Haywantee Ramkissoon

Biography

Dr Haywantee Rumi Ramkissoon is an Associate Professor at the School of Marketing, Curtin Business School. Rumi receives the prestigious global 2017 Emerging Scholar of Distinction award from the International Academy for the study of Tourism for her substantial contribution to ground breaking and innovative research in tourism. Rumi holds 2 doctoral degrees in Tourism and Applied Environmental Psychology, a Master of Science in Tourism, Conservation & Sustainable Development, and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy. Her postdoctoral experience relates to place attachment, sustainable tourism and societal innovation and behavior change on the Australian Government Corporate Research Center for Water Sensitive Cities program. Prior to joining Curtin University, Rumi has been involved in both teaching and research roles at Monash University, University of Technology, Mauritius and University of Mauritius. She has been a visiting scholar/professor at Virginia Tech University, Texas A&M, University of South Carolina in USA, University of Bologna, Italy, and in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Research Interest

"Impacts of Tourism Tourism Management Tourism Marketing Tourist Behaviour and Visitor Experience"