissoon H, Nunkoo R (2007) ‘Community attitudes toward tourism in Mauritius’ Paper presented at the “Research Week: Research Innovation and Challenges” University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius (Published abstract) Nunkoo R and Ramkissoon H (2006) Analysing host attitudes toward tourism in a developing cultural and historic city: A Case Study of Port-Louis, Mauritius. In Proceedings of the “International Tourism Conference: New Perspective and Values in World Tourism and Tourism Management in the Future” Alanya Faculty of Business, Akdeniz University, Turkey 20-26 November 2006, pp. 442-459, ISBN 975-7666-82-3. www.akdeniz.edu.tr/alanya/conference06/doc/Book_of_Abstract.pdf Nunkoo R, Ramkissoon H, Chittoo H B, Nowbutsing B (2006) Socio-cultural impact of tourism in Mauritius. In Proceedings of the International Conference “Sustainable Tourism with Special Reference to Islands and Small States” Foundation for International Studies, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta 25-27 May. Less

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