Samarathunga, W.H.M.S.(Rajarata university of Sri Lanka, 6/30/2021)
– Many websites have generated different platforms for the travelers to consult
and review on different tourism service providers, attractions, activities, infrastructure and
experience gained subject to the guidelines ...
Biyiri, E.W.; D.M.M.I, Dissanayake(Faculty of Management, Uva Wellassa University, 2021)
Many higher education institutions in Sri Lanka are currently either offering online courses
for their students or are planning such initiatives due to the Covid 19 crisis. Since, there was
a sudden shift from traditional ...
Samarathunga, T.G.D(Sri Lanka Economic Research Conference 2020, Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka,, 1/21/2021)
Abstract COVID19 has made a detrimental impact on tourism resources, tourism markets, and tourism economies. Thus, the purpose of this working paper is to make a realistic assessment of impacts of COVID19 on Sri Lanka ...
Samarathunga, T.G.D(Sri Lanka Economic Research Conference 2020, Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka,, 1/21/2021)
Abstract
COVID19 has made a detrimental impact on tourism resources, tourism markets,
and tourism economies. Thus, the purpose of this working paper is to make a
realistic assessment of impacts of COVID19 on Sri Lanka ...
Purpose – The tourist gaze remains a key concept in tourism research. The main objective of this state of the art paper is to comprehend the theoretical and empirical development of tourist gaze notion and its contributions ...
Wars destroy the tourism cities by causing damages to their cultural and natural attractions. However, the post-war cities have great upward potentials to develop through careful and integrated tourism planning. Thus, the ...
The constantly changing “tourist gaze” needs much scholarly attention for globalizing, especially in the areas of “domestic tourist gaze” and “transitional tourist gaze”. The present study attempts to fill these gaps by ...
This study explores how Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalism is constructed in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, a post-war reunified state, through post-war travels. Sri Lankan government and the military forces have recreated Buddhist temples ...
The present study aims at identifying the stakeholders’ perspectives on intangible ethnic tourism (IET) development in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, using stakeholder theory, which has been a missed area in the tourism literature. ...
Samarathunga, W.H.M.S.; Pathirana, H.P.A.S.(Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka, 2018-12)
Problems associated with human resource in the tourism and hospitality industry is subject to great debates in the recent past. School students are the future leaders, but selection of tourism and hospitality careers is ...
Samarathunga, W.H.M.S.(University of Uwa Wellassa, 2018)
Beach boys in the informal tourism sector are often identified as sex workers whose behaviour affect the tourists’ experience either positively or negatively. The relationships developed between the beach boys and the ...
Samarathunga, W.H.M.S.(University of Colombo, 2016-12)
Although cruise tourism is one of the fastest growing segments of the international leisure tourism market, tourism research on ocean cruises have often been neglected in Sri Lanka. Cruise calls involve frequent shore ...