Publication Schedule : Thrice
in a year (April - August - December)
Publisher:
Tej Vir Singh
Centre for Tourism Research & Development
(A not-for-profit organization)
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INDIA.
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Sumant Vadhera
Former Art Director, Haryana Tourism Corporation,
INDIA.
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Tourism Recreation Research are those of the authors and
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Tej Vir Singh is Professor and founding Director of the Centre for Tourism Research & Development (CTRD), Lucknow, India. He is also Founder Editor of the Centre’s international journal Tourism Recreation Research. He was founder director of the Institute of Himalayan Studies and Regional Development at the University of Garhwal (1977-88) and started the first tourism training course over the Himalaya. A specialist in Himalayan Tourism, Dr. Singh has produced more than a dozen international books on tourism and 100 technical papers on tourism development and impacts; his recent work is ‘New Horizons in Tourism: Strange Experiences and Stranger Practices’, published by CAB International, UK (2004). He was Senior Fellow Ford Foundation at ICIMOD, Kathmandu (1988). Dr. Singh is a fellow of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism (since 1989), and national representative of Asia Pacific Tourism Association (APTA), South Korea (since 1995). He has consulted for the UNEP and also represented UNEP at the ESCAP Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development in LDCs, Pattaya (October 1992). He was also Asia member of Rockefeller Foundation workshop on Ecotourism (1993). He was awarded, lifetime honorary Professorship of Tourism by Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India.
Jagdish Kaur specializes in religious aspects of tourism. Her doctoral work ‘Himalayan Pilgrimages and the New Tourism’ (1985) has been widely acknowledged as a pioneering work. She has co-edited some international titles with T. V. Singh including ‘Studies in Himalayan Ecology and Strategies for Development’ (1979/1990) and ‘Integrated Mountain Development’ (1985). Currently, she consults for the Centre for Tourism Research and Development.
Shalini Singh is Executive Editor of the international journal Tourism Recreation Research, which is published from CTRD (India). Presently she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Brock University, Ontario (Canada). Singh’s research in tourism is largely in the context of developing countries, in general, and India, in particular. Her areas of special interest, in this regard, focus on tourism in destination communities, domestic tourism and community leisure in tourism, spirituality and place and people synergies. She has made contributions to themes related with communities in the Indian Himalayas. Shalini’s recent publication is titled ‘Tourism in Destination Communities’. Her current field of investigation concerns with the role (and nature) of tourism as a reconciliatory agency.
Sagar Singh is an anthropologist who has been associated with CTRD for more than 23 years. He has written two books on tourism entitled ‘Studies in Tourism: Key issues for Effective Management’ and ‘Shades of Green: Eco-Tourism for Sustainability’. He has published articles in leading tourism journals and his research interests centre on tourism carrying capacity, destination evolution, cultural tourism, ecotourism, tourism as a discipline, and leisure.
Masood A. Naqvi holds Master degrees in Mathematics (Lucknow University) and Tourism Management (IGNOU, Delhi). He has been associated with CTRD for more than 10 years. He has worked under different capacities in CTRD and currently holds the position of
Deputy Editor of Tourism Recreation Research. His areas of interest are Computer Applications, Information Technology, Pro-poor Tourism, Gastronomy, Cultural Studies and Accounting. Naqvi’s Master dissertation on ‘Investigating Relationship between Culture, Pro-poor Tourism and Cuisine: The Case of Lucknow’, has recently been awarded.
Syed Ahmad Rizwan is Assistant Editor of Tourism Recreation Research. His PhD was on "Islamic Culture as a Tourism Product: A Case Study of Lucknow" from the University of Lucknow. He has done M.Phil from Madurai Kamaraj University, India on "Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism on Goa". He is visiting faculty at various institutions including the University of Lucknow. He is also on the advisory panel of various travel agencies and tour operators. He has worked for Jet Airways and Kuoni India Ltd ( SOTC Tours).
Shweta Baijal is Junior Assistant Editor of the journal Tourism Recreation Research and has been associated with CTRD for the past two years. She holds an MBA degree in Tourism from University of Lucknow with a specialization in Cargo Management. Baijal’s previous work experience includes counselling and teaching in the fields of Air Travel System Operation, Management of Travel Agency and Tour Operations, Information Technology and Personality Development.
