Dr Zilmiyah Kamble ~ Lecturer Business

Dr Zilmiyah completed her PhD in Hospitality and Tourism with her ethnographic study on Tourism as a catalyst to foster social cohesion in the post-war regions of Sri Lanka. She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Tourism Management (PhD) from Taylor’s University, Malaysia (2015), Master of Science (M.Sc.) in International Hospitality Management from Leeds Beckett University, UK (2005) and her Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) from Bangalore University (2001). 

She is also actively involved with leading journals as a reviewer of research papers and gained experience through membership of the scientific committees for conferences. She is a continuing reviewer for the BEST EN Building Excellence in Sustainable Tourism Education Network and ad-hoc reviewer for the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, the Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation in Tourism and Hospitality, and the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events. She has chaired conference sessions and is also a member of the scientific committee for the Asia Euro conferences in tourism and hospitality.

Dr Kamble is a qualitative researcher and has supervised research in both hospitality and tourism related fields, drawing on her considerable industry experience and qualifications in hospitality as well as tourism. She has also consulted for the Seychelles Ministry of Tourism, and published research pertaining to tourism impacts, tourism development and policy reviews of tourism development post-war in Sri Lanka.

Teaching

• BX2195: Hospitality, Cultures and People (Level 2; SIN)
• BX3193: Hospitality Operations Management (Level 3; SIN)
• LB5235: Applied Research Project (Level 5; SIN)
• TO5002: Introduction to Tourism and the Environment (Level 5; SIN)
• TO5101: Tourism Systems Analysis (Level 5; SIN)
• TO5203: Hospitality and Gastronomy: Social, Private and Commercial (Level 5; SIN)

Interests

Research

• Her research interests include tourism planning and development, social cultural impacts of tourism, sustainable tourism, responsible tourism, social cohesion and social capital through tourism, hospitality management and qualitative research methodology

Research Disciplines

• Tourism (1506)
• Anthropology (1601)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Tourism (9003)
• Government and Politics (9402)

Awards

• Best Paper Award, International Conference on Tourism & Hospitality Management, 2013 (ICTHM 2013), Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Best Presentation under the session Tourism Planning and Governance (ICOHT 2014), 2nd International Conference on Hospitality and Tourism, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• 2012 to 2013 - Tutorship from Taylor's University, Malaysia
• 2004 to 2005 - International Student Scholarship from Leeds Beckett University

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Journal Articles

• Kamble Z and Bouchon F (2016) Developing a framework for assessing social cohesion via tourism. Tourism Review, 71 (4). pp. 272-286
• Kamble Z and Bouchon F (2014) Tourism planning and a nation's vision: a review of the tourism policy of Sri Lanka. Procedia: social and behavioral sciences, 144. pp. 229-236

Conference Papers

• Kamble Z and Bouchon F (2013) Sri Lanka, Tourism for a brighter future? A review of the 2011 tourism blueprint. Proceedings of BEST EN Think Tank. In: BEST Education Network Think Tank XIII: engaging communities in sustainable tourism development, June 23-26 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Other research outputs

• Kamble Z (2019) Tourism contested spaces in the post war regions of Sri Lanka. [Presented at the 2019 APacCHRIE and & EuroCHRIE Joint Conference]. 22- 25 May 2019, Hong Kong
• Kamble Z and Bouchon F (2014) Reinforcing social cohesion in a post-war destination via tourism. Abstracts of the 2nd International Conference on Hospitality & Tourism Management. 7-8 October 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka