Ziwei Yang

Qualifications

• MITHM, James Cook University, Australia, 2020
• BFA (Product Design), City College, Southwest University of Science and Technology, China, 2017

Biography

Ziwei Yang received her Master of International Tourism and Hospitality Management from James Cook University. After interning in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center and participating in online research programs on tourism in China, she chose to continue her studies at James Cook University Singapore for a deeper understanding of tourism. Now, her research area mainly focuses on tourism and culture.

Thesis Title

The study of tourism in the staging of Dai dance: community interests, commercial value, and cultural sustainability

Advisory Panel

Primary: A/Prof K Thirumaran, Secondary: Dr Zilmiyah Kamble, Advisor Mentor:  A/Prof Josephine Pryce

Networks

• N.A.

Research Interests

• Tourism - Cultural tourism and Heritage tourism - cultural performance, (cultural) heritage, and intangible cultural heritage
• Sustainable tourism - theory and framework
• Commercialization in tourism
• Business anthropology